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From: Media Relations March 26, 2007Monday, April 2 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Room 107, Duke Hall Free admission "Jose Galvez: Photographs of the Latino Experience in the U.S." Galvez, a Pulitzer Prize winner who is internationally known for his striking documentary photography of Latino life in the United States, presents a slide show of his photographic work. For over 35 years, Galvez has used black-and-white film to create a powerful and unparalleled historical record of the Latino experience in America. As a Mexican-American, Galvez has the sensibility of an insider that is often missing in the voyeuristic nature of documentary photography. He is someone whose personal experience, love of family and cultural knowledge have led him to capture the Latino experience with dignity, respect and a deep understanding of the stories behind the images. His studies of daily life captured on the street, in backyards or at the park allow the viewer an intimate look at the truth of emotion and drama in everyday human life. Monday through Saturday, April 2-7 East Coast Sculpture Exchange installation of sculpture In front of Duke Hall Free admission Associate Professor Tom Ashcraft and Assistant Professor Peter Winant, both of George Mason University's Department of Art and Visual Technology, install "Pine," a public art piece they designed especially for JMU. The East Coast Sculpture Exchange is a collaboration among GMU, JMU and the University of Georgia involving the exchange of sculpture faculty in 2007. Visiting faculty meet with sculpture classes, present public lectures and complete a public sculpture during their weeklong residencies. In addition to Ashcraft and Winant, JMU's Greg Stewart and the University of Georgia's R.G. Brown are involved in the exchange. Brown's work, "Jamestown Triangle: A 21st Century Interpretation," is at GMU and Stewart will be at the University of Georgia in the fall semester. Tuesday, April 3 8 p.m. Room 1261, Harrison Hall Free admission Ashcraft and Winant discuss their art, "Pine" and the East Coast Sculpture Exchange. Thursday, April 5 7-9 p.m. Room 2105, Harrison Hall Free admission Dorothy Liskey Wampler Professorship of Art Series Paul Vanouse, an associate professor of art at the University of Buffalo and a research fellow at The Studio for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, is an artist using emerging media forms to explore contemporary culture. He employs sociology and "big science" in interactive artworks designed for mass audiences. Thursday, April 12 7-9 p.m. Room 2105, Harrison Hall Free admission Dorothy Liskey Wampler Professorship of Art Series Anthony W. Lee presents "The Business of Ruin: Gardner's Photo Sketchbook of the Civil War," which focuses on Alexander Gardner's work, the first American photo book and the best-known photographic chronicle of the war. Lee is an associate professor at Mt. Holyoke College, where he teaches courses on 19th and 20th century art. His many books include "Picturing Chinatown," which won the Smithsonian's Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art. # # # |
 
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