tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54216819895554058602024-02-20T11:21:40.470-05:00UNITWIN Network: Gender, Culture, DevelopmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-50190789106876687002023-04-04T19:44:00.021-04:002023-04-07T17:49:42.734-04:00UNITWIN Director, Dr. Brenda Gael McSweeney, invited to show her artwork at UVA's latest exhibit!<p>Dr. Brenda Gael McSweeney, Director of the BU-based UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture, and People-Centered Development, had her artwork included in the most recent Unbound Visual Arts' exhibition! See more below. Compiled by Nicole Rizzo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. McSweeney's photograph titled "Village and Global Women Leaders in West Africa" emerges from an historical moment where women of Burkina Faso engaged in tending the land as a part of climate justice-focused practice. </p><p><br /></p><p>According to McSweeney, this photograph captures at left Habibou Ouédraogo, Women's Leader in the village of Zimtenga, Kongoussi Zone, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) and at right, Scholastique Kompaoré, National Coordinator of the UNESCO Project for Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education in the 1970s. They are debating the challenges of gender injustice, including the subordination of women and girls and violence against them, lack of climate protection, and income inequality. They militated to implement programs in income-poor villages to lighten women's and girls' oppressive workloads, to ensure climate justice, and to free up time and energy for educational and lucrative activities -- against all odds. Often the men of the Project villages were persuaded to join in to help achieve these goals in the interest of community advancement and harmony. Mme. Kompaoré went on to champion gender and climate justice and inter-communal communication with the United Nations directing programs at the community level across Africa. She subsequently was President of her country's chapter of Marche Mondiale des Femmes/World March of Women that aims to eliminate discrimination and violence against women.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cS1dROXIlHZ6PqeSHylqEGlsM6L1gIM2lVckxLqhgaZsboas00kAKY2ceDQQbCprc1YR0m4DrMz1wzr-wvFlBSLG3q1_FGf0cABc2GCYasugGOcYgaWGq7uCoE38uhFQ_AwFVJ0a_zDrz0j44qC-owxwD1Dkkph9I27ag3heFpgGib4ZvL2A0gLG/s4032/IMG_9900.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cS1dROXIlHZ6PqeSHylqEGlsM6L1gIM2lVckxLqhgaZsboas00kAKY2ceDQQbCprc1YR0m4DrMz1wzr-wvFlBSLG3q1_FGf0cABc2GCYasugGOcYgaWGq7uCoE38uhFQ_AwFVJ0a_zDrz0j44qC-owxwD1Dkkph9I27ag3heFpgGib4ZvL2A0gLG/s320/IMG_9900.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Quatrale, UVA Executive Director<br />Photo by Blanca Diaz<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Kudos to Curator Jingyi (Tina) Wang and her team as well as to all participating Artists, Officers of UVA, and sponsors, on timely and thought-provoking exhibition!<br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Exhibition on Climate Equity: A Better Future For All</strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">Organized and presented by Unbound Visual Arts and curated by <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/jingyi-wang/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jingyi (Tina) Wang</strong></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://issuu.com/unboundarts/docs/climate_equity_catalog" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> Catalog</a> </strong><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Climate-Equity-Press-Release-Google-Docs.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Press Release </a></strong></div><p class="has-text-align-center has-small-font-size" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">Artists: Nancer Ballard, Mary Barton-Lech, Gwen Cory, Nancy Crasco, Samantha Fein, Elizabeth Lapides, Pauline Lim, Elisandra Lopes, Chelsea Martel-White, Michael McLaughlin, Alex Miklowski, Shelby Myerhoff, Brenda Gael McSweeney, Matthew Okazaki, Katha Seidman, Diana Stelin </p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">Exhibit Assistants <span data-slate-fragment="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" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- Jessica Hernandez, Mila Roemer, Natalie Schweikhart, Shuxian Zhang</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">February 23 - March 31, 2023</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Panel Discussion and Wine Reception - Friday March 31, 2023 7:00 - 9:00 pm</strong></span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Opening Reception: Saturday, February 25, 2023</span></span><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Live keyboard music by Mae Siu Wai Stroshane and refreshments</span></p><h5 class="has-text-align-center" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 100; line-height: 16.848px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Arthaus Art Exhibit Gallery - 43 N. Beacon St., Allston, MA</strong></h5><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: 100; line-height: 24.335999px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </h3><div class="wp-block-image" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><figure class="aligncenter" style="clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-21716" decoding="async" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IG-Climate-Equity-post-300x300.png" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IG-Climate-Equity-post-300x300.png 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IG-Climate-Equity-post-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IG-Climate-Equity-post-150x150.png 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IG-Climate-Equity-post-768x768.png 768w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IG-Climate-Equity-post-100x100.png 100w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IG-Climate-Equity-post.png 1080w" style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="300" /></figure></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Curator's Statement:</strong></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">These days, most of us probably have already heard the term “climate change” a million times — we are all well aware of what it means and what things should be done to save the environment — but what about “climate equity”?</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Environmental equity means both protection from environmental hazards as well as access to environmental benefits for all, regardless of income, race, and other characteristics. Climate change has affected the poorest population around the world most drastically, creating “climate refugees”. According to Mercy Corps “nearly 70% of all new displacements in the first six months of last year were the result of weather-related disasters, with a total of </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">9.8 million people</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">around the world driven from their homes by shocks like drought, hurricanes, and landslides — around 50,000 people every day”, and “if sea levels continue to rise without intervention, many of those living near the ocean — about 40 percent of the world’s population — will be at risk of losing their homes”. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The good news is that many people are actively seeking a solution. For instance, the Equity Fund is investing in the leadership in Black, Latinx, AAPI, and indigenous communities bearing the brunt of climate change. By engaging voters in these communities, they are getting climate and clean energy policy solutions that reflect communities' priorities and advancing racial, economic, and environmental justice.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Here at UVA, we also want to do our parts. In “<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Climate Equity: A Better Future For All</em>,"</strong> we are aiming to address the long-ignored issue of climate equity, and let more people know that not everyone is provided the resources to “go green”. We want our audience to know that the environmental crisis is not only about sustainability, but also resources and power. The participating artists are lending their voices to the unheard to tell the story that has been lingering outside the public’s sight.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Some of the artworks in this exhibit:</span></p><figure class="is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped" style="--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) ); align-items: normal; caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; gap: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) ); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(33.33333% - var(--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap, 16px)*0.66667);"><img alt="" class="wp-image-20884" data-id="20884" decoding="async" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Brenda-Gael-McSweeney-HabibouSKPR-727x1024-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Brenda-Gael-McSweeney-HabibouSKPR-727x1024-1.jpg 727w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Brenda-Gael-McSweeney-HabibouSKPR-727x1024-1-213x300.jpg 213w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Brenda-Gael-McSweeney-HabibouSKPR-727x1024-1-300x423.jpg 300w" style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 386.609375px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 274.484375px;" width="727" /></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(33.33333% - var(--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap, 16px)*0.66667);"><img alt="" class="wp-image-20883" data-id="20883" decoding="async" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Pauline-Lim-Thaddeus-Bartletts-House-Skinnerville-View-oil-on-canvas-24-x-20-inches-565-300x300-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Pauline-Lim-Thaddeus-Bartletts-House-Skinnerville-View-oil-on-canvas-24-x-20-inches-565-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Pauline-Lim-Thaddeus-Bartletts-House-Skinnerville-View-oil-on-canvas-24-x-20-inches-565-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Pauline-Lim-Thaddeus-Bartletts-House-Skinnerville-View-oil-on-canvas-24-x-20-inches-565-300x300-1-100x100.jpg 100w" style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 386.609375px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 274.484375px;" width="300" /></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(33.33333% - var(--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap, 16px)*0.66667);"><img alt="" class="wp-image-21533" data-id="21533" decoding="async" height="893" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Sam-Fein-La-Mama.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Sam-Fein-La-Mama.jpg 716w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Sam-Fein-La-Mama-241x300.jpg 241w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Sam-Fein-La-Mama-300x374.jpg 300w" style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 386.609375px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 274.484375px;" width="716" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption" style="background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 70%, transparent); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; flex-basis: 100%; flex-grow: 1; font-size: 13px; left: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; max-height: 60%; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 8px 8px; position: absolute; text-align: center; width: 274.484375px;">Samantha Fein</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(33.33333% - var(--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap, 16px)*0.66667);"><img alt="" class="wp-image-21534" data-id="21534" decoding="async" height="700" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Katha-Seidman-RisingTide.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Katha-Seidman-RisingTide.jpg 968w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Katha-Seidman-RisingTide-300x217.jpg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Katha-Seidman-RisingTide-768x555.jpg 768w" style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 274.484375px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 274.484375px;" width="968" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption" style="background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 70%, transparent); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; flex-basis: 100%; flex-grow: 1; font-size: 13px; left: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; max-height: 60%; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 8px 8px; position: absolute; text-align: center; width: 274.484375px;">Katha Seidman</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(33.33333% - var(--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap, 16px)*0.66667);"><img alt="" class="wp-image-21535" data-id="21535" decoding="async" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Rivka-in-Autumn-2-300x300-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Rivka-in-Autumn-2-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Rivka-in-Autumn-2-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Rivka-in-Autumn-2-300x300-1-100x100.jpg 100w" style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 274.484375px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 274.484375px;" width="300" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption" style="background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 70%, transparent); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; flex-basis: 100%; flex-grow: 1; font-size: 13px; left: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; max-height: 60%; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 8px 8px; position: absolute; text-align: center; width: 274.484375px;">Michael McLaughlin </figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: calc(33.33333% - var(--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap, 16px)*0.66667);"><img alt="Northampton Greenhouse" class="wp-image-21536" data-id="21536" decoding="async" height="692" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Miklowski-1024x692.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Miklowski-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Miklowski-300x203.jpg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Miklowski-768x519.jpg 768w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Miklowski-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Alex-Miklowski.jpg 1592w" style="border: medium; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 274.484375px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 274.484375px;" width="1024" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption" style="background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 70%, transparent); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; flex-basis: 100%; flex-grow: 1; font-size: 13px; left: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; max-height: 60%; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 8px 8px; position: absolute; text-align: center; width: 274.484375px;">Alex Miklowski</figcaption></figure></figure><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Top row:</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Brenda Gael McSweeney, Village and Global Women Leaders in West Africa</i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pauline Lim, Thaddeus Bartlett’s House, Skinnerville View</i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Samantha Fein</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Bottom row:</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Katha Seidman</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Michael McLaughlin</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Alex Miklowski</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Source for above materials: <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/climate-equity-a-better-future-for-all/" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/climate-equity-a-better-future-for-all/</a></p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-4093996435452482642023-04-04T19:44:00.015-04:002023-04-04T20:18:01.692-04:00New Publication: A Few Good Gays: The Gendered Compromises Behind Military Inclusion by Dr. Cati Connell<p>Former Director of WGS, Dr. Catherine 'Cati' Connell, recently had a new monograph titled <i>A Few Good Gays: The Gendered Compromises Behind Military Inclusion </i>published by University of California Press in December 2022. Cati was Director of WGS from 2017 through June 2022.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnGwP0cenqO6dMGjQzArnZEj-ezhAPP8937IRTxBPDvtQ46uUxeiiBsWkUQxHDg787tmSK-BrR6wouGrpA1NfZENKl0nLhRq3vLF9fMBRRDEW2LFZtMLOxM0joTqbN0k6kRSkDzafVIX11JWnTiWes6H8whM0547cUpR2kstU9hEoGgMtXw6Sm8ITM" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="464" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnGwP0cenqO6dMGjQzArnZEj-ezhAPP8937IRTxBPDvtQ46uUxeiiBsWkUQxHDg787tmSK-BrR6wouGrpA1NfZENKl0nLhRq3vLF9fMBRRDEW2LFZtMLOxM0joTqbN0k6kRSkDzafVIX11JWnTiWes6H8whM0547cUpR2kstU9hEoGgMtXw6Sm8ITM" width="229" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">Photo courtesy of WGS Newsletter for 2021-2022</span><br style="text-align: start;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Check out the description on Google Books: <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Few_Good_Gays.html?id=WHyIEAAAQBAJ">https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Few_Good_Gays.html?id=WHyIEAAAQBAJ</a></p><div><br /></div><div><b>Three cheers for Cati on this fabulous accomplishment!!!