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Fund raiser tonight (friday, the 21st) for earthquake relief: buy some art!
hey guys
i wish i had passed this along earlier. a few friends are putting together a fund raiser tonight to help out earthquake relief efforts in south asia. there will be some wonderful art being auctioned. here's the info:
SAWCC Earthquake Relief Fundraiser
Performances & Silent Art Auction
Please join the South Asian Women's Creative
Collective (SAWCC) to help raise funds for earthquake
victims in South Asia. 100% of proceeds will be
donated to the Edhi Foundation and to community
members giving direct aid at the grassroots level.
Please bring in-kind donations of painkillers,
blankets, and warm clothing. Home-made food will be
served. For more information, please visit sawcc.org
Friday, October 21st 7 pm-9:30 pm
Asian American Writers' Workshop, 10th Floor
16 W 32nd St, between 5th and Broadway
$7-$30 suggested donation
Line-up:
Musical Guest: Falu - "Hidden Gem" hot pick in Pop
Montreal Festival, September 2005
Performances by: Alka Bhargava, Edward Garcia, Leah
Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Tahani Salah, Suneet
Sethi, Saba Waheed, Kron Vollmer
Visual Art for auction donated by: Jaishri
Abichandani, Amanda Cartagena, Chitra Ganesh, Swati
Khurana, Maxwell Fine Arts, Saeed Rahman, Chamindika
Wanduragala
Directions to Asian American Writers' Workshop
N, R, Q, W, F, B, D, V, 1, 2, 3, 9 to 34th Street; 4,
5, 6 trains to 33rd Street
For more information on fundraiser: sawcc.org
For more information on in-kind donations : yourdil.org
Artist Bios :
Jaishri Abichandani is a visual artist and cultural
producer. Her work investigates power, and the
relationship between the natural, unnatural and
supernatural from a feminist perspective. She
activates feminist networks, founding and nurturing
collectives for South Asian women artists, in New York
(sawcc.org) as well as London ( richmix.org.uk/raw).
Jaishri has had solo exhibitions of her work at Nature
Morte and Gallery Chemould in India , the Castle of
Good Hope in Capetown and NYU APA Studies Institute
Gallery amongst other locations. She won the Enfoco
New Works Award in 2000 for photographers of Color. In
2005, she co-curated Fatal Love: South Asian American
Art Now at the Queens Museum of Art. She holds a
Masters in Visual Arts from Goldsmiths College,
University of London & currently serves as the
Director of Public Projects at the Queens Museum of
Art.
Alka Bhargava is an ardent student of language,
literature, Indian Classical music, and energy
healing. Alka received an MFA degree in writing from
Columbia University 's School of the Arts, and is at
work on a poetry chapbook. Alka is currently studying
Hindustani vocal music with Smt. Shubhra Guha. Alka
is based in New York City where she works in the
field of information technology security full time and
has a part-time Reiki practice.
Amanda Cartagena is a crafty chick/artist from the
Lower East Side. She has been working with yarn since
she was 11. After getting her MFA in fiber art from
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she
realized she really enjoyed making handmade
accessories and handbags. She is a professional
embroiderer, a badass crocheter and a lefty. You can
email her at [email protected] .
Chitra Ganesh was born and raised in New York City,
and currently
lives in Brooklyn . She received a BA from Brown
University, and an MFA from Columbia University in
2002. Awards and residencies include the Skowhegan
School of Painting and Sculpture and the Henry Street
Settlement Abrons Arts Center , Headlands Center
for the Arts Project Space Residency and the Center
for Book Arts Emerging Artist Workspace Grant, CAA
Fellowship, and the Astraea Visual Arts Fund,. From
1998-2003, Chitra was a Board Member of the South
Asian Women's Creative Collective (SAWCC) Chitra's
drawings and installations have been exhibited in
Toronto, Brazil, Italy, India, London, Gwangju, and
New York, including the Queens Museum of Art, Brooklyn
Museum, Bronx Museum, Momenta Art, Bose Pacia Modern,
Apex Art, and White Columns.
