The next event in the 2013-14 series of programs presented by the 61传媒 Humanities Institute features women who bring spoken word, music and dance from feminist perspectives that critically reflect intersectional struggles across race, class and sexuality.
Helena Mar脙颅a Viramontes
Award-winning author Helena Mar脙颅a Viramontes, acclaimed Broadway and screen actress Alma Mart脙颅nez; Grammy award-winning musician Martha Gonz脙隆lez; and 61传媒 Associate Professor of Music C脙隆ndida F. J脙隆quez, who is also director of the 61传媒 Humanities Institute, will host the pe脙卤a “Entre Mujeres (Between Women): Embodied Knowledges” on April 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater of the 61传媒 Performing Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public.
“A pe脙卤a is most broadly conceived as a community gathering through the arts that often relates to social justice issues,” J脙隆quez says.
The event will culminate J脙隆quez’s term as institute director and will mark the end of the institute’s spring semester series, “Feminisms and the Radical Imagination.”
Alma Mart脙颅nez
The evening will include performances and presentations by each of the women, an informal Q&A session and a small reception following the show.
Viramontes is professor of creative writing at Cornell University and author of “Their Dogs Came With Them,” “The Moths and Other Stories” and聽“Under the Feet of Jesus.” She has won numerous awards and honors, including the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, a Sundance Institute Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
Mart脙颅nez, a Fulbright scholar and the first Latina/o Ph.D. to be inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Actors’ Branch, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Actors’ Peer Group, made her American film debut in “Zoot Suit” and was a principal actress in influential political theater group El Teatro Campesino. In addition to her scholarly work, she has acted in numerous stage and film productions.
Martha Gonz脙隆lez
Gonz脙隆lez, assistant professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o studies at 61传媒 and a member of the music group Quetzal, won a Grammy last year for the group’s album, “Imaginaries.” Quetzal has been featured by the U.S. Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, and Smithsonian Institution.
C脙隆ndida F. J脙隆quez
J脙隆quez has focused her research on聽Latino popular and Mexican traditional music, with a聽specialty in women’s mariachi performances. She has served as vice president on the board of directors for the Arte Am脙漏ricas Museum and remains an active member of the Chicana community in promoting the arts and education for under-represented groups.
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