Forging American:
Art in the Workings of an
Asian American Rust Belt
Lines in the Sand:
Conversations on Borders and Belonging
7PM, Friday, October 6, 2017
Featuring:
Dr. Ana Grujić, UB #SanctuaryCampus Initiative, University at Buffalo; Liz Park, Associate Curator, Carnegie International 2018; Dr. Cindy Wu, Associate Professor, Global Gender & Sexuality Studies, University at Buffalo
Department of Art Gallery,
B45 Center for the Arts
University at Buffalo
The UB Transnational Studies GSA presents, in conjunction with the exhibition "Forging American: Art in the Workings of an Asian American Rust Belt," a discussion on borders and belonging, beginning with presentations by Dr. Ana Grujić from UB Sanctuary Campus, Curator Liz Park from the Carnegie Museum of Art, and Dr. Cynthia Wu from the UB Global Gender & Sexuality Studies program. Speakers present on their work in relation to this broad topic for about 10-15 minutes each to begin an extended and open group discussion.
ANA GRUJIĆ was born in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, which, since then, has been claimed by several different countries (today it is the capital of Serbia). In 2017, she received her PhD in English Literature, with a focus on Black Performance and Black Queer Studies. She is a founding member of the Buffalo-Niagara LGBTQ History Project and has been a member of the UB Sanctuary Campus Initiative since its inception.
LIZ PARK is a curator and writer currently based in Pittsburgh as Associate Curator of Carnegie International 2018. She has curated exhibitions at the Western Front in Vancouver, the Kitchen in New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon in Seoul. Her writing has been published by Afterall Online, Afterimage, ArtAsiaPacific, Performa Magazine, Fillip, Yishu: A Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Pluto Press, and Ryerson University Press, among others.
CYNTHIA WU is an associate professor of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Buffalo. She teaches courses and conducts research in Asian American and comparative ethnic studies, disability studies, and gender and sexuality studies.
This program has been generously sponsored by the University at Buffalo Department of Art, Department of Transnational Studies, Hodgson Russ LLP, the UB Humanities Institute City and Society Research Workshop,the UB Art GSA, Comparative Literature GSA, Indian GSA, Philosophy GSA, Social Work GSA, and Urban Planning GSA.