Edward Garcia is the recipient of the NYFA fellowship
in poetry for 2003. He is a New York native who has
performed his poetry at many prestigious venues across
the country including: The 92 St. Y, Nuyorican Poets
Caf? and Yale University. Edward is currently the
Assistant Director of twenty one programs at an After
School CBO in
the Bronx . He divides his time remaining between
writing, painting, and sleeping. To read more poetry
visit: garciapoet.com
Falu is quickly becoming recognized for a rare ability
to seamlessly blend her signature
contemporary/alternative rock style with a formidable
Indian classically-shaped vocal talent. Born Falguni
Shah in Bombay into a family of classically-trained
vocalists, for years Falu devoted up to sixteen hours
a day honing her singing. She was fortunate to have
studied under Kaumudi Munshi, Uday Mazumdar, and the
legendary sarangi/vocal master Ustad Sultan Khan, a
relationship that continues to nurture her creativity
and musical spirit. In 2001 Falu met up with
Indo-American band Karyshma and later with Asian
Massive leader Karsh Kale. With both of these artists
she hit the nationwide university, club and festival
circuit as a lead/featured vocalist. In 2004, Falu was
invited to perform with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project,
and in 2004-2005 she served as one of Carnegie Hall's
Musical Ambassadors to New York City. Recently Falu
and her band have begun to create a strong presence in
the hipster and tastemaker communities of New York
with packed and often sold-out performances at venues
such as Pianos, Mercury Lounge, CB's 313 gallery and
The Knitting Factory. For more info, visit falumusic.com.
Swati Khurana is a Brooklyn-based visual artist,
writer and educator. Her recent exhibitions include:
'Fatal Love' at Queens Museum, 'Corporate Bodies' at
Momenta Art, 'Soapy Suds' at the Asian Arts Initiative
( Philadelphia), and 'Singular Identities' at Habitat
Centre ( New Delhi, India ). In 2005, she was awarded
residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (New
Smyrna, Florida) and David & Julia White Colony (
Costa Rica). This winter, she will be showing an
installation at 'Outcaste,' an exhibition at the
Diaspora Vibe Gallery (as a part of Art Basel, Miami
Beach ).
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a U.S. raised,
Toronto-based queer Sri Lankan writer and spoken word
artist. The author of Consensual Genocide, forthcoming
April 2006, her work has been widely published in
anthologies and magazines. She's currently in New York
to work on The Sri Lankan Women's Project, a
collaborative performance about Sri Lankan women's
untold stories.
Saeed Rahman is from Karachi, Pakistan. He
currently lives in Brooklyn . He has shown his work
in both Karachi and Brooklyn .
Tahani Salah NYC based slam poet. She is a youth
mentor and on the youth board of Urban Word NYC.
Suneet Sethi was born in Queens, NY in 1979 and
spent her formative years on Long Island . After
studying Computer Science at Boston University, she
went on to receive her BFA in computer graphics from
New York Institute of Technology. Suneet recently
received her Masters in Art Education from New York
University and will continue
her professional journey as an artist and educator
performing and teaching high school students in
Brooklyn, NY . Suneet's current work attempts to
procure a body and map out a space for the Sikh female
subject based on her own experiences and narratives.
"The Dress of a Thousand Secrets," a space or
landscape created to contain her voice, consists of
carefully sewn and glued paper envelopes with flaps
reminiscent of mountain range silhouettes. At their
outskirts lie pockets symbolic of secrets, taboos, and
personal sentiments.
Kron Vollmer declared herself a sovereign nation in
1998. She has presented 3 full-length plays about
her experiences as the exotic, war-torn, one-woman
nation of Mykronesia. She has performed all over
town: Bowery Poetry Club, University Settlement,
Dixon Place, NYC Fringe Festival, Chashama, etc. She
created her own language (Kronish), currency (the
hyper-inflated Kronicle), religion (Dunawayway, the
worship of Faye Dunaway), and native ethnic folk
dances: in short, an entire culture. Kron has a
certificate in Flamenco dance from Carmen de las
Cuevas and a worthless M.A. in Comparative Literature
from Harvard University. When she's not busy paying
the interest on her IMF loans or eating canap?s at
schmoozy conferences on poverty reduction, Kron
studies Butoh dance with the Vangeline Theater and
Odissi dance with the Trinayan Collective. Onoolad
laulaulau (Very Very Big Thanks) to SAWCC for creating
this amazing benefit. For more info on Mykronesia,
please visit: mykronesia.com
Saba Waheed is part of the editorial collective of
SAMAR Magazine. Her short film When They Started
Bombing has screened at the Women of Color Film &
Video Festival, the Arab Film Festival, and around
the country. She's currently in transit between New
York and California.
