New Print Program Artist, Celebrating En Foco Day & More!

Facing Diversity:
Leveling the Playing Field in the Photographic Arts

SPE's 47th National Conference - March 4-7, 2010

at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA,

Here's just a little taste of what you can look forward to:

I Hope You Don't Mind me Asking, But... // Kip Fulbeck

Thursday, March 4 @ 7pm

Multiracial Americans are the country's fastest growing demographic, yet it was just ten years ago that our government officially let individuals select more than one race to identify themselves... More details>>

The Missing Chapter & Autograph ABP // Renée Mussai
Friday, March 5 @ 10am

Within the framework of the Archive and Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography at Rivington Place, London, this talk will present Autograph ABP's twenty-year history in context and critically explore issues around diversity, cultural identity, and representation in photographic practice in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. More details>>

It Is Not in What You Teach, But Who You Teach // Don Gregorio Antón
Friday, March 5 @ 1pm

This presentation challenges the constructs of a system that was never created by or prepared for a diverse student population. It will discuss the lineage of educational fear that creates fearful learning, and will suggest alternatives to an inclusive approach of diverse knowledge... More details>>

Is There a Latino Photographic History? // Elizabeth Ferrer

Saturday, March 6 @ 10am

This presentation provides an overview of the challenges and issues surrounding the construction of a history of Latino photography, focusing on work created in the last few decades by Chicano, Cuban American, and Puerto Rican photographers. Ferrer will discuss the incomplete documentation of this history, despite numerous significant bodies of work by Latino photographers since the late 1960s... More details>>

Beyond Diversity and Toward Inclusivity // Dawoud Bey

Saturday, March 6 @ 7pm

In an age in which it would be superfluous to say that "diversity" has been achieved in the White House, it's time to turn away from "diversity" as an operative objective and turn instead towards the more meaningful and substantial goal of making institutional spaces ever more inclusive, to artists and audiences alike. One way to accomplish this is to consider how in fact the institution's identity can be meaningfully transformed... More details>>

Keeping Art Alive in Our Communities // Marisol Díaz (En Foco, Inc)
Sunday, March 7 @ 10am

This round table will focus on programs that supplement a lack of art/photo education in elementary, junior high, high schools, and communities as a whole. The dialogue will feature examples of, and testimonies about, the necessity of art education from politicians, educators, students, parents, and others... More details>>

And while you're in Philladelphia... go see exhibitions by more great En Foco artists:

Juan Sánchez at Taller Puertorriqueño's Lorenzo Homar Gallery (through March 27)
and Víctor Vázquez at Seraphin Gallery (through March 9)

Photo above: © Wendel White, Schools for the Colored series. Wendel's presentation at SPE takes place on Friday, March 5 at 10am. He is also a recipient of En Foco's New Works Photography Fellowship Award for 2009-2010 - exhibition in NYC forthcoming this summer!

Join En Foco at La Palapa
in the East Village
Tuesday, February 23
for Happy Hour, 5-7pm
www.lapalapa.com
77 St. Mark's Place, NYC

Get La Palapa's book Antojitos:
Festive & Flavorful Mexican Appetizers

Join En Foco at La Palapain the East Village Tuesday, February 23for Happy Hour, 5-7pmwww.lapalapa.com77 St. Mark's Place, NYC

Get La Palapa's book Antojitos: Festive & Flavorful Mexican Appetizers

Join En Foco at La Palapa
in the East Village
Tuesday, February 23
for Happy Hour, 5-7pm
www.lapalapa.com
77 St. Mark's Place, NYC

Get La Palapa's book Antojitos:
Festive & Flavorful Mexican Appetizers