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-72063615556489257492023-04-04T19:44:00.011-04:002023-04-04T20:14:15.787-04:00UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Affiliate Ronni Komarow's latest exhibition!<p>UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Affiliate Ronni Komarow recently had her work on display in the exhibit titled <i>There Goes the Neighborhood</i> hosted by Galatea Fine Art. This exhibit ran from March 3rd through April 2nd. Ronni's exhibit explores the tensions between community homeowners and larger entities that seek to diminish physical spaces within neighborhood communities in favor of overbuilding and commercialization. See more here: <a href="https://www.galateafineart.com/">https://www.galateafineart.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1FDPV2Ad7CHte-qMQRi2jWQ8H_JgH9Gj6pPVlDLoR7vdKEjGKMuk_GEPnA83zMtRg4RzmJ9wTzJR2EnUFXXEyjD9YCXhq2WSuzHNyWuVavRpyvnXUsgBm-vlXXKanGmKaYOGxXW1qeyuWbkEzELwLUFAMQPlJqd4aX3dlodLQoQ9tvGE0Q3GGr5g/s1020/Screenshot%202023-03-21%20at%206.19.00%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1FDPV2Ad7CHte-qMQRi2jWQ8H_JgH9Gj6pPVlDLoR7vdKEjGKMuk_GEPnA83zMtRg4RzmJ9wTzJR2EnUFXXEyjD9YCXhq2WSuzHNyWuVavRpyvnXUsgBm-vlXXKanGmKaYOGxXW1qeyuWbkEzELwLUFAMQPlJqd4aX3dlodLQoQ9tvGE0Q3GGr5g/s320/Screenshot%202023-03-21%20at%206.19.00%20PM.png" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ronni Komarow in front of her artwork</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photograph courtesy of Eric West</div><br />Photographer Eric West reflects on the opening night of the exhibition such that "[it] was a well attended opening ... Ronni’s piece elicited an abundance of 'Wows' <img height="20" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/15.0/1f60a/72.png" width="20" /> …and people generally responded well to the work. Over-building is something that resonates."<div><br /><div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Artist Statement from the Exhibit</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p><b>For years I've been constantly getting letters from real-estate developers, offers to buy my house in Brighton</b>, a neighborhood of Boston. Some are straight-forward business letters. Others are made to look like hand-written notes, arriving in greeting-card-style envelopes. These letters are full of promises, though I have no doubt that the beneficiary of such a deal would not be me. Many of my neighbors get these same letters, sometimes with dollar bills enclosed in the envelopes.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an artist I knew that something creative could be done with all these letters, and I've collected them for the past several years. This installation includes roughly 250 paper houses covered with letters that I received from developers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The installation is a statement about neighborhood preservation, and the fragility of urban communities. </p><p><br /></p><p>Visitors are welcome to purchase a paper house for $10 with proceeds going to the Boston Preservation Alliance. See the display near the entrance to this gallery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish to thank my collaborators on this project without whom this installation would not have been possible: Eric West, Isaac West, Susan Jones, and Harry Busteed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a sample of the houses in Ronni's installation:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IOUTeyTmJILoaYbr6rOd9fmiNyni2NFY4siRkUB7RUaIGmfVNsfNJpt6UoPYEHWbXurX5oOFM9kduv08G7uB-0cLBI-FgvNGcSXgXivb9QJCka1U5wPCJaUbI99bS3Yv5J4pebXjkPrEaZFTwkbz1Ir2M7nk-00r4UruYqptdEaVlPxRY979pfrW/s4032/IMG_9880.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IOUTeyTmJILoaYbr6rOd9fmiNyni2NFY4siRkUB7RUaIGmfVNsfNJpt6UoPYEHWbXurX5oOFM9kduv08G7uB-0cLBI-FgvNGcSXgXivb9QJCka1U5wPCJaUbI99bS3Yv5J4pebXjkPrEaZFTwkbz1Ir2M7nk-00r4UruYqptdEaVlPxRY979pfrW/s320/IMG_9880.heic" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of Brenda Gael McSweeney</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-61406985367324718432023-01-31T17:53:00.002-05:002023-01-31T17:57:47.953-05:00 New Publication: Madwomen in Social Justice Movements, Literatures, and Art<p><span face="Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #634320; font-size: 13px;">One
of our UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Affiliates, Nicole Rizzo, recently had
the chapter "Mad Time: On Temporality, Trauma, Hysterical Figures, and
Liminal Shifters in Adrienne Kennedy’s</span><span face="Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #634320; font-size: 13px;"> </span><i style="color: #634320; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Funnyhouse</i><span face="Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #634320; font-size: 13px;">” published in a peer reviewed collection titled,</span><i style="color: #634320; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span> </span>Madwomen in Social Justice Movements, Literatures, and Art</i><span face="Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #634320; font-size: 13px;">, edited by Jessica Lowell Mason and Nicole Crevar, and published by Vernon Press in November 2022. </span></p><div><div class="ii gt" id=":1f0"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":1ez"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_-903126528301880846gmail-post-body-4360755172803447695" style="color: #634320; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><p style="height: 18px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; overflow: visible;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYR_l_uTxUSuQX09xUNn_7GsC6EP09taXuonn9pBotuO_T5sSH3O0_hts71u0k_u8jYQ_O051xjFJuxctnMf9F1QGyKSae34B0-JnLPGla1UlphNOnrRkVXj26y8APKkkO7nQIqZkb2UHdkTT_Ik78xZmz8BAwVclxi3SyjsgrgNyGS6cwGsRF81GW&source=gmail&ust=1675291476220000&usg=AOvVaw3ltwG70QHeTLr8IkjKr9X5" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYR_l_uTxUSuQX09xUNn_7GsC6EP09taXuonn9pBotuO_T5sSH3O0_hts71u0k_u8jYQ_O051xjFJuxctnMf9F1QGyKSae34B0-JnLPGla1UlphNOnrRkVXj26y8APKkkO7nQIqZkb2UHdkTT_Ik78xZmz8BAwVclxi3SyjsgrgNyGS6cwGsRF81GW" style="clear: left; color: #bf4e27; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi5gHy0L_qTBoORefchWGUR-SudH_EXBi159vuiY5q_CUnF3M11BAhygi32L7B7MOQ1FpcgK08fD39KQOoLW73b7M1teTTbh90hEQ46NYVVM9pVzIbzUnagI3slVMBTfN5E9s6wOuqD9hZoynZG7JY6Xji-iXD5jhxW6Ebl6i-v2VSRScnRc1T-ecCHTKKYh-ihH9MVAQa5Jn01VlGyRd3BYDjRn3emlkcvwi8CqUHMnxMnZZ7_ZVsrptwlejJ_ViePzlaWcjcSmj9vPGVjUgVR_2NyA125yYtnKpH-P34Ne3j24rpV7GWdwR34gl7L8UkEQI2krJiBYAQbuuSenJUi511THPahM3x8sZ_T_DfHizdN93FnC6Ue8vr6G2mVcjrVJy9_ZVtp8R6Jk1c__g=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border-width: 0px;" width="196" /></a></div>Nicole
is a third-year PhD Student at Indiana University Bloomington focusing
on twentieth-century and contemporary American and British literature,
modernism, postmodern drama, trauma studies, disability studies, gender
& sexuality studies, queer theory, critical race theory, and
performance studies. Three cheers for Nicole on her first peer reviewed publication!</div><div><br /></div><div>For more, see: <br />Rizzo, Nicole Ann. “Mad Time: On Temporality, Trauma, Hysterical Figures, and Liminal Shifters in Adrienne Kennedy’s<span> </span><i>Funnyhouse</i>.”<i>Madwomen in Social Justice Movements, Literatures, and Art</i>, edited by Jessica Lowell Mason and Nicole Crevar, Vernon Press, 2022, pp. 93-114.<p style="height: 18px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; overflow: visible;"><br /></p><p style="height: 36px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; overflow: visible;">Photo courtesy of Nicole Rizzo</p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-18663052294018371272022-12-11T18:50:00.000-05:002022-12-11T18:50:08.389-05:00Save the Date for the Upcoming Unbound Visual Arts Exhibition: A Woman's Work is Never Done!<h1 style="font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></h1><h1 style="font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Save the Date!</span></h1><h1 style="font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: 300; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A Woman's Work is Never Done: Women in the Arts</b></h1><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Organized and presented by Unbound Visual Arts</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> - Opening Reception: Friday March 31, 2023, 7:00 - 9:00 pm ET<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Curated by <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/paige-moreau/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Paige Moreau </a></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">Exhibit Assistants - Jingyi Wang, Minhao Yang, Shuxian Zhang, Tricia Park</p><h5 style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 100; line-height: 16.848px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Arthaus Art Exhibit Gallery - 43 N. Beacon St., Allston, MA</b></h5><h4 style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: 100; line-height: 20.592px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/a-womans-work-is-never-done-women-in-the-arts-call-for-art/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Call for art</span></b></a></h4><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-16220 alignleft" height="235" sizes="(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Paige-Moreau-Headshot-300x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Paige-Moreau-Headshot-300x301.jpg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Paige-Moreau-Headshot-1021x1024.jpg 1021w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Paige-Moreau-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Paige-Moreau-Headshot-768x770.jpg 768w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Paige-Moreau-Headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Paige-Moreau-Headshot.jpg 1276w" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: medium; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="235" />This exhibition will investigate the malleable definition of women’s work in the field, in the home, and, importantly, in the arts. While women’s participation in the labor market steadily increased in the second half of the 20th century, participation has plateaued and even slightly declined as we move through the 21st century. Further, women’s workforce labor (distinguished from domestic labor) was disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as more women lost employment than men or remained home to provide child care during school closures. These statistics and events have been met with calls for increased affordable childcare resources, emphasis on paid family leave, and initiatives to close the gender pay gap. According to U.S. Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, via the Brookings Institute, if the obstacles of underrepresentation, unreasonable work-life balance, and pay disparities consist, we will squander the potential of our citizens and our economic growth. So where does that leave us? At this moment, where do women conceive of themselves in terms of “work” and how do we value the different conceptions of women’s work? </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-20836 alignleft" height="239" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Womans-Work-Is-Never-Done-poster-300x239.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Womans-Work-Is-Never-Done-poster-300x239.jpg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Womans-Work-Is-Never-Done-poster.jpg 735w" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: medium; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="300" />Many recent exhibitions in the greater Boston area have highlighted the work of women artists as well as objects that are specifically designed for women’s work i.e. childcare and domestic chores. Between 2019 and 2021 the MFA Boston mounted the exhibition </span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Women Take the Floor. </i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Drawing largely from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition strove to challenge 20th-century narratives by centering the often overlooked and underrepresented work of women artists. On view through December 18, 2022 the Mass Art Art Museum is hosting the exhibition </span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births </i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">which investigates the material culture surrounding contraception, pregnancy, birth and beyond allowing us a window into how women’s roles are conceived of via design. Additionally we continually see monographic exhibitions dedicated to women artists that question the canon of art and insert women’s voices into political and racial justice discourses including</span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Frida Kahlo: POSE</i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> at the Rose Art Museum in 2020 and </span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sonya Clark: Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know</i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in 2021. </span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A Woman's Work is Never Done: Women in the Arts </i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">will join this ongoing conversation and will assert that the work of women in the arts to carve out an equal space is an ongoing process. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Greater Boston-area female-identifying artists are invited to submit work to </span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A Woman's Work is Never Done: Women in the Arts</i><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. Art in all mediums will be considered for this exhibition including but not limited to, 2D images, sculpture, video, poetry, recorded performance, etc. We are seeking artwork that explores and engages women’s identities, challenges preconceived notions of women’s roles in labor and contends with the history of women’s art and the mediums that have traditionally been considered “women’s work” i.e. crafts, ceramics, fiber arts, etc. Are the mediums women work in neutral? Is there something inherently feminine about women’s art? Where do you conceive of yourself and your female peers in the workforce? How does labor, physical or metaphysical, play into your work?</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Image credit: </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A Woman's Work Is Never Done</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, See Red Women's Poster Collective, poster, 1976, Victoria and Albert Museum, E.1714-2004</span></i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Below are some example works we selected from previous exhibits</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"></p><div class="gallery galleryid-20831 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail" id="gallery-1" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: auto; padding: 0px;"><dl class="gallery-item" style="float: left; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 276.469px;"><dt class="gallery-icon landscape" style="line-height: 27.36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/a-womans-work-is-never-done-women-in-the-arts/andrea-zampitella-suzie-homemaker-2-digital-photograph/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" height="150" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Andrea-Zampitella-Suzie-Homemaker-2-digital-photograph-150x150.jpg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Andrea-Zampitella-Suzie-Homemaker-2-digital-photograph-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Andrea-Zampitella-Suzie-Homemaker-2-digital-photograph-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Andrea-Zampitella-Suzie-Homemaker-2-digital-photograph-100x100.jpg 100w" style="border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-image: none; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; border: 2px solid rgb(207, 207, 207); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="150" /></a></dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item" style="float: left; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 276.469px;"><dt class="gallery-icon landscape" style="line-height: 27.36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/a-womans-work-is-never-done-women-in-the-arts/nancer-ballard-run-like-a-girl-digital-photograph/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" height="150" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nancer-Ballard-Run-Like-a-Girl-digital-photograph-150x150.jpeg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nancer-Ballard-Run-Like-a-Girl-digital-photograph-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nancer-Ballard-Run-Like-a-Girl-digital-photograph-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nancer-Ballard-Run-Like-a-Girl-digital-photograph-100x100.jpeg 100w" style="border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-image: none; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; border: 2px solid rgb(207, 207, 207); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="150" /></a></dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item" style="float: left; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 276.469px;"><dt class="gallery-icon portrait" style="line-height: 