Chamindika Wanduragala is a Sri Lankan American
visual artist and is the co-director of Diaspora Flow,
a nonprofit arts organization serving communities of
color. You can check out her artwork, t-shirts, prints
and greeting cards at chamindika.com
i wish i had passed this along earlier. a few friends are putting together a fund raiser tonight to help out earthquake relief efforts in south asia. there will be some wonderful art being auctioned. here's the info:
SAWCC Earthquake Relief Fundraiser
Performances & Silent Art Auction
Please join the South Asian Women's Creative
Collective (SAWCC) to help raise funds for earthquake
victims in South Asia. 100% of proceeds will be
donated to the Edhi Foundation and to community
members giving direct aid at the grassroots level.
Please bring in-kind donations of painkillers,
blankets, and warm clothing. Home-made food will be
served. For more information, please visit sawcc.org
Friday, October 21st 7 pm-9:30 pm
Asian American Writers' Workshop, 10th Floor
16 W 32nd St, between 5th and Broadway
$7-$30 suggested donation
Line-up:
Musical Guest: Falu - "Hidden Gem" hot pick in Pop
Montreal Festival, September 2005
Performances by: Alka Bhargava, Edward Garcia, Leah
Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Tahani Salah, Suneet
Sethi, Saba Waheed, Kron Vollmer
Visual Art for auction donated by: Jaishri
Abichandani, Amanda Cartagena, Chitra Ganesh, Swati
Khurana, Maxwell Fine Arts, Saeed Rahman, Chamindika
Wanduragala
Directions to Asian American Writers' Workshop
N, R, Q, W, F, B, D, V, 1, 2, 3, 9 to 34th Street; 4,
5, 6 trains to 33rd Street
For more information on fundraiser: sawcc.org
For more information on in-kind donations : yourdil.org
Artist Bios :
Jaishri Abichandani is a visual artist and cultural
producer. Her work investigates power, and the
relationship between the natural, unnatural and
supernatural from a feminist perspective. She
activates feminist networks, founding and nurturing
collectives for South Asian women artists, in New York
(sawcc.org) as well as London ( richmix.org.uk/raw).
Jaishri has had solo exhibitions of her work at Nature
Morte and Gallery Chemould in India , the Castle of
Good Hope in Capetown and NYU APA Studies Institute
Gallery amongst other locations. She won the Enfoco
New Works Award in 2000 for photographers of Color. In
2005, she co-curated Fatal Love: South Asian American
Art Now at the Queens Museum of Art. She holds a
Masters in Visual Arts from Goldsmiths College,
University of London & currently serves as the
Director of Public Projects at the Queens Museum of
Art.
Alka Bhargava is an ardent student of language,
literature, Indian Classical music, and energy
healing. Alka received an MFA degree in writing from
Columbia University 's School of the Arts, and is at
work on a poetry chapbook. Alka is currently studying
Hindustani vocal music with Smt. Shubhra Guha. Alka
is based in New York City where she works in the
field of information technology security full time and
has a part-time Reiki practice.
Amanda Cartagena is a crafty chick/artist from the
Lower East Side. She has been working with yarn since
she was 11. After getting her MFA in fiber art from
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she
realized she really enjoyed making handmade
accessories and handbags. She is a professional
embroiderer, a badass crocheter and a lefty. You can
email her at [email protected] .
Chitra Ganesh was born and raised in New York City,
and currently
lives in Brooklyn . She received a BA from Brown
University, and an MFA from Columbia University in
2002. Awards and residencies include the Skowhegan
School of Painting and Sculpture and the Henry Street
Settlement Abrons Arts Center , Headlands Center
for the Arts Project Space Residency and the Center
for Book Arts Emerging Artist Workspace Grant, CAA
Fellowship, and the Astraea Visual Arts Fund,. From
1998-2003, Chitra was a Board Member of the South
Asian Women's Creative Collective (SAWCC) Chitra's
drawings and installations have been exhibited in
Toronto, Brazil, Italy, India, London, Gwangju, and
New York, including the Queens Museum of Art, Brooklyn
Museum, Bronx Museum, Momenta Art, Bose Pacia Modern,
Apex Art, and White Columns.
