22
August
2022
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15:01 PM
America/Los_Angeles

Talk by Educator Daughter of Malcolm X Highlights Arts & Lectures This Fall

A presentation by an author and educator who’s one of the daughters of Malcolm X will kick off the fall lineup of the longstanding Arts & Lectures series at Cal State San Marcos.  

This season boasts a diverse selection of eight events as the university hosts renowned guest speakers and performances.  

Attendees can reserve tickets online via the Arts & Lectures website beginning Aug. 29.  

 

Ilyasah Shabazz: Daughter of Malcolm X, Professor and Author  

Sept. 20, 6 p.m., USU Ballroom  

How do we ensure that the student activism witnessed during the pandemic and after the death of George Floyd not only continues but also makes an impact around the world? Ilyasah Shabazz, the third daughter of the late Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, believes you can look back at the historical legacy of her mother and father to find inspirational solutions. In her keynote presentation, Shabazz – an award-winning author, educator and producer – will share powerful stories of what she learned from her iconic activist parents and how you, too, can make the diverse world more equitable and inclusive for all.  

CSUSM students: Free  

Community: $10  

Faculty/staff/alumni: $5  

 

Documentary Filmmaker Ran Tal  

Oct. 3, 6 p.m., USU Ballroom  

“Garden of Eden”Acclaimed Israeli documentary filmmaker Ran Tal will screen his 2012 movie “The Garden of Eden” (cover art pictured) and discuss his work. The film examines the depths of Israeli society in the least expected place – a national holiday resort – presenting viewers with a fascinating account full of humor, pain and compassion. A recipient of numerous awards in Israel and abroad, Tal is the head of the MFA documentary film program at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. This fall, he is a visiting Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII) faculty member in the CSUSM Art, Media and Design Department.  

CSUSM students: Free  

Community: $5  

Faculty/staff/alumni: Free 

 

Taking Care of Black Girls When the World Won’t  

Oct. 6, 5:30 p.m., Zoom webinar  

Ariana BrownAriana Brown is a queer, Black, Mexican American poet with 13 years of experience writing, performing and teaching poetry. She is the author of the poetry collections “We Are Owed” (2021) and “Sana Sana” (2020). Drawing on her lived experience and her research, Brown will trace her attempts to recover Black girlhood not just for herself, but for other Black girls too. Combining storytelling, poems and dialogue, this artist talk is an opportunity to hear from Brown about how her identities and politics shape her writing.  

CSUSM students: Free  

Community: Free  

Faculty/staff/alumni: Free 

 

AFROFEMINISTAMENTE: Latinx culture, women’s rights and LGBTQ+ resistance  

Oct. 10, 5:30 p.m., Zoom webinar  

Yolanda Arroyo PizarroYolanda Arroyo Pizarro is the author of “Caparazones” (2010), the first lesbian fiction novel written in Puerto Rico, and the editor of the anthology “Cachaperismos,” the first Puerto Rican lesbian anthology on the island. An Afro Puerto Rican feminist writer who has won multiple awards for her work, Arroyo Pizarro will discuss issues related to race in Latinx culture, women’s rights and the LGBTQ+ fight for equity. Her experiences open the door for conversations on gender, race and ethnicity, particularly centering on the experience of Afro-Latinas.  

CSUSM students: Free  

Community: Free  

Faculty/staff/alumni: Free 

 

Borderland Circuitry: Immigration Surveillance in the United States and Beyond

Oct. 17, 6 p.m., USU Ballroom  

Ana MuñizDr. Ana Muñiz, an assistant professor at UC Irvine and a scholar-activist from Arizona's borderland region, will address the border's salient features, which include an immigration carceral system and the border wall. Muñiz will specifically focus on the invisible information systems affirming a three-fold punitive system incorporating digital surveillance, immigration control and gang punitive enforcement. She is the author of “Police, Power and the Production of Racial Boundaries.”  

CSUSM students: Free  

Community: $5  

Faculty/staff/alumni: Free  

 

Art as Social Practice: Book Launch, Workshop and Panel Discussion  

Oct. 19, 10:30 a.m., Kellogg Library Reading Room  

xtine burroughThe book “Art as Social Practice: Technologies for Change” explores how artists use their creative practices to raise consciousness, form communities, create change and bring forth social impact through new technologies and digital practices. Tactical media artist xtine burrough (pictured), who presented in the Context Exhibit Series at Kellogg Library in 2018, returns to campus to discuss the new anthology of socially engaged artists’ writings that she co-edited. Book contributor and artist Kim Abeles will discuss her environmental and community-based artworks. Lucy HG Solomon, a CSUSM faculty member in the School of Arts and a chapter co-author, will moderate a panel discussion about the artists’ relationships to community and technology.  

CSUSM students: Free  

Community: $5  

Faculty/staff/alumni: Free  

 

Horror and Sci-Fi Aficionado David Weiner  

Nov. 7, 6 p.m., USU Ballroom  

David WeinerIn this moderated Q&A, David Weiner will share his experience as a journalist, a curator of nostalgia as a writer and director, and how films in the horror and science fiction genre historically have had social and political impact embedded in their narrative. Weiner is the writer and director of the three-part 1980s horror genre documentaries “In Search of Darkness” and the five-hour ’80s sci-fi documentary “In Search of Tomorrow.” A three-decade veteran of the entertainment industry both on the set and behind a keyboard, he was editor of the iconic “Famous Monsters of Filmland” magazine, a writer for The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision and a senior editor at “Entertainment Tonight” for 13 years.  

CSUSM students: Free  

Community: $5  

Faculty/staff/alumni: Free  

 

Coalesce Bio-Art Lab Comes to CSUSM  

Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m., Innovation Hub  

Coalesce Bio-Art LabThis lab based at the University of Buffalo brings an art and science duo to campus. This program includes a talk about the dynamic history and future of art fused with science with bio-artist Paul Vanouse and scientist Solon Morse. A hands-on workshop will give students and community members the opportunity to create art with biology and experimental imaging methods. Having built a lab where artists can use scientific tools and experiment, and where scientists collaborate on creative projects, the duo will share insights on fostering art and science in shared laboratory and creative spaces.  

CSUSM students: Free  

Community: $10  

Faculty/staff/alumni: Free  

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