27.36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/a-womans-work-is-never-done-women-in-the-arts/nilou-moochhala-singular-multiplexity-digital-print/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" height="150" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nilou-Moochhala-Singular-Multiplexity-digital-print-150x150.jpeg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nilou-Moochhala-Singular-Multiplexity-digital-print-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nilou-Moochhala-Singular-Multiplexity-digital-print-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nilou-Moochhala-Singular-Multiplexity-digital-print-100x100.jpeg 100w" style="border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-image: none; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; border: 2px solid rgb(207, 207, 207); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="150" /></a></dt></dl><br style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><dl class="gallery-item" style="float: left; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 276.469px;"><dt class="gallery-icon portrait" style="line-height: 27.36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/a-womans-work-is-never-done-women-in-the-arts/ruth-rieffanaugh-board-of-directors-finding-strength-in-broken-places-acrylic-on-paper/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" height="150" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Ruth-Rieffanaugh-Board-of-Directors-Finding-Strength-in-Broken-Places-acrylic-on-paper-150x150.jpeg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Ruth-Rieffanaugh-Board-of-Directors-Finding-Strength-in-Broken-Places-acrylic-on-paper-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Ruth-Rieffanaugh-Board-of-Directors-Finding-Strength-in-Broken-Places-acrylic-on-paper-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Ruth-Rieffanaugh-Board-of-Directors-Finding-Strength-in-Broken-Places-acrylic-on-paper-100x100.jpeg 100w" style="border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-image: none; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; border: 2px solid rgb(207, 207, 207); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="150" /></a></dt></dl><br style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(From top to bottom, left to right:</i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Andrea Zampitella, Suzie Homemaker, #2</i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nancer Ballard, Run Like a Girl</i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nilou Moochhala, Singular Multiplexity</i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ruth Rieffanaugh, Finding Strength in Broken Places)</i></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Source for material above: <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/a-womans-work-is-never-done-women-in-the-arts/">https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/a-womans-work-is-never-done-women-in-the-arts/</a></p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-1771076803034002922022-10-16T17:36:00.003-04:002022-10-16T17:39:21.849-04:00 UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture, and People-Centered Development Congratulates UNESCO on 30th UNITWIN Chairs Programme Anniversary!<p>Please see our congratulatory video highlighting some of our UNESCO/UNITWIN Network's accomplishments in honor of the UNITWIN Chairs Programme 30th Anniversary below:</p><p><br /></p><p>Brenda Gael McSweeney, PhD</p><p>UNITWIN Director at BU and Co-Coordinator with Susanne Sreedhar, PhD, Director BU's WGS Program</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='417' height='347' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwKjEWvECORTB5SusL4nxp7tMevOb-y4i-XkiDKb16eJKypGnYBtG5IGoHjMsh6K5HI2SH-L0XDpPrRnbR6pg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Photo credits:<br />Top Left: Unbound Visual Arts (UVA)<br />Top Middle: Kassia Karr<br />Top Right: Mousumi Murmu<br />Bottom Middle: Cover painting, "Another Side of India": © Anuradha Dey (Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India)<br />Bottom Left and Right: "Gender Perspectives in Case Studies Across Continents" series in conjunction with Gloria Bonder and the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender, Buenos Aires, published by UNESCO Paris<div><br /></div><div>Video prepared with Nicole Rizzo, UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Research Associate</div><div><br /></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-7588041186367360102022-09-18T17:20:00.000-04:002022-10-16T17:20:42.499-04:00Congresswoman Ayanna Presley visits UVA's Arthaus Gallery!<p>Unbound Visual Arts, a UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Affiliate, received a visit from Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley at the new Arthaus Gallery! See more of the story here: https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/visit-by-congresswoman-pressley/</p><p><br /></p><p><strong style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley</strong><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;"> </span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;">visited UVA's Arthaus Gallery on September 1st. She was very impressed with the gallery, Unbound Visual Arts and the current I</span><em style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">nspiring Change for the Climate Crisis</em><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;"> </span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;">exhibit. On hand were several members of the UVA Board of Directors and Council of Advisors, UVA interns and the curator. The Congresswoman toured the exhibit and took questions on a delightful Thursday afternoon. She expressed her interest in art that expresses joy and has meaning. The Congresswoman was also very interested in our last two exhibits -</span><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;"> </span><em style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Invisible Disabilities </em><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;">and</span><em style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Emerging from Refuge.</em></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-20414 size-large" height="768" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2345-1024x768.jpeg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2345-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2345-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2345-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2345-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2345-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="1024" /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-20416 size-large" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2348-768x1024.jpeg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2348-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2348-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2348-300x400.jpeg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2348-rotated.jpeg 960w" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="768" /></p><br />Source: https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/visit-by-congresswoman-pressley/<br /><br />Original photos courtesy of John Quatrale<div><br /></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-69764882471213305152022-07-29T15:28:00.001-04:002022-07-29T15:28:38.033-04:00Save the Date – International conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme<p>This just in from UNESCO Paris! More information available below and at: <a href="https://events.unesco.org/event?id=3003206114">https://events.unesco.org/event?id=3003206114</a></p><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; width: 1503px;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 18cm;" valign="top" width="680"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipj3QZiyOKWYFRk-iVdJcuBcv2MOHmFvCXRuA959aKkt7C7f8rpJGiNm09_etas4cbDut6In4KXfVaylK5UJamNU1irZsSVbB8TbXu580r8vIEouhplFbMwgLCrh2gMyz-Hckg6iYyEjw096rlZdN68YnLuKxXTpwN2N-nRw3QKhWQ6MjCCTuyhz2M/s3508/image002.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="2480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipj3QZiyOKWYFRk-iVdJcuBcv2MOHmFvCXRuA959aKkt7C7f8rpJGiNm09_etas4cbDut6In4KXfVaylK5UJamNU1irZsSVbB8TbXu580r8vIEouhplFbMwgLCrh2gMyz-Hckg6iYyEjw096rlZdN68YnLuKxXTpwN2N-nRw3QKhWQ6MjCCTuyhz2M/w453-h640/image002.jpg" width="453" /></a></div></td><td style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 11.1pt;" valign="top" width="15"><br /></td><td style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 606pt;" valign="top" width="808"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-88816738734043559302022-07-08T16:39:00.000-04:002022-07-08T16:39:27.405-04:00Check out BU/WGS's Latest Newsletter from 2021-2022!<p>Our UNESCO/UNITWIN Network host institution, Boston University's Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, has just distributed the Annual Newsletter for 2021-2022! Please see page 16 for the accomplishments of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network that features our Network Affiliates Gloria Bonder, who heads up the UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America as well as the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender, and Unbound Visual Arts with its new Arthaus Gallery!</p><p><br /></p><p>See the WGS Newsletter here:<a href="http://www.bu.edu/wgs/files/2022/07/WGSNewsletter2021-2022.pdf"> http://www.bu.edu/wgs/files/2022/07/WGSNewsletter2021-2022.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Below: screenshot from WGS Newsletter (original photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash; design and copyediting by WGS's Olivia McCargar)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9V00GWkVokwa3_rIceBdtB1vOr-IFOB-q5ykpHew3Y7unmQyRvEGKujeEJNgTLjAPWPbimwtRGGFeSAOMso0LZZ6YYbgeQ7Sw5peqqShmcSlkC2N1zhdZiukERmgpO_Q7o1hY_2gedUvrCMU_4VhiYz7vZuTsqWK2JW8KyFR8fWNeM4XBvzcpNFa/s1156/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%202.47.43%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="892" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9V00GWkVokwa3_rIceBdtB1vOr-IFOB-q5ykpHew3Y7unmQyRvEGKujeEJNgTLjAPWPbimwtRGGFeSAOMso0LZZ6YYbgeQ7Sw5peqqShmcSlkC2N1zhdZiukERmgpO_Q7o1hY_2gedUvrCMU_4VhiYz7vZuTsqWK2JW8KyFR8fWNeM4XBvzcpNFa/w309-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%202.47.43%20PM.png" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-15911537012973016712022-06-15T14:46:00.002-04:002022-07-08T14:55:21.612-04:00Tribute to Gloria Bonder & The UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America (based in Buenos Aires) on its 20th Anniversary<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEZBZa7-66HWiaTiJh665EaxOwbZAgFBljymOzTpttMZNdXJfLXX5rRWAwnNp83htKBAToUFTsfvc0uNDBGA0QLg4q_nBR3TgJhrE_7SXuPmdvw3stSYmZYS-KFjuXO2mKybBqtQnHRKNurguxx0puugriEqmBJARXWTXN1AY9SHutXYiX3mVQB_m/s266/11817025_1707354316162453_2251550249339708060_n.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="206" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEZBZa7-66HWiaTiJh665EaxOwbZAgFBljymOzTpttMZNdXJfLXX5rRWAwnNp83htKBAToUFTsfvc0uNDBGA0QLg4q_nBR3TgJhrE_7SXuPmdvw3stSYmZYS-KFjuXO2mKybBqtQnHRKNurguxx0puugriEqmBJARXWTXN1AY9SHutXYiX3mVQB_m/s1600/11817025_1707354316162453_2251550249339708060_n.png" width="206" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Gloria Bonder, who heads up both this Regional Chair and the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender, has worked tirelessly herself and guiding her colleagues to celebrate the feminist achievements of scholars worldwide. Her partnership with our Boston University-based UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development led to invaluable collaboration on volumes of <i>Gender</i> <i>Perspectives in Case Studies Across Continents</i> that we co-edit and co-publish. For the near future, I suggest that the stellar work of the Regional Chair merits the preparation and publication of a case study in our joint "Women & UN Origins" series, showcasing both challenges the Chair confronted and its accomplishments as a model contributor to the global dialogue promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. (</span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times;">From Brenda’s Tribute on behalf of the UNESCO/UNITWIN on the Regional Chair’s </span></i><span style="font-family: Times;">20<sup>th</sup> <i>Anniversary Jumbotron). </i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Prof. Asha Mukherjee of our UNITWIN Network in India contributed a Tribute focusing on female training and education in West Bengal (see tributes below). <b><i>“Brava” Gloria & team! </i></b></span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt;">(Photo credit: en.unesco.org)</span></i><p></p><p><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQilxRMl7vJdDakZbVVzUhR8enoCT_g_0WiBckbJPoxR9mzFPTnbY8UlE6P0tb68XV-Pt3C0QtaKA0IBahJlWDLSaRFzvzy5V7jKLyQY_mZf7l35TACCucUP_gJppYtCVRPH5Tn86VDxyunrS9FkqDGxbJraaJ6nhmVnEFxhAGWB0Z8zBsms8AEF8/s2436/Ca%CC%81tedra%20Regional%20UNESCO.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2436" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQilxRMl7vJdDakZbVVzUhR8enoCT_g_0WiBckbJPoxR9mzFPTnbY8UlE6P0tb68XV-Pt3C0QtaKA0IBahJlWDLSaRFzvzy5V7jKLyQY_mZf7l35TACCucUP_gJppYtCVRPH5Tn86VDxyunrS9FkqDGxbJraaJ6nhmVnEFxhAGWB0Z8zBsms8AEF8/w400-h185/Ca%CC%81tedra%20Regional%20UNESCO.png" width="400" /></a></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Interactive Jumbotron website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.catunescomujer.org/20aniversario/&source=gmail&ust=1651786931954000&usg=AOvVaw1gr7VCoxHrIxD3bqNFMSHf" href="http://www.catunescomujer.org/20aniversario/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">http://www.catunescomujer.org/20aniversario/</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.catunescomujer.org/20aniversario/&source=gmail&ust=1651786931954000&usg=AOvVaw1gr7VCoxHrIxD3bqNFMSHf" href="http://www.catunescomujer.org/20aniversario/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"></i></a><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL3SOlracuc4PJH_u5IQtzzLUxOOzPGd-5aBUmVpJ3UweO9q0VOViLKPDWV4UJ61t9G3LtCYKsn71xl0ebhZK5bi0iq5AtXMJYi2UervnBrOQ7Myxo9rGPMicBpvy1vJy88xQLWui1suPGEFOiT9tMbM6TnRU6QnNKn0Hyp41snAIoQhyXINmhylL/s1420/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-04%20at%203.04.40%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1420" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL3SOlracuc4PJH_u5IQtzzLUxOOzPGd-5aBUmVpJ3UweO9q0VOViLKPDWV4UJ61t9G3LtCYKsn71xl0ebhZK5bi0iq5AtXMJYi2UervnBrOQ7Myxo9rGPMicBpvy1vJy88xQLWui1suPGEFOiT9tMbM6TnRU6QnNKn0Hyp41snAIoQhyXINmhylL/w400-h229/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-04%20at%203.04.40%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></i></p><p><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwA42POPaU6kWZvmHkztugQh-O7b50YzEXLbEHhAtH1lI0uNhCZA4e-Wvajwl-VFdPwIQRtudv_8VDDia7ZbQCxfRWevcBk_e36bBIfAn9wl4kk5SDsBF0YbBmXegp0GMnWVahAe2iB0y_d6eE_q_6rj3nJ_9WsCkQgP9BluS64Vd6s_xgJ45X5oIe/s1426/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1426" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwA42POPaU6kWZvmHkztugQh-O7b50YzEXLbEHhAtH1lI0uNhCZA4e-Wvajwl-VFdPwIQRtudv_8VDDia7ZbQCxfRWevcBk_e36bBIfAn9wl4kk5SDsBF0YbBmXegp0GMnWVahAe2iB0y_d6eE_q_6rj3nJ_9WsCkQgP9BluS64Vd6s_xgJ45X5oIe/w400-h229/unnamed.png" width="400" /></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-71398335616390978452022-06-07T16:08:00.000-04:002022-06-10T16:08:27.861-04:00Unbound Visual Arts Presents: Invisible Disabilities - NOW In Person Exhibit!<p>Please see our UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Affiliate Unbound Visual Arts' latest Exhibition below! </p><p> </p><h1 style="font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: 300; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Invisible Disabilities Exhibit - In Person<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b></h1><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Curated by</b> <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/samantha-m-joyce/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Samantha M Joyce</a> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> June 3 - July 17, 2022</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">UVA's Arthaus Gallery, 43 N. Beacon St., Allston, MA 02134</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Artists: Sam Fein, Kyleah Kirby, Alex Miklowski, Linda Morgenstern, James Perry, Jr., Stacy Shorr, Jenn Stanley, Susan K Teal, Jennifer Turpin, Yolanda He Yang</p><h4 style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: 100; line-height: 20.592px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://uva6092022.eventbrite.com/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Opening Program and Reception: Thursday June 9th, 2022 6:30 - 8:30 pm RSVP</a> <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b></span></h4><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Live keyboard music by <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/mae-siu-wai-stroshane/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Mae<span class="iuDOqc" data-tooltip-position="top" data-tooltip="From your Google Contacts" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Siu Wai Strosh</span>ane</a>, refreshments and short artist talks</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/invisible-disabilities-in-person-art-selected/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Art preview</a></b>| <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Press-Release_-Invisible-Disibilities.pdf" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Press Release</a></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Interactive reading and discussion led by <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/monica-mcalpine/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Monica McAlpine</a>,</b> author of <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Winter Bride</i>, her newly published poetic memoir about her mother's Parkinson's Disease. Issues of visibility and invisibility concerning the afflicted and their caregivers will be addressed. <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Thursday, June 23rd, 2022, 7:00 pm RSVP coming soon.