Edward Garcia is the recipient of the NYFA fellowship
in poetry for 2003. He is a New York native who has
performed his poetry at many prestigious venues across
the country including: The 92 St. Y, Nuyorican Poets
Caf? and Yale University. Edward is currently the
Assistant Director of twenty one programs at an After
School CBO in
the Bronx . He divides his time remaining between
writing, painting, and sleeping. To read more poetry
visit: garciapoet.com
Falu is quickly becoming recognized for a rare ability
to seamlessly blend her signature
contemporary/alternative rock style with a formidable
Indian classically-shaped vocal talent. Born Falguni
Shah in Bombay into a family of classically-trained
vocalists, for years Falu devoted up to sixteen hours
a day honing her singing. She was fortunate to have
studied under Kaumudi Munshi, Uday Mazumdar, and the
legendary sarangi/vocal master Ustad Sultan Khan, a
relationship that continues to nurture her creativity
and musical spirit. In 2001 Falu met up with
Indo-American band Karyshma and later with Asian
Massive leader Karsh Kale. With both of these artists
she hit the nationwide university, club and festival
circuit as a lead/featured vocalist. In 2004, Falu was
invited to perform with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project,
and in 2004-2005 she served as one of Carnegie Hall's
Musical Ambassadors to New York City. Recently Falu
and her band have begun to create a strong presence in
the hipster and tastemaker communities of New York
with packed and often sold-out performances at venues
such as Pianos, Mercury Lounge, CB's 313 gallery and
The Knitting Factory. For more info, visit falumusic.com.
Swati Khurana is a Brooklyn-based visual artist,
writer and educator. Her recent exhibitions include:
'Fatal Love' at Queens Museum, 'Corporate Bodies' at
Momenta Art, 'Soapy Suds' at the Asian Arts Initiative
( Philadelphia), and 'Singular Identities' at Habitat
Centre ( New Delhi, India ). In 2005, she was awarded
residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (New
Smyrna, Florida) and David & Julia White Colony (
Costa Rica). This winter, she will be showing an
installation at 'Outcaste,' an exhibition at the
Diaspora Vibe Gallery (as a part of Art Basel, Miami
Beach ).
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a U.S. raised,
Toronto-based queer Sri Lankan writer and spoken word
artist. The author of Consensual Genocide, forthcoming
April 2006, her work has been widely published in
anthologies and magazines. She's currently in New York
to work on The Sri Lankan Women's Project, a
collaborative performance about Sri Lankan women's
untold stories.
Saeed Rahman is from Karachi, Pakistan. He
currently lives in Brooklyn . He has shown his work
in both Karachi and Brooklyn .
Tahani Salah NYC based slam poet. She is a youth
mentor and on the youth board of Urban Word NYC.
Suneet Sethi was born in Queens, NY in 1979 and
spent her formative years on Long Island . After
studying Computer Science at Boston University, she
went on to receive her BFA in computer graphics from
New York Institute of Technology. Suneet recently
received her Masters in Art Education from New York
University and will continue
her professional journey as an artist and educator
performing and teaching high school students in
Brooklyn, NY . Suneet's current work attempts to
procure a body and map out a space for the Sikh female
subject based on her own experiences and narratives.
"The Dress of a Thousand Secrets," a space or
landscape created to contain her voice, consists of
carefully sewn and glued paper envelopes with flaps
reminiscent of mountain range silhouettes. At their
outskirts lie pockets symbolic of secrets, taboos, and
personal sentiments.
Kron Vollmer declared herself a sovereign nation in
1998. She has presented 3 full-length plays about
her experiences as the exotic, war-torn, one-woman
nation of Mykronesia. She has performed all over
town: Bowery Poetry Club, University Settlement,
Dixon Place, NYC Fringe Festival, Chashama, etc. She
created her own language (Kronish), currency (the
hyper-inflated Kronicle), religion (Dunawayway, the
worship of Faye Dunaway), and native ethnic folk
dances: in short, an entire culture. Kron has a
certificate in Flamenco dance from Carmen de las
Cuevas and a worthless M.A. in Comparative Literature
from Harvard University. When she's not busy paying
the interest on her IMF loans or eating canap?s at
schmoozy conferences on poverty reduction, Kron
studies Butoh dance with the Vangeline Theater and
Odissi dance with the Trinayan Collective. Onoolad
laulaulau (Very Very Big Thanks) to SAWCC for creating
this amazing benefit. For more info on Mykronesia,
please visit: mykronesia.com
Saba Waheed is part of the editorial collective of
SAMAR Magazine. Her short film When They Started
Bombing has screened at the Women of Color Film &
Video Festival, the Arab Film Festival, and around
the country. She's currently in transit between New
York and California.
Chamindika Wanduragala is a Sri Lankan American
visual artist and is the co-director of Diaspora Flow,
a nonprofit arts organization serving communities of
color. You can check out her artwork, t-shirts, prints
and greeting cards at chamindika.com
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