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Their Own Voices
A
Photography Exhibit by Vera Viditz-Ward
 For
the past twenty years Vera Viditz-Ward has photographed in both
West Africa and the United States documenting the experiences
of Africans at home and abroad. Her work has been exhibited
and published in the USA, Europe and Africa. Most recently her
photographs were featured in the Balch Institute exhibition,
Extended Lives: The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia.
This current exhibit
is a continuation of her work documenting African immigrants
living in Philadelphia.
Y
PHILLY
An
Identity Mural by Philadelphia’s Youth Generation
MYX, in conjunction
with the Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia and the
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, will present the
Y PHILLY mural to the people of Tel Aviv as a gift from our
city.
 2005
- Y PHILLY: An Identity Mural by Philadelphia’s Youth Generation
is a two-part mural designed to capture the spirit of Philadelphia
and its youth culture for the people of Tel Aviv, Israel. In
September 2004, MYX: Multicultural Youth eXchange, invited young
Philadelphians to the MYX Gallery
in Old City to participate
in the painting of its second annual youth identity mural. For
eight weeks, more than 200 young people between the ages of
nine and 24 contributed to the mural.
MYX:
Multicultural Youth eXchange is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit
organization who’s mission is to facilitate cross-cultural communication
among youth within our community and around the world, through
technology and the arts.
The
Cave of Reconciliation
Artwork by
Pecki Witonsky
 Describes
the story of Abraham in one direction and the story of Ibrahim
in the other, with each tale as important as the other. Married
by content, these sacred renderings show the story from each
religion's point of view. Dioramas, made of paper and fabric
illustrate the text. These beautifully designed pieces, hung
in dramatic shadow boxes, were created by Katie Scott, a student
at the Hussain School of Art.
Chinatown
Live(s)
Produced
through the Asian Arts Initiative’s Chinatown Oral History Project
Chinatown
Live(s) spans multiple generations and many nations of origin.
The stories shared challenge the perceptions of Chinatown as
a monolithic ethnic enclave or a superficial tourist destination,
and allude to the complexity of relationships and perspectives
that comprise this growing, living neighborhood.
OLE
2005: Fotos Aflamencao
A
Photography Exhibit by Karen Santiago
Photographer Karen
A. Santiago captured evocative images of Flamenco culture in
Seville, Spain while studying flamenco theory at the University
of Seville, attending flamenco dance classes, and interviewing
flamenco artists. This exhibit, the first place winner of Penn
State’s Undergraduate Research Exhibition, details the incorporation
of flamenco into various facets of Sevillian life.
…and
along came freedom - Americans in Pilsen 1945
A Photo Exhibit
Commemorating of the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation
of Western
Bohemia by U.S. Armed Forces
Sixty years ago, in April and May of 1945 US Armed Forces liberated
the Western Region of today’s Czech Republic, the former
Czechoslovakia. The liberation followed over five terrible years
of occupation by Hitler's Nazi Germany. These photos captured
the scenes in the city of Pilsen, home to the Pilsner Urquell
brewery and the Skoda industrial conglomerate and the largest
city in the region.
The exhibit depicts
scenes from 1945, when US and Belgian armed forces, under the
command of US Army General George Patton, liberated Western
Bohemia, including the cities of Plzen, Cheb, Domažlice
and Rokycany. The negatives of many, if not all, of the photographs
on display, were hidden between 1948 and 1989 from the Communist
Secret Police. The Communist government of Czechoslovakia wanted
to give the impression that all of Czechoslovakia was liberated
by the Soviet Army. All monuments erected in honor of the Americans,
except one, were demolished.
Special thanks to
Peter A. Rafaeli, Honorary Consulate General of the Czech Republic
- Philadelphia and Vice President of the American Friends of
the Czech Republic.
Many
Faces of Vietman
A
Photography Exhibit by Ellie Seif
Through
her photographs, taken during a winter 2005 trip, Ellie Seif
has tried to convey the beauty of Vietnam, its people, its culture
and its traditions. Viewing the photos for a short time,
you
can transport yourself into the Vietnam of the past and
the
present, knowing full well that the Vietnam of the future will
become a new landscape of its own unique creation.
World
Views from the Penn Lens
International
Education Week 2005
Penn’s Office of International
Programs hosts an exhibit featuring photographs that capture
a visual image of how Penn students view the world from their
study abroad experience and how Penn's International students
view Penn/US culture from their experiences in Philadelphia.
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