</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">This in-person is a follow-up to the virtual exhibit by the same title.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"...what happens when you have a disability that is not easily seen by the naked eye?"</i> - Samantha Joyce</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Invisable-Disabilities-flyer.png" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-19558 size-large" height="576" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Invisable-Disabilities-flyer-1024x576.png" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Invisable-Disabilities-flyer-1024x576.png 1024w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Invisable-Disabilities-flyer-300x169.png 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Invisable-Disabilities-flyer-768x432.png 768w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Invisable-Disabilities-flyer-1536x864.png 1536w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Invisable-Disabilities-flyer.png 1600w" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: medium; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 5px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="1024" /></a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Curatorial Statement:</b></p><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_17604" style="background-color: white; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; float: left; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 5px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 96%; padding: 5px 3px 10px; text-align: center;"><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_17604" style="border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid rgb(240, 240, 240); margin: 5px auto; max-width: 96%; padding: 5px 3px 10px; width: 160px;"><img alt="" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-17604" class="wp-image-17604 size-thumbnail" height="150" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Samantha-Joyce-150x150.jpeg" srcset="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Samantha-Joyce-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Samantha-Joyce-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Samantha-Joyce-100x100.jpeg 100w" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: auto;" width="150" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-17604" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;">Samantha Joyce, Curator</p></div><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-17604" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px;"> </p></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">When we look at art, we want to see ourselves represented in it and in the space where the art is showcased. But what happens when you have a disability that is not easily seen by the naked eye? </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Disabilities such as ASD (autism spectrum disorder), ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), chronic illnesses, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and mental illnesses are not always recognizable to individuals who are not familiar with them. Because invisible disabilities often go unrecognized, people with invisible disabilities are underrepresented in many gallery exhibitions.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">With this exhibition, I want to create a safe and welcoming place for individuals who have invisible disabilities to share their experiences and their artwork. This exhibition aims to represent a variety of experiences and explores questions about representation: In what ways do works of visual art shed light on the experiences of those with invisible disabilities? To whom are different invisible disabilities <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">visible</i> and to whom are they <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">invisible</i>? Can increasing representation of individuals with invisible disabilities in art and other media lead to broader social changes?</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">It is my hope that this exhibit helps educate the public about invisible disabilities and provides a framework for how invisible disabilities can be better represented in the visual arts. I want other galleries and museums to see what we have created and follow suit, so we can continue to build a wider audience for artists with invisible disabilities.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Source for material above: https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/invisible-disabilities-in-person-exhibit/</p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-71066092178309076452022-05-04T17:33:00.000-04:002022-05-04T17:33:01.903-04:00An Exciting Exhibition at the Intersection of Cultural Heritage and Visual Art!<h2 style="text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Photography of </span></b><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fran Gardino</span></b></h2><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR_D1_A9dVoBsKsWHYZeURXL2YuhLAT0QQRDFc8MSPyL-VbvHy5kz_LYvyAPFC8HwVL8ebvDsHJZ9689MZrb32gLZpGLxXU8bsALlJNJmLZN0I_f9mJTQeAnMzNSsHzcRgkpLj_g4WYTkRDTM_FlzRLto7MaHeOgPU6XJPtETcp8QDVwMm0q4R_MF/s300/Gardino-1-300x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR_D1_A9dVoBsKsWHYZeURXL2YuhLAT0QQRDFc8MSPyL-VbvHy5kz_LYvyAPFC8HwVL8ebvDsHJZ9689MZrb32gLZpGLxXU8bsALlJNJmLZN0I_f9mJTQeAnMzNSsHzcRgkpLj_g4WYTkRDTM_FlzRLto7MaHeOgPU6XJPtETcp8QDVwMm0q4R_MF/s1600/Gardino-1-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Presented by Unbound Visual Arts</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">Exhibit installers: Chelsea White and John Quatrale | Publicity: Christina Jang and Kenneal Patterson</p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: 100; line-height: 24.336px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #800180;">Arthaus Art E<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">xhibit Gallery - 43 N. Beacon St., Allston,</span> MA</span></b></span></h3><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">February 3 - March 27, 2022</b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: purple; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Passed: Opening Program and Reception on Sunday Feb. 27, 2022 </span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">Artist talk, light refreshments, live keyboard music by <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/mae-siu-wai-stroshane/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mae Siu Wai Stroshane</b>, </a>and free raffle for fun prizes.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gallery Hours</b></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Fridays: 12:00 Noon - 5:00 pm</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">Saturdays: 12:00 Noon - 5:00 pm</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; text-align: center;">Sundays: 12:00 Noon - 5:00 pm </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Covid-19 Requirements</b><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Please note that all visitors and staff are required to present proof of full vaccination upon entry and CDC-approved face masks must be worn inside the gallery.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Artist's Exhibit Statement</b></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">This opening solo show includes some of my photo images from locations both near and far. In 2012, I traveled with my wife and daughter to Italy to visit the home of my grandparents in Sicily for the first time. It became immediately apparent why all four grandparents chose to emigrate to the USA: to escape poverty and limited opportunities in order to seek a more prosperous life. The Italy photos in this show represent a small collection of images from that 2012 trip.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUif6_zGgqwPCaqxQ9xtz8vS2a0gdiESDuI_un82RpOcRFmjDOxcna81WFoNbdg3P5SqnJ9JHeQsfMdPm96IHEJGCxVSXAWwaHv_mxwZkBog60kZcmgOfrSX3ROiz2etHqFOp6DxDEUwXLo1dOuWcHHlm6vPs81FpHxevxARBBlH4zGWKgplhmhtEy/s500/Fran-Gardino-bops2009-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="500" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUif6_zGgqwPCaqxQ9xtz8vS2a0gdiESDuI_un82RpOcRFmjDOxcna81WFoNbdg3P5SqnJ9JHeQsfMdPm96IHEJGCxVSXAWwaHv_mxwZkBog60kZcmgOfrSX3ROiz2etHqFOp6DxDEUwXLo1dOuWcHHlm6vPs81FpHxevxARBBlH4zGWKgplhmhtEy/s320/Fran-Gardino-bops2009-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Clouds have always been a fascination to me, wondering how previous artists captured varied cloudscapes with and without the use of a camera. All my cloud photos were taken through the windows of commercial flights in the US and abroad. One such photo, “Coach Class Sunrise”, is featured in a 10 ft X 30 ft photo installation in Logan Airport Terminal A and appears in a smaller version in this UVA show.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">The challenge on the ground has been to find varied and compelling combinations of subject matter and mini-worlds that keep me engaged for an indefinite period of time. Fortunately, I have found many such locations. Most notably, the Charles and Mystic Rivers, Boston Public Garden, Emerald Necklace, Mt Auburn Cemetery, seaside and urban locations as well as local plant and animal farms. This show includes several images from these numerous explorations.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Currently, due to the arrival of Covid-19 and my need to stay home or close to my home in Brighton MA, my recent fine art landscape photo efforts have been concentrated on Boston area scenes, especially those of the beautiful parkland spaces. I have found a greater appreciation for the familiar landscape, possible due to a renewed sense of the importance of simply being happy with what we have.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Artist Biography</span></b></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Francis Gardino, a Brighton resident and member of the Council of Advisors for Unbound Visual Arts, received his Bachelor's of Fine Art in Painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He is a member of the Allston Arts District Open Studios, and the Photographic Resource Center at Lesley University. He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions throughout Massachusetts.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">His large scale installations include a 10’ wide x 30’ tall cloud photo at Logan Airport’s Terminal A, and other large format photos at the Mystic Valley Watershed Association, Charles River Conservancy, Boston Public Garden, Massachusetts State House, Brighton Allston Historical Museum, Workbar Arlington, Mt Auburn Hospital Cambridge, Mt Auburn Hospital Clinic Belmont, the Winchester Hospital and the Dedham Wellness Center.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">He has self-published four photo books, of which three are included in the curatorial library of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. His photos have been shown in the Danforth Art Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum annex and the Italian Consulate in the Federal Reserve Building in Boston, and he’s won numerous awards including the “Best of Show” at the Duxbury Art Complex 2015 Winter Show. The Danforth Museum in Framingham MA owns one of his photos titled “Brewster Rock”.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">As a current member and past president of the International Association of Panoramic Photographers, he continues to pursue the captured beauty of landscape and non-traditional panoramic photographic imagery.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Email: <a href="mailto:fgardino@rcn.com" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">fgardino@rcn.com</a> </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Website: <a href="http://www.frangardino.com/" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">www.frangardino.com</a>
</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Twitter: @GardinoFran</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;">Source: Unbound Visual Arts website: https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/the-photography-of-fran-gardino/</p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-15770698921810675132021-12-05T14:24:00.000-05:002021-12-05T14:24:33.500-05:00Exciting News: Unbound Visual Arts' Arthaus Gallery Opening!<div style="text-align: left;">You are invited! See UVA's Arthaus Gallery Opening details below! </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/54c1d4e6-593a-430b-9fe6-baa06ba60fd1.png" /></div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://uvaarthaus.eventbrite.com/"><img height="267" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/b5e59954-c587-2256-14f9-2affddfdd3cc.png" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://uvaarthaus.eventbrite.com/">RSVP for Dec. 12th</a></span></b></div><br /><a href="http://uvaarthaus.eventbrite.com/"><img height="272" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/3acb5bd3-4b25-25a7-3e41-6eea15050453.png" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br />Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) cordially invites you to the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Arthaus Gallery on Sunday, December 12th at 1:00 – 4:00 pm EST at 43 North Beacon Street in Allston near New Balance Headquarters and Boston Landing. <br /><br />This new gallery will enable UVA Members to celebrate and showcase original works of art from a diverse array of artists throughout the greater Boston community. Since 2018 when UVA first started meeting with The Mount Vernon Company, the opening of the Arthaus Exhibit Gallery has been a long sought-after initiative to provide a formal space for Boston “creatives” throughout metro Boston and to further enrich Allston’s historic and cultural arts district. One of UVA’s primary goals is to make unique visual artwork available to the public and curate one-of-a-kind exhibits. The Arthaus gallery is included in a new 81 unit rental and homeowner development and is Allston-Brighton’s first community-based art gallery.<br /> <br />To commemorate this special occasion, UVA is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony. In addition, we will have live jazz music by the Josiah Reibstein Duo, refreshments, the UVA Holiday Sale with plenty of arts and crafts, and a community art project for everyone. We hope you will be able to join us for this momentous event.<br /><br />To RSVP, please go to <a href="http://uvaarthaus.eventbrite.com/">UVAarthaus.eventbrite.com</a> by Wednesday, December 8th, 2021. We look forward to celebrating this special occasion with you!<br /><br />Yours truly,<br /><br />Grand Opening Celebration Committee:<br />Jeanne Lin, Chair <br />Susan Loomis-Wing<br />Ruth Rieffanaugh<br />Karen Smigliani<br />John Quatrale<br /><br /><a href="http://uvaarthaus.eventbrite.com/">RSVP for Dec. 12th</a><br /><br /><b>UVA's Mission Statement</b><br />Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) is a unique Allston-Brighton based non-profit art organization. We serve the Greater Boston community with impactful educational programs and exhibits to encourage learning, engagement, and change. </div><div><br /></div><div>Source: UVA<br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" id="templatePreheader" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-14066880470013473422021-11-16T19:49:00.003-05:002021-12-05T14:20:51.306-05:00UVA Exhibit "Invisible Disabilities" live on November 18!<div class="separator">Another exciting exhibit from UVA!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/54c1d4e6-593a-430b-9fe6-baa06ba60fd1.png" /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">UVA News</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Invisible Disabilities >></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/f0f3f7cf-ec02-bf76-e504-984fb34a1b8f.jpeg" /></div><br />Invisible Disabilities explores the personal experiences of individuals living with disabilities that are not easily seen. Curated by University of Westminster graduate Samantha Joyce and designed by Kyung Eun Lee, this exhibit showcases a series of paintings, videos, and mixed media created by visual artists. Addressing the theme of representation, curator Samantha Joyce explains that “art in general is usually a good representation of the artist, their surroundings, and their community, but what happens when you have a disability that is not easily seen by the naked eye?” With this exhibit, she aims to “shed light on invisible disabilities and encourage their representation in a greater number of galleries and museums to help build a wider audience.”</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/2113473?__r=4270259&s=w" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Exhibit catalogue</a>, <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Press-Release_-Teaching-Children_Invisible-Disabilities.pdf" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">press release</a>, short <a href="https://youtu.be/eL4hhFm7v38" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">video gallery tour</a> here.