CSREA, 96 Waterman Street, Providence RI 02912
September 2017 - May 2018
In this exhibition, four contemporary artists of color engage in reflection on the complexity of identity, sometimes pushing back on misrepresentations, including stereotypes and cultural appropriation, other times presenting alternatives: Akujixxv, Devyn Galindo, Panteha Abareshi, and Carolina Hicks.
CSREA, Lippitt House, 96 Waterman Street
Welcome back! Please join us to celebrate a new year and the opening of our 2017-2018 exhibit, "The Body As Site Of." This exhibition features artwork by four contemporary artists of color who engage in reflection on the complexity of identity, sometimes pushing back on misrepresentations, including stereotypes and cultural appropriation, other times presenting alternatives: Akujixxv, Devyn Galindo, Panteha Abareshi, and Carolina Hicks.
Granoff Center, Studio 1
Monique Mojica, LeAnne Howe, and Jorge Morejón present a public offering of work in progress titled "Side Show Freaks & Circus Injuns," presenting excerpts of the play in process with a discussion moderated by Dr. Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation), Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Brown University.
Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA), Lippitt House
Artworks created by students in "Racial and Ethnic Politics and Policy in America," a Fall 2016 class taught by Professor Yalidy Matos.
IBES 130 (Carmichael Auditorium), 85 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912
September 2016 - May 2017
In the weeks following the death of Freddie Gray, Devin Allen's photographs gave voice to Baltimore's pain during one of its darkest hours. His images of the city document the struggle and humanity of protest, as well as the beauty found in community and everyday life.
IBES 130 (Carmichael Auditorium), 85 Waterman Street
In the weeks following the death of Freddie Gray, Devin Allen’s photographs gave voice to his city’s pain during one of its darkest hours. His images of Baltimore document the struggle and humanity of protest, as well as the beauty found in community and everyday life. Born and raised in West Baltimore, Devin will reflect on his personal trials and tribulations, life before and after the 2015 uprising, and the issues that plague his city and many other ghettos across America.
Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA), Lippitt House, 96 Waterman Street
We've moved! We're celebrating our new home and a new year with an open house on Thursday, September 8.
We will also be opening our 2016-2017 exhibit: Rising/Uprising in Baltimore: A Beautiful Ghetto by Photographer, Devin Allen.
Free and open to the public. Please contact us to make arrangements for wheelchair access.
George Houston Bass Performing Arts Space, Churchill House
Just as blues influenced the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz influenced the Black Arts Movement, Hip-Hop's musical and cultural force has shaped the aesthetics and given rise to a new generation of American poets.
Join us as we welcome contributors to the new poetry anthology The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop-- a multi-generational examination of life and poetry in the age of hip hop. The book features 78 poets, born between 1961-1999, who are employing traditional and wildstyle poetics to narrate a new country and city landscape.
George Houston Bass Performing Arts Space, Churchill House
This CSREA event and October 2 symposium mark the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Katrina in New Orleans.
5:00 p.m. Performance by New Orleans poet and activist Sunni Patterson
6:00 p.m. Keynote Lecture: Professor George Lipsitz, UC Santa Barbara, "Walking With New Orleans: Where Do We Go From Here"
CSREA, Third Floor, 80 Brown Street, Providence, RI 02912
September 2015 - May 2016
The prevailing images that we see of Native Americans are often antiquated stereotypes and do not reflect the diversity, vibrancy, or modernity of Native peoples. "Native inspired" trends and images are everywhere: in popular culture, fashion, hollywood, and music, and conversations about cultural appropriation have become more mainstream. Yet Native voices are largely absent.