You Are Invited: January 12, 2010
A Conversation on Art and Social Change
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Africa Program, Environmental Change and Security Program, Global Health Initiative
Wednesday, January 12, 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
5th Floor Atrium
RSVP Agenda Directions
Lynsey Addario, Photographer, MacArthur Fellow
Jane M. Saks, Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media
Lynsey Addario, MacArthur-winning photographer who lives in New Delhi, India, will speak about witnessing conflicts and humanitarian catastrophes first-hand. Her focus will be on the effect of conflict on women and girls in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Turkey, and Darfur, and through her photo essay she will provide insight into the storylines of the women and girls we experience through her work.
Jane Saks, executive director at Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College, Chicago, will discuss how the use of arts by women can initiate and further social change. She will focus on the work of the institute as a national and international creator of original works and collaborator of multidisciplinary programming and initiatives on the discourse of gender, culture, creativity, and community.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington DC, USA ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th floor atrium. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
Jane Saks, executive director at Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College, Chicago, will discuss how the use of arts by women can initiate and further social change. She will focus on the work of the institute as a national and international creator of original works and collaborator of multidisciplinary programming and initiatives on the discourse of gender, culture, creativity, and community.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington DC, USA ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th floor atrium. A map to the Center is available at www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
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