</span></strong></div><div class="separator"><br />Artists: Romani Berlekov, Linda Clave, Sam Fein, Steph Koufman, Pauline Lim, Lydia Lodynsky, Maia Monteagudo, Amaranthia Sepia, Jennifer Turpin<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/9fa3e88c-ad33-98a3-cfe9-cf60f1cdc36b.png" /><br /><br /><br />Virtual program with the curator and artists, with music and raffle<br /><br />Thursday November 18, 2021, 6:30 pm EST - Invisible Disabilities. </div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">Source: UVA<br /><br /></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-7560955014550363632021-11-10T19:48:00.002-05:002021-12-05T14:20:34.959-05:00UVA Exhibit "Teaching Children About Racial Justice" live on November 13!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/54c1d4e6-593a-430b-9fe6-baa06ba60fd1.png" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">UVA News</span></b></div><br />UVA has recently opened two impactful exhibits: "<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Teaching Children About Racial Justice</a>" curated by Kyung Eun Lee, and "<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Invisible Disabilities</a>" curated by Samantha Joyce. Over 25 artists represented in the virtual galleries. Just click these buttons and start touring! There are virtual programs too. <div><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Teaching Children About Racial Justice >></a><br /><br /><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/2ac53a99-6edd-028a-9b45-98107d9bc53a.jpeg" /><br />Teaching Children About Racial Justice, curated by Rhode Island School of Design graduate Kyung Eun Lee, examines the unique ways we can gain a more profound understanding of racial equity and foster meaningful conversation with children and families. The exhibit features artists whose work includes paintings, photographs, mixed media, and sculptures that reflect on education and justice in today’s youth generation. Curator Kyung Eun Lee observes that “open dialogue and validation of children’s experiences is a vital step in encouraging honest, positive change in both ourselves and our communities.” Her curatorial vision focused on “harnessing the power of creativity to generate a varied discourse and inspire meaningful reflection among public audiences.”</div><div><br /></div><div><strong style="caret-color: rgb(36, 43, 46); color: #242b2e; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">A <a href="https://youtu.be/p7CvnYwDEzc" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">short video tour</a> of the exhibit. View or download the <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Press-Release_-Teaching-Children_Invisible-Disabilities.pdf" style="color: #02aee1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">press release</a> and</span></strong> <a href="https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/2113460"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;">Exhibit Catalogue</span> </span></b></a>here.<br /> <br />Artists: Sonia Ben Achoura, Paul Ayihawu, Sarah Buckius, Ugonma Chibuzo, Véronique Anne Epiter, Anum Farooq, Yee Jae Kim, Lewanda Lim, Elisandra Lopes, Mathew Okazaki, Merlo Philiossaint, Christina Qi, Peter Slingluff, Carve Stone, Jennifer Turpin, Mary Vannucci, Ngoc-Tran Vu<br /><br /><img height="190" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9/images/4fcf5b91-d769-45a8-23fe-caf1eda4a448.png" width="400" /><br /><br />Virtual program with the curator and artists, with music and raffle<br />Saturday November 13, 2021, 5:00 pm EST - Teaching Children About Racial Justice. </div><div>Source: UVA</div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-21546478574584654312021-05-23T14:19:00.001-04:002021-05-23T14:23:54.311-04:00WGS Newsletter 2021 Now Published!<p>We are excited to announce the publication of the 2020-2021 WGS Newsletter! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_blagbQG0B6Ie7VmcIA1_wqYsbvkzVOg20BkgQBKGq0APqUrwGkenIJzckEXeVHibFsH1GBVa0eTQDFYuZhiORHjG0z_F6174zOKUNX_SMDoA53e_FEZa0cHroxwOJjwnpjTApuk41TA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="978" data-original-width="760" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_blagbQG0B6Ie7VmcIA1_wqYsbvkzVOg20BkgQBKGq0APqUrwGkenIJzckEXeVHibFsH1GBVa0eTQDFYuZhiORHjG0z_F6174zOKUNX_SMDoA53e_FEZa0cHroxwOJjwnpjTApuk41TA/w249-h320/Screen+Shot+2021-05-23+at+11.37.50+AM.png" width="249" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>See WGS Newsletter here: </p><p><a href="http://www.bu.edu/wgs/files/2021/05/WGSNewsletter2020-2021.pdf">http://www.bu.edu/wgs/files/2021/05/WGSNewsletter2020-2021.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Please note the sections celebrating the WGS co-sponsored Unbound Visual Arts exhibition and Artists Panel discussion, <i>Stronger Sisterhood: Representing Intersectional Identity</i> and a related program, <i>Stories of Resilience: Our Stories Matter</i> (page 7) and the annual UNESCO/UNITWIN Network feature update (page 14). The Gender and International Development Initiatives (GaIDI) of Brandeis University was a promotional supporter. </p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><br /></p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-51742292473704368222021-05-07T11:44:00.011-04:002021-05-23T14:21:50.857-04:00Unbound Visual Arts Presents: Self-Preservation: A Complex Human Instinct<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiOVgNYMghgNFkjqaLzVXA0UgCK0hH5sjypuc277cZneT0i6aHi7olNpm3yemF2eJNb01KLmJX8hM4t34-3S7besFltUX0vtBP4CXm7XJw-Jv6rQuUC9_dO5vw9K-6rp4tf7NwH72eEExfcZaKfU8hkk8pudGmZa9elCM0fjZJFfkZkSinIECeLG8QdPqWxCftfZK73ltpsmiNQ5IK5X2xChUjc=s0-d-e1-ft" /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://unboundvisualarts.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9&id=a2c48bf476&e=4791343e09"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEg5SVo040AzB0z2sKqN4ObrwYqOlHmtmHPYo9ua2EhB1czIubW8YkEdKkCH3QCIIXAV2J0UtcCYdc-PGnDlaU9bQKSjxbjP1Sagd-c7utUPUztymvYTL3C8RXSonKjQ_z-1LCxkRvbGdXNMDoh5r2HSHC0zreGpWWZLZRztc7glVYDBKbH0IpKfWicabrAJIQ12HIp__X97OdqRWWVCjT4iH6WV=s0-d-e1-ft" /></a><br /><br /><br />Join us for a late afternoon of fun to celebrate our virtual exhibition, <i>Self-Preservation: A Complex Human Instinct</i>. Enjoy a live musical performance from Mae Siu Wai Stroshane, an exhibition tour, a Q&A with the artists, and a raffle for exciting prizes!<br /><br />The 11 artists represented are Nancer Ballard, Donna Caselden, Linda Clave, Catherine Lawrie, Sally Lee, Elisandra Lopes, Kat Masella, Maia Monteagudo, Michaela Morse, Jennifer Jean Okumura, and Diane Sheridan.<br /><br /><i>Self-Preservation: A Complex Human Instinct</i> is curated by Cecilia Christman and designed by Kyung Eun Lee. Cecilia has a degree in art history from Boston College and assisted in an exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Kyung has a master's degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. The exhibit explores forms of self-preservation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. <i>Self-Preservation: A Complex Human Instinct</i> is available in the Unbound Visual Arts Virtual Exhibition Gallery for 24 hours a day through June 30, 2021. The exhibit features 22 works of art, which include paintings, photographs, mixed media, and sculptures that reflect on themes of healing and division during the pandemic.<br /><br />Enjoy the virtual gallery at <br /><a href="https://unboundvisualarts.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9&id=929f4a46c1&e=4791343e09">https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/self-preservation-a-complex-human-instinct</a><br /><br />View the one-minute video tour available on YouTube at <a href="https://unboundvisualarts.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9&id=d8e4476be6&e=4791343e09">https://youtu.be/cqLOh3iZhd8</a><br /><br /><div>Curator Cecilia Christman observes that “as a result of the pandemic and the country’s reckoning with racial injustice, the practices of individualism and self-preservation have burgeoned into many new forms.” As curator, she aimed to illuminate different forms of self-preservation, inviting artists and audiences to “explore the ways in which self-preservation can hurt, heal, divide, and unify.”<div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj90M-uyTnY-a6S28qfQi3yMfKueWJFyG62J8gGH466z3eWhDXGH4qNoEvD9YwNj6Qdfkl83HnYNp2B-6QWcpIEF8_TlCe1_ob6iQTIqozUznpmrm3zsE3dpXXsZEPSxswjenzMw0ZrHfRVNU9X5mrBrbsfygcmJjEolbsLIHT91hwILbFpwJ_wpEpaTWMhFtxI2a6TXh6GCAytiLAcxQk7UFT0=s0-d-e1-ft" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Gender and International Development Initiatives (GaIDI) and the BU/WGS-based UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development are promotional supporters. </div><br /><a href="https://unboundvisualarts.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f74566eb8cf9a568901aecce9&id=74da2afcb0&e=4791343e09">Visit the Self-Preservation Exhibit Gallery</a><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjEnzRpUzo48jGVfWCmuo4wpog7cma_qWRUGseNEoigeTXG_VaV65FupmEpOiuauXfoN56GnAaMs598MUjG1q6UXULgKEA5-GT3OIo_IPiUw9V3XJpV1nNGa_z3N9Ie6vCo3se0894IS_YHZ5q17wD8WKR1-2w_PVInYksKSp3zvFZPu3dnd-iznyAmVpLNkhdz3UPRTNzgb6PiqnlGMg5QTITn=s0-d-e1-ft" /><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-38157985080985880212021-04-02T13:02:00.002-04:002021-04-06T17:51:37.172-04:00Invisible No More: Asian American Responses to Atlanta<p>In solidarity with Asian American Pacific Islander communities, please see the following video of "Invisible No More: Asian American Responses to Atlanta," moderated by Dr. Takeo Rivera, BU Assistant Professor of English and of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies that houses the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network. Description posted by Boston University on YouTube below:</p><p><br /></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"On Friday, March 26, a group of Boston University professors gathered virtually for a panel discussion in response to the Atlanta spa shootings that took place just over a week prior in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. The event, which claimed the lives of eight people, has been widely characterized as part of a nationwide pattern of anti-Asian hate crimes and targeting. According to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/stopaapihate">#StopAAPIHate</a>, a coalition that tracks incidents of violence and harassment against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S., hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans have surged by nearly 150% from 2019 to 2020. The panelists spoke on a range of academic and personal topics and will continue to hold space for larger community conversations on how to move forward as an Asian American community at BU.<span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #030303;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></span>Panelists: Dr. Yoonsook Ha - Boston University School of Social Work </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dr. Hyeouk Chris Hahm - Boston University School of Social Work </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dr. Choi Hee An - Boston University School of Theology </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dr. Kính T. Vũ - Boston University College of Fine Arts</span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Moderated by: Dr. Takeo Rivera - Boston University College of Arts & Sciences<span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #030303;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></span> This event was co-sponsored by BU's Anna Howard Shaw Center, School of Theology, School of Social Work, College of Fine Arts, Faculty & Staff Assistance Office, Diversity and Inclusion Office, African American Studies Program, Department of English, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program."</span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-image: none; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p>Link to video of the Panel Discussions here: </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzn4HVroeBg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzn4HVroeBg</a></p><p><br /></p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-7867657193142252062021-03-22T12:56:00.002-04:002021-04-04T13:21:52.549-04:00UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Stands in Solidarity with Asian American Pacific Islander Communities<p>We at the BU-based UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture & People-Centered Development stand in solidarity with AAPI communities. Please see Unbound Visual Arts' Statement of Solidarity below:</p><p><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" id="templatePreheader" style="background-color: #fafafa; background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="preheaderContainer" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><br /><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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background-image: none; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="headerContainer" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h2 dir="ltr" style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: firebrick;"><span style="font-size: 24px;">UVA Stands in Solidarity with the Asian American Community</span></span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483">Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) is appalled and devastated by the events that transpired in Georgia last week and by the increasing acts of violence against members of the Asian-American community in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. UVA stands against racism and xenophobia and does not condone racially motivated acts of hatred, prejudice, and discrimination towards people of Asian descent or individuals of any race or ethnicity. Our hearts go out to the victims of the recent shootings, their friends and family and to those who have experienced anti-Asian harassment and abuse, which we do not tolerate. </strong><br /> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: firebrick;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483">How You Can Support:</strong></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483">If you are interested in supporting the victims of the Atlanta shootings and AAPI justice, please consider donating to these causes here:</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-sun-cha-kim" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-sun-cha-kim</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/memorial-for-yong-yue-and-family" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.gofundme.com/f/memorial-for-yong-yue-and-family</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-hyunjungkim-to-support-my-brother-i" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-hyunjungkim-to-support-my-brother-i</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/84yearold-killed-in-san-francisco" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.gofundme.com/f/84yearold-killed-in-san-francisco</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/2b8zh292uo" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.gofundme.com/f/2b8zh292uo</a></strong><br /> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><span style="color: firebrick;">To learn more about how you can combat anti-asian racism and</span> <a href="https://www.stopasianhate.info/" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">#StopAsianHate</a> <span style="color: firebrick;">in your community, here are a list of resources:</span></strong></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.creativereactionlab.com/our-approach" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.creativereactionlab.com/our-approach</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/reducing-stigma.html#:~:text=Making%20sure%20that%20images%20used,stigma%20because%20of%20COVID%2D19" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/reducing-stigma</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.standagainsthatred.org/" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.standagainsthatred.org/</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/aaajcommunitystatement?fbclid=IwAR3uyPJ1BnDQ34FqBBTKMDFFwH_xYmTCFn8olIw80LoVbyBliFjfUOugruM" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/aaajcommunitystatement</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.apalanet.org/organizingtips-804620.html" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.apalanet.org/organizingtips-804620.html</a></strong><br /> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: firebrick;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483">To organize against racism and build support for Asian Americans in your community, join the Commonwealth of MA Asian American Commission's Town Hall on Anti-Asian Racism, Thursday, March 25th at 6:00 pm ET:</strong></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-cecb8d6f-7fff-96a5-6df7-c975cb140483"><a href="https://www.aacommission.org/resources/anti-asian-hate-resources/" style="color: #2baadf; font-weight: normal;">https://www.aacommission.org/resources/anti-asian-hate-resources/</a></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 5px; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-17734971994875559882021-02-28T13:12:00.001-05:002021-04-04T13:26:30.457-04:00Celebrating Another Great Cultural Heritage Story: St Gabriel's! <p>It's not every day that we have a great cultural heritage restoration story! Please see below a message from Linda Mishkin, President of the Brighton-Allston Historical Society and documentary film "Writer," and Diane Kline, Member of the Board of Directors and film Executive Producer. Enjoy!