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Brown Bag Lunchtime Discussions
With Carrie Mae Weems
April 14 and 27
 
Speak to Me, Say Something
A Video Presentation by Carrie Mae Weems
May 6
 
Contesting Public Memories
An Interdisciplinary Conference
October 6-8
 
In Desperate Pursuit: The Failure of Memory
An Exhibition by Carrie Mae Weems
September 11- October 12
 
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Brown Bag
Lunchtime Discussions
With Carrie Mae Weems
All members of the Syracuse community are welcome. Don’t forget to bring your lunch!

Thursday, April 14, 2005
Noon to 1:30 pm
Room 500, Hall of Languages, Syracuse University

Focusing on the role of the University in the community; perceptions and misperceptions of the community by SU students, faculty, and staff; and real and imagined barriers that affect the community’s access to the University.

Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Noon to 1:30 pm
Southwest Community Center, 401 South Avenue, Syracuse, New York

Focusing on how Syracuse’s south side community views itself and its relationship to greater Syracuse and the University.

Seating is limited! RSVP today to Dani Mosko-Wozniak at 315-443-4782 or dmoskowo@syr.edu.
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Speak to Me,
Say Something
A Video Presentation by Carrie Mae Weems

Revealed at the For the Children Gala: An Evening of Art and Music
May 6, 2005, 6 pm to 9 pm

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison Street
Syracuse, New York

Featuring photographs and video portraits of Syracuse activists as well as a group of photographs created by students in the Southwest Community Center’s Creative Arts Photography class.

Gala tickets are $150 per individual or $250 per couple and benefit the youth development programs of the Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility, Inc. and CONTACT Community Services. For more information, contact 315-461-0068.
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Contesting
Public Memories
An Interdisciplinary Conference

Featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Speaker and Panelist

October 8, 2005
9 am to 11 am
The Marx Hotel
701 East Genesee Street
Syracuse, New York

Free and open to the public

Contesting Public Memories runs October 6 to 8, 2005 and seeks to expand the broad, interdisciplinary conversation on public memory. Other events open to the public:

Conference Reception
October 7, 5:30 pm

Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, first floor, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse University (in conjunction with the Carrie Mae Weems exhibition In Desperate Pursuit: The Failure of Memory)

Keynote Speaker
James Loewen (author, Lies My Teacher Told Me)
October 7, 7 pm
Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse University

For more information about the conference, contact organizer Kendall Phillips at kphillip@syr.edu or visit http://vpa.syr.edu/crs/memories.htm.

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In Desperate Pursuit:
The Failure of Memory
An Exhibition by Carrie Mae Weems

September 11- October 12, 2005
Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery
First floor, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse University

Featuring work produced during her residency at the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

The Lowe Art Gallery is free, open to the public, and handicapped accessible.

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 5 pm; Wednesday, noon to 8 pm; closed Monday. For more information, contact 315-443-3127.
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