Transculturations: Cultural Hybridity in American Art
The University of Arizona School of Art Visiting Artist and Scholar Series, 2009–2010
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  KAY LAWRENCE  
  Thursday, September 17, 2009, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

  TAM VAN TRAN  
  Thursday, September 24, 2009, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

  OKWUI ENWEZOR  
  Thursday, October 15, 2009, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

  LIN + LAM 
  Thursday, November 12, 2009, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

  JAIMEY HAMILTON  
  Thursday, December 3, 2009, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

  PANEL DISCUSSION  
  Thursday, January 21, 2010, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

  BRUCE YONEMOTO  
  Thursday, February 18, 2010, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

  LIZ COHEN  
  Thursday, March 25, 2010, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

  DIPTI DESAI  
  Thursday, April 8, 2010, 5:30pm
  Center for Creative Photography 108

Transculturations is a two year lecture series seeking to examine the ever-expanding notion of hybridity and its manifestation in visual art, criticism and institutional curatorial practices.

In recent decades, artists have disrupted, transgressed, negotiated, and transmuted cultural codes and materials, creating artistic and cultural interventions and articulations that engaged the materials and technologies of their culture(s) in new and exciting ways. The notion of cultural hybridity, first theorized by Homi Bhaba in The Location of Culture (1994), has been central to debates in post-colonial studies over the past decade.

Our primary goal is to increase public understanding of contemporary American art, with a special focus on how contemporary art relates to our country’s evolving ethnic make-up. The speakers in this series are nationally and internationally recognized artists and scholars who examine and/or use the notion of hybridity in their various disciplines; while “culture” itself is often the topic. Enriching the dialogue on cultural hybridity, our speakers will involve the Tucson community by providing access to art, information and perspective.

Acknowledgements:
The School of Art Visiting Artist and Scholar lecture series is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. Memorial Endowment, The School of Art Advisory Board Visiting Artists and Scholars Endowment, The School of Art, and the College of Fine Arts Dean’s Fund for Excellence.

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