</p><blockquote>Greetings friends and neighbors:<br /><br />When plans to develop the historic St. Gabriel’s site in Brighton were nearing approval, some of the project's mitigation funding was earmarked for the creation of a video documenting the restoration of the spectacular Monastery and Church buildings on the property. The restoration is now complete. Our documentary tells its story. <br /><br />Along with the renovation of these buildings, our video shows how development and restoration can co-exist beautifully. To achieve this successful balance, it was essential that the voices of individual community residents were heard and the desire to preserve our heritage was honored. <br /><br />We hope that you enjoy watching this amazing transformation and that it will rekindle fond memories for long-time members of the St. Gabriel’s community. <br /><br /><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8Q2-Qel6yAQ%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&data=04%7C01%7C%7C97cf3030759b4877984b08d8d8da8039%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637497780247079411%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=eBA5rLDbIcJWaoFgx8P6wfhpwUju5g4ySY7wf8NF7dM%3D&reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q2-Qel6yAQ&feature=youtu.be</a><br /><br />Thank you,<br />Linda Mishkin and Diane Kline<br />Brighton-Allston Historical Society</blockquote><p> </p>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-59380963250295493042021-02-02T22:47:00.013-05:002022-01-05T18:13:58.483-05:00In Celebration of Margaret ‘Peg’ Snyder by Marilyn Carr, Mina Mauerstein-Bail, & Brenda Gael McSweeney<div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">UPDATE:</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOYMuWQ1LC6poUbfZf1OQMk1g-8MyOGx5vgXV6la8H7_mL7HKGO8nWl674WF84CCZpaakQ3_D9V_O9Zr-XwbVIk4ujEGgigX_3bFgoW9Sgdk7FOHRbKhy3MjzWfRqMMPa6FBgToXWTPE/s556/Screen+shot+2021-03-21+at+9.29.26+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="406" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOYMuWQ1LC6poUbfZf1OQMk1g-8MyOGx5vgXV6la8H7_mL7HKGO8nWl674WF84CCZpaakQ3_D9V_O9Zr-XwbVIk4ujEGgigX_3bFgoW9Sgdk7FOHRbKhy3MjzWfRqMMPa6FBgToXWTPE/w293-h400/Screen+shot+2021-03-21+at+9.29.26+PM.png" width="293" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Flyer credit: UN Women</span></span></div><b><div><br /></div>Register in advance for this webinar at:</b><br /><a href="https://unwomen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S47by-YCRYGBodF4f9dTdw">https://unwomen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S47by-YCRYGBodF4f9dTdw</a><br />After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div>UPDATE:</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzkgYPROftlnUhvc_4ZM_7_JJtRJKVX7_iXUGlUxZRmLDd8RSjZFIfNporHTwRTTpcPJE7qUuptgfhVOUi_GRvRRFvZ2kYaQJSVsAeYl8LGyuYUkxaXxEhye2pVfT9ghJRRj6oSerm-QArWQfsOXST04KL_fJ1uiFbllKXqM19pnlMFUxFkHvO36Am=s804" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="598" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzkgYPROftlnUhvc_4ZM_7_JJtRJKVX7_iXUGlUxZRmLDd8RSjZFIfNporHTwRTTpcPJE7qUuptgfhVOUi_GRvRRFvZ2kYaQJSVsAeYl8LGyuYUkxaXxEhye2pVfT9ghJRRj6oSerm-QArWQfsOXST04KL_fJ1uiFbllKXqM19pnlMFUxFkHvO36Am=w298-h400" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8014692e-7fff-a507-5e46-84cb60d2976c"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Former President of Liberia and the inspiration for The Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund International, a UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Affiliate.</span></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">UPDATE:</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Peg</span></b> </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">by Nancy Hafkin</div><br />She was my mentor; she made my career with the UN. And she was the most selfless person I have ever known. Until her passing she never wavered from this commitment to improving the lives of women in Africa. </div><div><br /></div><div>See Nancy's <i>In Memoriam to Peg Snyder</i> here:</div><div><a href="http://www.brendamcsweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NH_In-memoriam_to-Peg-Snyder.pdf">http://www.brendamcsweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NH_In-memoriam_to-Peg-Snyder.pdf</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIR-v2zf9D6ErBffKTWi9tNmxBrZqgRwTz8NqEWC4xR4w8zHE52LGgXwFJ9uj5QhRmCq_40bmXP9i6ujQpVGwL_si2eqtdVgZizAUDWvEvwVj9RxfxNeu8K74OO36SL3kTGE-vEUo5mEE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIR-v2zf9D6ErBffKTWi9tNmxBrZqgRwTz8NqEWC4xR4w8zHE52LGgXwFJ9uj5QhRmCq_40bmXP9i6ujQpVGwL_si2eqtdVgZizAUDWvEvwVj9RxfxNeu8K74OO36SL3kTGE-vEUo5mEE/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Peg and Nancy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy Comfort Lamptey,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">collection Marilyn Carr</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>***</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PEG SNYDER: MENTOR, FRIEND and NEIGHBOUR </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by Marilyn Carr</span></div><br />I first met Peg just over 45 years ago when she recruited me sight unseen to join the multi-institutional team she was putting together at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa. Known as the African Training and Research Centre for Women (ATRCW), this was the first centre to respond to the demands from women at the 1975 Mexico Women’s Conference to have focal points within the UN dealing directly with their many and diverse needs. Having been instrumental in bringing many African women’s voices to Mexico, it was only fitting that Peg should be chosen to head up the African Centre, and I was honoured to be invited to join the team. Although I was only 28 at the time and Peg could have chosen someone with much more experience, characteristically, she wanted to give the younger generation a chance and, thus, I became one of the many people who had their entire life changed by and owed their UN career to this extraordinary woman.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsiaN3kTmj5K8lEUcgTMQZw_2qVNWv1JbeEvfIac4KxuHg43XQ3KmGRW2PEC5zhNnszwZrrJUfOJlhjIJrhgjRdvqtzu6mxB1p38R6DbKj3Xj8zk6VJ3veLnpSzPRRYboV3G1zxMBEfU/s1764/img139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1764" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsiaN3kTmj5K8lEUcgTMQZw_2qVNWv1JbeEvfIac4KxuHg43XQ3KmGRW2PEC5zhNnszwZrrJUfOJlhjIJrhgjRdvqtzu6mxB1p38R6DbKj3Xj8zk6VJ3veLnpSzPRRYboV3G1zxMBEfU/s320/img139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Peg's 75th Birthday Party -- staff from ATRCW, UNIFEM, UN/UNDP -- Laketch Dirasse, Nancy Hafkin, Joann Vanek, Mekdes Gebre Medhin, Teckie Gebre-Medhin, Mary Tadesse, Kristin Timothy, Ruby Sandhu-Rojon. Peg seated second from left. Myself seated right.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Marilyn Carr</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Following a detour through Khartoum to join Peg on a three week mission to advise the newly formed Women’s Ministry in the Sudan, complete with a flight onwards to Addis where we met with Mother Theresa, I arrived for my three year assignment at ATRCW in November 1975. I was there to advise governments on appropriate technologies for women to save time on domestic chores such as fuel and water collection and increase their productivity in agricultural work and small businesses. This was an Africa-wide assignment and a daunting task at a time when FAO was still giving training to men while women did most of the farming and UNICEF looked upon women simply as mothers rather than bread winners in their own right. Backed up by statistics collected through ECA which showed how much women were contributing to family incomes and to national economies, Peg wanted to create a new environment in which credit, training and technology would go straight to women in their roles as farmers, merchants and entrepreneurs. A theme which was to be repeated 3 years later when she went on to set up UNIFEM.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicg2M33esneL35u5oDWpnem91msuNJSidhKk6rQiU4VafbqiTq77X9udZtE71W7J4eSf9rXwBmE24uCgQn3-QV1R76g555wCRKEkztJ6VSNDJB3vpeXxyCjx4Waey3FdU7ic-FnAflshM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1752" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicg2M33esneL35u5oDWpnem91msuNJSidhKk6rQiU4VafbqiTq77X9udZtE71W7J4eSf9rXwBmE24uCgQn3-QV1R76g555wCRKEkztJ6VSNDJB3vpeXxyCjx4Waey3FdU7ic-FnAflshM/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">A field trip to SEWA groups in Gujarat.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy Marilyn Carr</span></div><br />No one could have had a better boss. Peg’s first instruction was to write a plan for what I would do for the next 3 years if no one got in my way. This I did, and she more or less then let me get on with it. Having no travel money, she persuaded UNICEF’s regional office in Nairobi to provide this and, with the support of her many friends in UN agencies, governments and NGOs throughout Africa, we were able to make a real difference. One of my favourite projects was the introduction of corn mills into Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta) to save women endless hours in grinding crops. This not only gave me the privilege of working with Brenda McSweeney – then Assistant Resident Representative of UNDP in Ouagadougou, but also the chance to marvel at how Peg bullied ECA (which was not an executing agency) into procuring grinding mills rather than paper clips. This was a pioneering pilot project and, while there were really very few grinding mills in Africa in 1975…they now can be seen in almost every village.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCW4VJkEdvQ1k2Bhfy8YrMhVy949vEU97xuqVe-2hk9pssvq_oWYVne2qC8eY9eOM8cDWrsxIWkMPxw1eD8OJZSRfPIqK033M57i17MVRcjZ1mQIoqo8U4ckfMJHlafw0pvjoVXL06vc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCW4VJkEdvQ1k2Bhfy8YrMhVy949vEU97xuqVe-2hk9pssvq_oWYVne2qC8eY9eOM8cDWrsxIWkMPxw1eD8OJZSRfPIqK033M57i17MVRcjZ1mQIoqo8U4ckfMJHlafw0pvjoVXL06vc/" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Myself and Peg on Mitchell Place roof garden to celebrate Wanjira Mathai's marriage. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Marilyn Carr</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6x2cBYuRwIkqOshhyphenhyphenESztPYc59WLuHA4CDlFb_kA8P4N8lcF0BEB-ljBTkb_wJpko2JFwxY0mwqwBKzVJ3xfeJKeXZsDURwY387ZcMwXGqFYbghG6hq5TxBX0uMPW7t2q_t6cXR3xCk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6x2cBYuRwIkqOshhyphenhyphenESztPYc59WLuHA4CDlFb_kA8P4N8lcF0BEB-ljBTkb_wJpko2JFwxY0mwqwBKzVJ3xfeJKeXZsDURwY387ZcMwXGqFYbghG6hq5TxBX0uMPW7t2q_t6cXR3xCk/" width="320" /></a><br />Same party with Peg, bride and groom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy Marilyn Carr</span></div></div><br />The three years based in Addis were magical. Peg not only guided my career and taught me how to learn from African women themselves, she introduced me to her entire network of friends ---- many of whom, including Thelma Awori, Achola Pala, and Terry Kantai --- I still count as my own close friends today. Peg managed to secure the bungalow next to her own for me to live in while in Addis and so we were neighbours as well as colleagues and I have very fond memories of the many parties she hosted next door when Women’s Conferences were being held, and the many evening suppers we shared during curfew when they were not. I was sad when Peg left Addis to move to New York to set up UNIFEM. But, I returned to London 10 months later to rejoin the international NGO that had seconded me to ATRCW and was to continue my working relationship with Peg through many consultancies to help build UNIFEM along side Peg’s first deputy – Banke Akerele and fellow consultant Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo. During those 9 years, I always stayed with Peg at her lovely apartment in Mitchell Place and came – as so many of her friends have done also – to regard it as my home away from home.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53Uam173UI51BEy6D2aIsHEuIGVtqB1IwE0F10px6EqLg3yOJav0fx6FW2xoJeFlU-ItZ5Zk3NrRNlTrjYX2R-oYaqYNvH1V4AuQfKmsr0wmi0VqL47-AxQZG99ciGzrsOwLi1TEMfkA/s1716/img137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1163" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53Uam173UI51BEy6D2aIsHEuIGVtqB1IwE0F10px6EqLg3yOJav0fx6FW2xoJeFlU-ItZ5Zk3NrRNlTrjYX2R-oYaqYNvH1V4AuQfKmsr0wmi0VqL47-AxQZG99ciGzrsOwLi1TEMfkA/s320/img137.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Myself <span style="font-size: x-small;">(R)</span>, Peg <span style="font-size: x-small;">(L)</span> and Banke Akerele <span style="font-size: x-small;">(C)</span>-- Peg's first deputy at UNIFEM who went on to become UNDP Res Rep in Zambia and Foreign Minister in Liberia.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Marilyn Carr</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Once UNIFEM was firmly established, I decided it was time to re-enter the world of women and so gave up my post as Chief Economist in an organization where I was the only professional woman among nearly a hundred men, and accepted yet another life-changing opportunity offered by Peg --- to set up UNIFEM’s first Regional Office in Harare covering the SADC (Southern African Development Community) countries. Again, Peg offered maximum support and minimum interference and I was able to grow in the trust that she held in me.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgnAh6n-hJYL3pu5IIgT7kHDQncJrUFI8ET0WjhGUI-hxFJNjDqRJicJtxwv_QVvQyxR5f4FA9pCZ6CUKQMCeeNyBkbhxNVfkBRlF-vngZluPJxUku5F3MscJ1BJVw5PZ3TYJyHe4gWg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1728" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgnAh6n-hJYL3pu5IIgT7kHDQncJrUFI8ET0WjhGUI-hxFJNjDqRJicJtxwv_QVvQyxR5f4FA9pCZ6CUKQMCeeNyBkbhxNVfkBRlF-vngZluPJxUku5F3MscJ1BJVw5PZ3TYJyHe4gWg/" width="320" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Peg, myself and Ginny Sauerwein (L) -- former UN Coordinator for UN Affairs and her Airdales.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Marilyn Carr</div></span><br />Just before Peg retired from UNIFEM, I was ready to hand over the well established Harare Office to an African woman, and Peg arranged for me to transfer to New York to head up a newly created Technical Section in support of the three Regional Sections. Although Peg had left the office before I arrived in New York in 1990, she helped me to secure my own apartment in her building – and so, for the second time around, we became neighbours. For the following 30 years until her death we became really close friends and shared a busy social life with the many visitors who came through New York and stayed over at Mitchell Place or came for lunch or supper. Every year Peg hosted a Christmas Eve supper – one year with Wangari Maathai and her entire family, and on New Year’s Eve we would go to the evening performance of Alvin Ailey at City Center before returning for cheese and wine with neighbours in her apartment and then going to the roof garden to watch the fireworks. Another favourite social occasion was visiting Ginny Sauerwein (former UN Coordinator for NGO Affairs) at her lovely home outside of NY City to take her Airdale Terriers for long Sunday walks and playing with the litters of puppies which arrived on a frequent basis. I was happy to be able to organize parties for Peg’s 75th, 80th, 85th and 90th birthdays and she, in return, organized parties for my 50th, 60th, 65th and 70th birthdays. All of them magical! At Peg’s 75th birthday, we asked for donations to help set up a Book Prize in her honour --- the Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize administered by the African Studies Association that gives an annual prize to an African woman author – alternating between fiction and non-fiction.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCmmogwlyNb5H4HW_0X7LGD-h2uL1DrBxEJJizCSAAyaogKWN1teS4jcMCRSwZVY7aqKoG671krC2db2bDfFDe7I1KUuoa7MEWQyinrqxSprqmXzG46su7N2dqXUXekvY1zC0wGu2ecw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCmmogwlyNb5H4HW_0X7LGD-h2uL1DrBxEJJizCSAAyaogKWN1teS4jcMCRSwZVY7aqKoG671krC2db2bDfFDe7I1KUuoa7MEWQyinrqxSprqmXzG46su7N2dqXUXekvY1zC0wGu2ecw/" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPmBA-2O9Nj5JZYahAPNdCz6xjzgb7vOVX-Se2Zstx6PaRvm2qFNPegbK4bQipILaXDfipIUHtMaZ0f7XoZTjE6Fy0xBn3nSWIqwpEu_VBf00ifQ019_t6pUDK30DiAYfVtYkkKLLZaU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPmBA-2O9Nj5JZYahAPNdCz6xjzgb7vOVX-Se2Zstx6PaRvm2qFNPegbK4bQipILaXDfipIUHtMaZ0f7XoZTjE6Fy0xBn3nSWIqwpEu_VBf00ifQ019_t6pUDK30DiAYfVtYkkKLLZaU/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">2 Above: Peg’s 90th birthday party. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos courtesy Marilyn Carr</span></div></div><br />In addition to her busy social life after leaving UNIFEM, Peg also became really immersed in gardening – as Chair of the gardening committee at Mitchell Place – and was instrumental in turning our roof garden into one of the loveliest in Manhattan. Many parties were hosted up there including one to celebrate the marriage of Wanjira Mathai. A special box with a very special flowering plant will be dedicated with a plaque to Peg to help us to remember her. She also continued to support the women’s movement. She was on the Board of Green Belt Movement USA, continued working with Women’s World Banking and helped to set up the Johnson Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund and served as a Board Member. She wrote numerous articles and book reviews, traveled to deliver many lectures and continued to visit organizations such as SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association) in India to which she had given support during her time at UNIFEM. And of course, she also wrote her books on ATRCW and UNIFEM, as well as her two books on Ugandan women entrepreneurs. Peg’s extensive collection of documents is archived at Princeton University. Her role as a ‘first in the UN’ was celebrated in 2016 with an exhibition at UNHQ ‘HERstory: A Celebration of leading women in the United Nations’ which was launched by Ban Ki-Moon and Antonio Guterres. