Festiba - Monday, March 24, 2008
FESTIBA OPENING
| "Legend and Folktales" Exhibit open all week - CAS Gallery | |
| 08:45 - 09:45 a.m. | Chinese Tea Culture, CAS 181, Lu Zhiying |
| 08:45 - 10:45 a.m. | Dallas Video Festival "Best of the Fest" Student Union |
| 09:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Story tellers from the Texas Commissions for the Arts - Eldrena Douma and Image and Illustration Students, CLARK Gallery (CAS Gallery 02:00 - 04:00 p.m.) An art performance series featuring artists from the Texas Commission on the Arts Cultural Connections touring roster along with UTPA Art Department students and Faculty. |
| 11:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m. | "Cine Mexicano - Epoca de Oro" Movie and Presentation - Lino Garcia, Rogelio R. Reyes (Literary Critic from Monterrey) Student Union Theater |
| 12:45 - 01:35 p.m. | "Judging a Book by its Cover" R. Mitchell, CAS 225 |
| 02:00 - 05:00 p.m. | "Flores de Otro Mundo: Women Race and Immigration" Movie and Panel Discussion with UTPA Professors Amy Hay, Guadalupe Cortina, Sonia Hernandez, Nalda Baez (Media Theater*) Students, faculty and community members are invited to view this important film followed by a panel discussion. The panel will provide tools for the reading of the film. Audience participation is encouraged—ask questions, make comments etc. |
| 02:45 - 04:00 p.m. | "Extra Curricular Activities" Panel E. Ochoa, CAS 107 |
| 04:30 - 05:30 p.m. | "Perspectives of War in Iraq" - Tamer Balci, Sonia Alianak and Asisa Zemrani, CAS 225 A discussion by each panelist follwed by questions and answers with the audience. Dr. Tamer Balci "The Origins of Iraq War": I will cover the background of war up to the US invasion. Dr. Sonia Alianak: "Politics of Iraq War and Policy Implications": Dr. Alianak will cover the current politics of war and policy changes and suggestions. Dr. Aziza Zemrani: "Iraq War in the Eyes of the Middle East People": Dr. Zemrani will cover how the Middle East people view the war in Iraq. |
| 05:00 - 07:00 p.m. | FESTIBA Opening Reception for "Lost Cultures: The Aztecs," Visitors Center Join us as we celebrate the opening of this outstanding and important exhibition. In 2004, following nearly five years of research in and around Mexico City and Oaxaca, the first important collaborative work between WesleyImages and the descendents of the ancient Aztecs and the indigenous people from the State of Oaxaca was unveiled in Los Angeles, CA and Kansas City, MO. The exhibit, which combined Wesley Billingslea’s striking black and white photographs with text supplied by today’s modern-day Aztecs and indigenous people from Oaxaca, debuted to large, inquisitive crowds and rave reviews from the press. |
| 07:00 p.m. | "I Haven't Even Thought About it Yet", Video Installation curated by D.Freedman, Clark Gallery |
* also referred to as Library Auditorium |
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