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitB1qeP077nwxYN_JDmcXAhuJUfakEWfVCSzm5GuX3cH0v1A8byzXQeGaqQMTNYnpnkwpbeLWXiWpkKe6QISfBqeT-iVvWqSQV6tQA8jLqQI_se_ZK7Vk7t3Kwk5u7sSO40ZkJUJrP7lA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitB1qeP077nwxYN_JDmcXAhuJUfakEWfVCSzm5GuX3cH0v1A8byzXQeGaqQMTNYnpnkwpbeLWXiWpkKe6QISfBqeT-iVvWqSQV6tQA8jLqQI_se_ZK7Vk7t3Kwk5u7sSO40ZkJUJrP7lA/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This photo was taken and sent to Peg by the Green Belt Movement in honour of her 90th Birthday. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note the poster photo of Wangari and then Wanjira standing between the H and the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">D. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy Marilyn Carr</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Despite her busy life, Peg was always ready to respond to requests for help and advice and always put others before herself. She was one of the most caring and selfless people I have ever known.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgVI0op6C0OAGdsK0ie8YOaKlJEjARu3pDj6nKY70OyUdOG4eiGCtU6w1NSfKn4PhSL8bPwiFb9azX4k-H271fl-odeJwjk4FlbCPNnKOnTV0eCeieHAeQoCiFXDlMVhBQ1BGYAIXKWk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgVI0op6C0OAGdsK0ie8YOaKlJEjARu3pDj6nKY70OyUdOG4eiGCtU6w1NSfKn4PhSL8bPwiFb9azX4k-H271fl-odeJwjk4FlbCPNnKOnTV0eCeieHAeQoCiFXDlMVhBQ1BGYAIXKWk/" width="320" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Peg at the collection of documents archived at a Mudd Library, Princeton University. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy Marilyn Carr</span></div></div></div><br />I will miss my mentor, friend and neighbour. This is a hole in my life I will never be able to fill, but I am glad that I have had the honour to spend so much of my life in the company of such an extraordinary person and had my life so enriched as a result. We will all miss you Peg – but you will never be forgotten.</div><div><br />Marilyn<div><br /></div><div>'HERstory Exhibition' description here:</div><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/12/548482-herstory-celebration-leading-women-united-nations">https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/12/548482-herstory-celebration-leading-women-united-nations</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Peg </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by Mina Mauerstein-Bail </span></div><div><br /></div>I first met Peg when she was heading up the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in the late 1970s. I was the focal point for Women in Development (WID) at the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa. With a very small staff and a big agenda, it was amazing to watch Peg in action. Her extraordinary ability to bring people together and get things done effectively in a bureaucracy enabled a highly dedicated group of women around the world to undertake groundbreaking work for the benefit for women and girls everywhere.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1cMkDvGFSlAWoTOKCvhjZXCsqkDzo7ggc8Flks936Qmrlb8L_HS7r6OwptpGv6sPc9i-Mt91-qngE3CkpkrcA1rW5rPywM_Q07nGm2zcZ09bcKK8eP7ZdngsMJSHlGgXcMWD0Z606yI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1cMkDvGFSlAWoTOKCvhjZXCsqkDzo7ggc8Flks936Qmrlb8L_HS7r6OwptpGv6sPc9i-Mt91-qngE3CkpkrcA1rW5rPywM_Q07nGm2zcZ09bcKK8eP7ZdngsMJSHlGgXcMWD0Z606yI/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">At Peg's Apartment</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos courtesy Mina Mauerstein-Bail</span></div></div></div><div><br />Our paths crossed once again when I retired and we worked together on the Board of Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund to support market women in Liberia. Peg, now in her 80s, showed no sign of slowing down. We traveled together to Liberia to meet with market women and better understand their realities and hopes for themselves and their families. I so very much enjoyed working with Peg again. Her warmth, her kindness, her wit and her intellect made work fun! </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihruYXivWRZio3jQLfJ16hJvBF_lkkervunelnYK-q6QpSees9mxb-MRwsYTkL7UoY2U7lVYlkr_4k9XstCJzMC3FisG_i5UUaUn-ScumBssP40cP3_JG-BlgAg8YTCMTvt_oXIIfF0fs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihruYXivWRZio3jQLfJ16hJvBF_lkkervunelnYK-q6QpSees9mxb-MRwsYTkL7UoY2U7lVYlkr_4k9XstCJzMC3FisG_i5UUaUn-ScumBssP40cP3_JG-BlgAg8YTCMTvt_oXIIfF0fs/" width="180" /></a></div> <br />Peg was a colleague and a friend. When I think of Peg, I smile. There are some people who bring out the best in other people. Peg was one of those people. May she Rest in Peace and May Her Memory Be A Blessing. I miss you, Peg.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaap_gT-WDxG84F39IkSGW4nO6ckUWKybycBmyQ6BGV1-_cP4_STTtPP4pgJRy3rqXpy5n6e1e0NjTituh4KfCRTjQX5_CmVZo1GQpdX_kKoPgOLAgk8jYMsM7dnVAVn36ZzJGeX-m0r0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaap_gT-WDxG84F39IkSGW4nO6ckUWKybycBmyQ6BGV1-_cP4_STTtPP4pgJRy3rqXpy5n6e1e0NjTituh4KfCRTjQX5_CmVZo1GQpdX_kKoPgOLAgk8jYMsM7dnVAVn36ZzJGeX-m0r0/" width="180" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Legendary Margaret 'Peg' Snyder </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by Brenda Gael McSweeney</span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">Peg
Snyder and I initially met in Mexico City at the first UN Conference for
Women in 1975. Peg was then based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as Co-Founder of the African Training and Research Centre for Women and Head of the Voluntary Agencies Bureau of UNECA, while I was posted across the continent with the UN Development Programme in Ouagadougou, Upper
Volta, West Africa — home to the Government/UNESCO/UNDP pilot
Project for Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education. I had been
charged to look into closing down this Project, with its faltering
literacy component — a proposal that neglected women’s roles as
farmers and food processors —an issue that Peg brought great visibility to through speeches and publications in All-Africa
terms, backed by UNECA data. Our West Africa Project’s grinding mills — that could
vastly lighten female workloads — were appreciated by all the villagers,
male and female alike; we in fact attracted major funding from USAID,
the World Bank, and later the Gates Foundation. Here Peg with her UNECA colleague Marilyn Carr, an Expert in Village Technology and Rural Industry, rejoined our story. They supported scaling-up
this appropriate technology component — including sending Virginia
Sauerwein of the NGO world to help spread the word.<br /></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-m_-4616923667086670643gmail-:2k3"><div id="gmail-m_-4616923667086670643gmail-:2jh"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPuQ3Udc_AcI4VQB63cP71aPFTRwkFwi8nrlwwj4IEr63deVu5NJqD7h2hNk7UID8Htd5c7BfnzDdLiIzyBk5xutl2ZEFBl_rG-dtqE8QD40fcluik9Q6aH1_PZktb7UQZIH4vVGBAdE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPuQ3Udc_AcI4VQB63cP71aPFTRwkFwi8nrlwwj4IEr63deVu5NJqD7h2hNk7UID8Htd5c7BfnzDdLiIzyBk5xutl2ZEFBl_rG-dtqE8QD40fcluik9Q6aH1_PZktb7UQZIH4vVGBAdE/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">L to R: Marilyn Carr, Peg Snyder, Pamela Mboya, Brenda Gael McSweeney: </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ATRCW/ECA, Addis (Circa 1975)</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Collection of Marilyn Carr</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div>
With passionate interest and experience with the women in development
portfolio at the village level, we were among ‘go-to‘ folk participating in
Africa and global gatherings for ECA and UNDP respectively — one such, in Nouakchott in
1977 where Peg was representing ATRCW that she co-founded with Ethiopia's Mary
Tadesse. ECA‘s top official was <i>not</i> pleased when I announced that UNDP
was no longer willing to subsidize their general operations, yet happy
to continue to support the catalytic ATRCW (run by the dynamic duo of Peg and Mary with their dedicated team)!<br />
<br />
From 1977 to 1979 I turned to ECA/ATRCW leading-edge publications in conducting my research into lessons to be learned from
the Women’s Education Project in tandem with its dynamic Coordinator,
women's education pioneer Scholastique Kompaoré. For my doctoral thesis I used Peg’s/ATRCW’s time–budget livelihoods model, that compared male and female workloads. I
suggested expanding the model to include additional variables important in West
Africa — Peg later adopted these into their model!<br />
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2OhbI8euqtlnrlItp2Gnhf_X638mGt9BEINoCluojx_vgLcbQd_bW0Ec40lwGZDrV4C8_7vCkEp0NDs7ldxsJZ6FdCDLI0p1FEtG4YQ34rdWQx0Kte3y_JJTiBVnHjGtgDQrjyBaBfI/s1512/Peg-SF_IMG_2965-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2OhbI8euqtlnrlItp2Gnhf_X638mGt9BEINoCluojx_vgLcbQd_bW0Ec40lwGZDrV4C8_7vCkEp0NDs7ldxsJZ6FdCDLI0p1FEtG4YQ34rdWQx0Kte3y_JJTiBVnHjGtgDQrjyBaBfI/s320/Peg-SF_IMG_2965-1.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Peg at the Bandelier National Monument, Santa Fe</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Brenda Gael McSweeney</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Two decades later, when Peg was back in New York City writing books and co-founding the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund, and I was back in
Boston in academia with Boston and Brandeis Universities, Peg
and I met up again at UNDP gatherings of senior officials. In October 2016 Peg was
enthusiastically telling of her positive field assessment of a UNIFEM-supported
livelihoods initiative that was thriving decades later in Cuba. I asked her to consider writing it up (see below!) for the blog
of our BU-based UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture, and
People-centered Development. Then she also graciously provided an insider's story titled "How African Women Led the World: the Story of the Women's Center of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)" for
Volume II of which I was Editor of <i>Gender Perspectives in Case Studies Across Continents</i>. Later
Peg, hearing of a new series I wished to launch on Women and UN
Origins, volunteered to prepare a (hard-hitting!) article on the vagaries
of establishing women and development entities in the UN — including UNIFEM of which she was Founding Director. And Peg agreed to share a personal reflection piece for a forthcoming e-book that Scholastique Kompaoré — the tireless women’s education advocate in Upper Volta/Burkina Faso — and her
colleagues proposed, to help make ever more visible the lessons learned from
the Project for Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education — now popular across Africa, notably the drudgery-lightning technologies portfolio. </div><div id="gmail-m_-4616923667086670643gmail-:2jh"><br /></div><div id="gmail-m_-4616923667086670643gmail-:2jh"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0K37RNXw_gmgh8Vx-0Bg77rHZiX_nglNm1PemO3KA6UUiLKo_OcToVAXjqDFaNIkoFjVib2Efei8B1whF_83vw0NmWmUfYIScj8_tSVE1QjFIpV1JnDtJbqgEfsWCY_SsIAQU7ywqAR0/s2048/IPeg-Renu-Soknan_MG_2693-1_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0K37RNXw_gmgh8Vx-0Bg77rHZiX_nglNm1PemO3KA6UUiLKo_OcToVAXjqDFaNIkoFjVib2Efei8B1whF_83vw0NmWmUfYIScj8_tSVE1QjFIpV1JnDtJbqgEfsWCY_SsIAQU7ywqAR0/s320/IPeg-Renu-Soknan_MG_2693-1_2.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Power Trio (L. to R.) Peg Snyder, Renu Chahil-Graf, Soknan Han Jung </div><div style="text-align: center;">(October 2016)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Brenda Gael McSweeney</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Camaraderie with Peg was a constant thread: in policy debates, joint
struggles to advance women’s rights and empowerment — and group laughter.
Peg: your legacy lives on!<br /><br /> I’m now discovering that I know just one corner of Peg’s amazing mosaic promoting women’s rights and advancement globally. I’m excited at the prospect of hearing and joining to shout-out all four corners of Dr. Margaret 'Peg' Snyder's phenomenal legacy! <br /><br />With admiration and affection, Brenda</div></div><div><div><div><div id="gmail-m_-4616923667086670643gmail-:2kv"><table><tbody><tr><td><br /></td><td><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div id="gmail-m_-4616923667086670643gmail-:2jj"><div><div><div><div id="gmail-m_-4616923667086670643gmail-:2kv"><table><tbody><tr><td><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More tributes to — & articles by — Dr. Margaret 'Peg' Snyder, illustrating her stellar legacy: that lives on!</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDggmkrxPiHH0OADmCLuOsbtgpv-5Dxy3pN1aJLlTVMJGifDPrwVD1F0E2iaHYsWLpTUm333BEKyBQM85Q5IKX3APQA0dnjD6v2UCtie-IGyiaKD0766HJVR571EVcP4WpmpS5zhnB8o/s2048/Peg-Soknan_IMG_2582_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDggmkrxPiHH0OADmCLuOsbtgpv-5Dxy3pN1aJLlTVMJGifDPrwVD1F0E2iaHYsWLpTUm333BEKyBQM85Q5IKX3APQA0dnjD6v2UCtie-IGyiaKD0766HJVR571EVcP4WpmpS5zhnB8o/s320/Peg-Soknan_IMG_2582_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Peg Snyder with the now Chair of the UNDP Senior Alumni Network, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Soknan Han Jung at La Fonda on the Plaza </div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Brenda Gael McSweeney</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>~ 28 July 2020:<br />Launching our new 'Women & UN Origins' series — first entry by Dr. Margaret 'Peg' Snyder, titled "THEY CAN MOVE US BUT THEY CAN’T STOP US: Surviving the Early Years of 'Women and Development' in the United Nations." Link: <a href="http://unitwin.blogspot.com/2020/07/announcing-our-new-origins-series-first.html">http://unitwin.blogspot.com/2020/07/announcing-our-new-origins-series-first.html</a><br /><br />~ 15 November 2016:<br />Dr. Margaret 'Peg' Snyder (our Affiliate-Member) <i>celebrated</i> by distinguished journalist Barbara Crossette! Link: <a href="https://unitwin.blogspot.com/2016/11/dr-margaret-peg-snyder-our-affiliate.html">https://unitwin.blogspot.com/2016/11/dr-margaret-peg-snyder-our-affiliate.html</a><br /><br />~ 18 December 2015:</div><div>Margaret 'Peg' Snyder delivers African Studies Association Annual Lecture: "Four Decisive Decades: The Birth and Growth of a Global Women's Movement." Link: <a href="https://unitwin.blogspot.com/2015/12/margaret-peg-snyder-delivers-african.html">https://unitwin.blogspot.com/2015/12/margaret-peg-snyder-delivers-african.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>~ E-published for 2014-15 (see page 158):</div><div>"How African Women Led the World: The Story of the Women's Centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)" by Margaret Snyder. Link: <a href="http://www.brendamcsweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Ebook2-15Dec2014.pdf">http://www.brendamcsweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Ebook2-15Dec2014.pdf</a></div><div><br /></div><div>~ 22 February 2013: </div>Peg's co-authored feature on <i>Quitrin: A Cuban Success Story, 1985-2013</i>. Link: <a href="https://unitwin.blogspot.com/2013/02/we-recently-read-exciting-success-story.html">https://unitwin.blogspot.com/2013/02/we-recently-read-exciting-success-story.html</a><div><div><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-38384394104694915582021-01-17T12:54:00.008-05:002021-04-11T10:50:28.218-04:00Unbound Visual Arts Exhibit & Program: Stronger Sisterhood!<div><b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE:</span></b></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Check out the recorded panel discussions from UVA's "Stronger Sisterhood" Exhibit and related talks below:</span></div><div><br /></div>Description posted by Unbound Visual Arts on YouTube:<br />"The Feb. 25, 2021 program for UVA's 'Stronger Sisterhood: Representing Intersectional Identity' exhibit running from Jan. 29 - March 31, 2021. This program included Curator Paige Moreau, artists Linda Clave, Maia Monteagudo, and Nilou Moochhala and UVA's Brenda Gael McSweeney."<br />Link to Panel Discussion:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBb6FCShhnM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBb6FCShhnM</a><br /><br />Description posted by Unbound Visual Arts on YouTube:<br />"'Voices of Resilience -- Our Stories Matter' (March 4th 6:00 - 7:00 pm). Unbound Visual Arts is presenting its annual Women's History Month program. This year's free program complements UVA's current exhibit: 'Stronger Sisterhood: Representing Intersectional Identity.' 'Voices of Resilience -- Our Stories Matter' is being presented by Janine Fondon, Bay Path U. Assist. Prof. with Dr. Demetria Shabazz & Dr. Lucie K. Lewis. The program includes Paige Moreau, UVA's curator for 'Stronger Sisterhood' and Dr. Brenda Gael McSweeney, a founding member of UVA, who introduced the panel and welcomed the audience. The presentation is about the intersecting lives of women in Massachusetts and beyond who have changed the course of history."<br />Link to Panel Discussion:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAQFqUHlcbM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAQFqUHlcbM</a><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div><br /></div>"Stronger Sisterhood" now has 10 artists and is opening this month. Watch this space!<div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">UPDATE:</span></b></div><div><b>Stronger Sisterhood: Representing Intersectional Identity</b> is now live at: <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/stronger-sisterhood-representing-intersectional-identity/">https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/stronger-sisterhood-representing-intersectional-identity/</a></div><div><b>Date:</b> <b>Online Exhibit: </b>January 29 - March 31, 2021; <b>Artists Panel:</b> February 25, 2021 at 6pm</div><div><b>Location:</b> Online Event (Register for Artists Panel Here: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__jxkEi_cT7OfuZG7X1qysA">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__jxkEi_cT7OfuZG7X1qysA</a>)</div><div> </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><br /><span style="color: #800180;">From Unbound Visual Arts' website:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Stronger Sisterhood: Representing Intersectional Identity</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Curated by <a href="https://www.unboundvisualarts.org/paige-moreau/">Paige Moreau</a></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align: center;">Opening January 2021</div><br />Artists: Linda Clave, Joanne Desmond, April Jakubec Duggal, Sara Gately, Brooke Jones, Maia Monteagudo, Nilou Moochhala, Diane Sheridan, Mary Vannucci, Andrea Zampitella<p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); 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border-image: none; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; border: 2px solid rgb(207, 207, 207); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="300" /></a></div><dt style="line-height: 19.152px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></dt><dd id="m_7884646428064766843gallery-1-16285" style="line-height: 19.152px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Diane Sheridan, Three in the Subway, color digital photography, 11 x 14 inches, $200</dd></dl><br style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #242b2e; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.08px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"></p><br />Exhibit and publicity support from the <a href="http://www.bu.edu/wgs/">Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program (WGS) at Boston University,</a> <a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/wsrc/">and the Gender & International Development Initiatives of the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center (GaIDI/WSRC)</a><br /><br /><u><b>Preliminary Curatorial Statement:</b></u><br /><br />"As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized" ~ bell hooks<br /><br />"Stronger Sisterhood: Representing Intersectional Identity," is a virtual exhibition in a virtual gallery that explores the multidimensional and intersectional identities of women.<br /><br />The history of feminism has often been described in “waves”. The first wave is defined by the fight for women’s suffrage from the late 19th to early 20th century. The second wave, in the mid 20th century, focused on gender equality in the workplace, the home, and in civil liberties. Both of these movements, while making great strides for women, failed to address deeper compounded layers of oppression and marginalization faced by many women. First and second wave feminism were largely white middle class women’s movements and were often exclusionary of women of color, the LGBTQ+ community, working class women, women with disabilities and so on. The movements kept a narrow scope by focusing on a one dimensional vision of what it means to be a woman assuming common experiences and levels of marginalization based on gender identity. In reality, oppressions experienced by way of gender do not exist in a vacuum but instead intersect with multiple facets of identity. In 1989, lawyer, civil rights activist, and critical race theorist, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” to describe how gender, race, class, and other individual characteristics intersect and augment oppressions. At present, the recognition of intersectionality’s importance in women’s rights has grown into a third wave of feminism that strives to recognize all the forms of oppression that female identifying people face.<br /><br />Art created by a diverse range of female identifying artists is a key into visualizing and representing intersectional experiences. “Stronger Sisterhood: Representing Intersectional Identity” showcases that women’s experiences are not one but many, and only through diversity in representation can we begin to grasp a three dimensional view of all women. How do our experiences as women differ due to other facets of our identity? How are we made stronger by recognizing and honoring these differences? How has the recognition of intersectional feminism grown and where is there more work to be done?</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-46659457036771667902021-01-03T15:20:00.001-05:002021-01-03T15:21:27.274-05:00Ronni Komarow's latest Galatea exhibit: "Paths Well Traveled"<p> From Ronni's Exhibit Handout:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSHqB7FP1v3IcoNgCNXC8MjLEkGSgju3p0BAWxc8Qp0X-aeYDhVEReYpSBVu-mllcFAOkvWcf_y8He6SF5ZRwV-LkI-WSo0Co8rn9iMHYXGruRVEUPGXsaPD1TmS5bnwWa2jAj0rN1Y4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1142" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSHqB7FP1v3IcoNgCNXC8MjLEkGSgju3p0BAWxc8Qp0X-aeYDhVEReYpSBVu-mllcFAOkvWcf_y8He6SF5ZRwV-LkI-WSo0Co8rn9iMHYXGruRVEUPGXsaPD1TmS5bnwWa2jAj0rN1Y4/w400-h213/Screen+Shot+2021-01-03+at+3.09.11+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Eric West</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"All my life I have walked for solace, for socializing, for nurturing my soul. I have always believed that spaces, both indoors and out, are powerful, spiritual protagonists in our lives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Growing up, I frequently strolled on South Broadway in Yonkers, NY with my best friend, Sonia. We met classmates all along the way. As an undergraduate in Philadelphia I walked through Center City and later as a graduate student I hiked over silent deep-woods trails in rural Vermont.<br /><br />Here in Boston I walk along the banks of my beloved Chandler Pond. I take runs along the Charles River, and walk there with my husband and with close friends. Both Chandler Pond and the Charles River are constants in my life, and yet both are constantly changing, continual sources of wonder.<br /><br />During the pandemic the outdoor spaces in my personal world have taken on epic proportions, nurtur- ing and healing, as I walk through them almost every day. The regular sharing of these spaces is key to my sense of connection to others in a world of social distancing.<br /><br />This exhibition, 'Paths Well Traveled,' is my tribute to those spaces.<br /><br />Many of the works here involve monotype, a technique where ink is painted on a non-porous surface and then transferred to paper. To evoke the feeling of traveling over a path, I used scroll-format printing, working with images that are perhaps eight or ten inches high — and as many as ten feet long. Even with drawing, this is an unwieldy format — and an exciting creative challenge."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="page" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Page 1"><br /></div><div class="page" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Page 1"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="page" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" title="Page 1"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pBIBbFgrBgfHJ3QVMsQy_-wEqdCpJVzd_-qzRFWUo8ijfGAE8X-10I4xe72AkoQXnKuvSK5s8EvB1X9BLaUm7PaiN2IVoXXTvWRxw1yqNFW9c5Fuf45s9HiwP_gby5nyel4hhQUImvw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1800" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pBIBbFgrBgfHJ3QVMsQy_-wEqdCpJVzd_-qzRFWUo8ijfGAE8X-10I4xe72AkoQXnKuvSK5s8EvB1X9BLaUm7PaiN2IVoXXTvWRxw1yqNFW9c5Fuf45s9HiwP_gby5nyel4hhQUImvw/w400-h215/trouville+print+%2526+book.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>On Gerry's Balcony, Trouville</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo courtesy Ronni</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_ePdK5CMbgv9r4PDcicOGqCoYcLm1vNB6Fjs1OTtsHaC_AW-2Ee13aD8L-JVj1T2Ky0cXYpn8PIc2tTTdXGBlOWO1fPwkkBuAfJtBlw_pxQCHDc4vXwC6QM7toaxWNzSSPgKBloFO7Q/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_ePdK5CMbgv9r4PDcicOGqCoYcLm1vNB6Fjs1OTtsHaC_AW-2Ee13aD8L-JVj1T2Ky0cXYpn8PIc2tTTdXGBlOWO1fPwkkBuAfJtBlw_pxQCHDc4vXwC6QM7toaxWNzSSPgKBloFO7Q/w400-h300/IMG_7212.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>to Run, to Become</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo by Brenda Gael McSweeney</div></span></div><div class="page" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Page 1"><br /></div></div><div></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-20954464210633436222021-01-03T12:49:00.006-05:002021-02-03T14:32:46.122-05:00Our Next Addition to 'Women & UN Origins' Series, Dr. Marilyn Carr's "Women, the League of Nations and the UN: A Story in 3 Parts!"A message from UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Director, Dr. Brenda Gael McSweeney:<br /><br /><blockquote>Hello Friends, <br /><br />Hope you’ve been having a pleasant Winter Solstice season -- despite these trying times!<br /><br />We're excited to announce the next addition to our new "Women & UN Origins" series of the BU-based UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture, and People-Centered Development! Joining us once again in shaping and publishing the series is the Buenos Aires-headquartered Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender led by Gloria Bonder.<br /><br />Our latest in the series is an article by Marilyn Carr entitled "WOMEN, THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS: A STORY IN THREE PARTS" -- see link below. Dr. Carr established UNIFEM’s Regional Office for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) based in Harare, and carried out many other trailblazing UN functions! <br /><br />This feature provides Marilyn's point of view on "how the work of earlier generations of women formed the basis of future work on gender equality in the UN." It is indeed hard to imagine women having successfully gained the roles and influence that they did over time in the United Nations System, without being able to build on the foothold established during the League of Nations era.<br /><br />We're grateful to Marilyn for her clear presentation of insights into women's priorities, and the intensity of their struggles, during this foundational chapter.<br /><br />As Gloria has noted, "we want particularly to encourage young researchers and activists to know and value what has been done and achieved." Both our UNESCO/UNITWIN Network and the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender wish to highlight the importance of sharing accounts on the creation of key international institutions and pathbreaking initiatives, for today’s social justice activists, academics, students, and policymakers.<br /><br />Happy reading! Article here: <a href="http://www.brendamcsweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Carr-LON_29Dec2020.pdf">http://www.brendamcsweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Carr-LON_29Dec2020.pdf<br /></a><br />Wishing you a bright 2021! <br />Be super well--Brenda<br /><br />Brenda Gael McSweeney on behalf of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture, and People-Centered Development; <br />with Gloria Bonder on behalf of the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender</blockquote><p> </p><div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">League of Nations Pioneer</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXPAoyij-YSwnf7-ZGdOgwStBtmeh6erNwb4l3JJY4cHEISukqmJk9AQpLdfp6by9hhU_ra-kkQjjbBdP_B8Edx7NqhA5bdAeqB9WcgkCyoAzSn-p5xAsMIrVFVeRP5lySD_A6KIMQSY/s2048/17.+Crowdy.tif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXPAoyij-YSwnf7-ZGdOgwStBtmeh6erNwb4l3JJY4cHEISukqmJk9AQpLdfp6by9hhU_ra-kkQjjbBdP_B8Edx7NqhA5bdAeqB9WcgkCyoAzSn-p5xAsMIrVFVeRP5lySD_A6KIMQSY/s320/17.+Crowdy.tif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Rachel Crowdy, circa 1932, University of Bristol, special collection, DM1584/1</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7ysLOsqEojuSJe0q7aaWImYxRuXMYXhRSl5phFj7AoY2EwaItJF55-xk8KPXtXqBtSvFfQ6Se_theab1gBrFspCQzOfEeKT-AQNkNyZ3GcztJ_YkGkPeAHoQWYTRLt2Nm0U617HYr9Q/s1600/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7ysLOsqEojuSJe0q7aaWImYxRuXMYXhRSl5phFj7AoY2EwaItJF55-xk8KPXtXqBtSvFfQ6Se_theab1gBrFspCQzOfEeKT-AQNkNyZ3GcztJ_YkGkPeAHoQWYTRLt2Nm0U617HYr9Q/s320/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gathering at the African Training and Research Centre for Women, Ethiopia in the1970s</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">L to R: Marilyn Carr, Nellie Okello, Mary Tadesse, Brenda Gael McSweeney</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wS4FgXaoNUW75vuQrS9cpw93RSuH0dLcoIEOHkFMxIeA3DSNTtc6fHStTDytk23Z_ENPPV_ls0y221SReOrvGwxrt18QXRPJzuQyJVL_-ATTAVwU8o9ML-YeBIfiqB8dNbnprtvQq6A/s1600/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wS4FgXaoNUW75vuQrS9cpw93RSuH0dLcoIEOHkFMxIeA3DSNTtc6fHStTDytk23Z_ENPPV_ls0y221SReOrvGwxrt18QXRPJzuQyJVL_-ATTAVwU8o9ML-YeBIfiqB8dNbnprtvQq6A/s320/image.png" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: x-small;">"One of my Regional Science and Technology Meetings while working at ATRCW. Note because of subject matter Governments sent men! Only women there were me and my young Ethiopian Assistant!" - Marilyn Carr</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8KBIuTdTDPhgPM8vYJzfyEMXwphe7U3kYXF4XLOrDQ9rZ37QkXDofJ9sVahun9nV4TYAQ2OCJWBBmLG1bdYHCPvKURsCpyZr3OTlA_bsdkAvai-28wB8hVJvTsm84lmzrcQtxZ8nDr0/s1600/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8KBIuTdTDPhgPM8vYJzfyEMXwphe7U3kYXF4XLOrDQ9rZ37QkXDofJ9sVahun9nV4TYAQ2OCJWBBmLG1bdYHCPvKURsCpyZr3OTlA_bsdkAvai-28wB8hVJvTsm84lmzrcQtxZ8nDr0/s320/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Regional Meeting in Kathmandu co-organised by UNIFEM, IDRC (International Development and Research Centre) and WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing). Nancy Spence from IDRC in centre. Ela Bhatt {Founder, Self-Employed Women's Association, India - </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">pictured to her left}</span>, Nepali Government dignitary {at far left}, myself {Marilyn </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">at right}</span>, and</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Marty Chen {of WIEGO </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">at far right}</span></span></span>"- Marilyn Carr</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5421681989555405860.post-82924652542564076342020-12-27T15:16:00.002-05:002021-02-07T15:38:43.482-05:00In Celebration of Scholastique Kompaoré by Brenda Gael McSweeney<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Scholastique 'Scho' Kompaoré: Pioneer for Women's and Girls' Access to Education, Friend and 'Co-wife'</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>(27 April 1943 - 25 December 2020)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>~ Sentiments from Brenda Gael McSweeney ~<div><br />Selfishly, how we’ll miss her: her intelligence, wit, compassion — her laughter, curiosity, abundant love above all of family and friends — and all these we’ve been anticipating having for years to come —</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMiBT76bJDL3gupg4xbj_E5S1xInM8TW3w2QLZ1MleHrA09NnuZwPXIg7V6juaBx7sR-V0T04sredWD7Sub3R1aKE4JUHwH2ocASjLjIY2MS38654P2wibNT2FY3hPo0AdJ3WyUeXxbQE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="198" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMiBT76bJDL3gupg4xbj_E5S1xInM8TW3w2QLZ1MleHrA09NnuZwPXIg7V6juaBx7sR-V0T04sredWD7Sub3R1aKE4JUHwH2ocASjLjIY2MS38654P2wibNT2FY3hPo0AdJ3WyUeXxbQE/" width="188" /></a></div><br />Yet I well know that I should be grateful, for all the time we were, as Scho merrily dubbed us, “les co-épouses” — How lucky I’ve been, to have her in my life since the early 70s —</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQw0kevBBau89i8fCPhzBXF_vhdycTg8yrmeBrMarGG2OkbG1t7pf8HNtaSJnEMMnYHDW0Y_FLLvIIo8kLg3KUERWXhkhzp8PpAhRi1lBKA4GkYu59mfPaBW-friR9nns-_RS6_R9p0o/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="217" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQw0kevBBau89i8fCPhzBXF_vhdycTg8yrmeBrMarGG2OkbG1t7pf8HNtaSJnEMMnYHDW0Y_FLLvIIo8kLg3KUERWXhkhzp8PpAhRi1lBKA4GkYu59mfPaBW-friR9nns-_RS6_R9p0o/" width="163" /></a></div><br />& it’s easy to be morose, and think about all that Burkina and beyond will now miss out on — when really the focus should be on all of Scholastique’s unique, magnificent contributions over decades to social justice and women’s education & empowerment — this fabulous tableau we’ll together paint out further in time —</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt46tNKaQPZ8SM9lBNS-6lBlQf4tc3mFCyfB7vGyXA_amKGUmSs9Zua61785s3GICnBIEo2MqtxXaQLd9P90SYh_5VURcAhgB9JlvaaG4xAUBQHHnBrelQeTcJRaCcR6-tiumGYcwaw3c/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1290" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt46tNKaQPZ8SM9lBNS-6lBlQf4tc3mFCyfB7vGyXA_amKGUmSs9Zua61785s3GICnBIEo2MqtxXaQLd9P90SYh_5VURcAhgB9JlvaaG4xAUBQHHnBrelQeTcJRaCcR6-tiumGYcwaw3c/" width="313" /></a></div><br />How beloved Scho was — & always will be! And how she loved, & was so rightly proud, of each and every one of you!<br /><br />RIP/UDP Scho<br /><br />Love, Brenda</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos courtesy of Brenda Gael McSweeney</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>Nicole Rizzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291020958220390486noreply@blogger.com