Walkthrough of Talking Back to Power: Projects by Aram Han Sifuentes

2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard,Los Angeles CA 90049

18 August, 2022

Description

Join us on Thursday, August 18th at 5:30 PM for an exhibition walkthrough of Talking Back to Power: Projects by Aram Han Sifuentes with the artist Aram Han Sifuentes and scholar Grace Kyungwon Hong. Together, Sifuentes and Hong will discuss artworks that explore themes such as justice, labor, community collaborations, the ways that immigrants create spaces of belonging, and the power of creative protest for envisioning a better future. This program is free of charge; entry to the Skirball Cultural Center is free on Thursdays. The walkthrough will be followed by the Skirball Center's summer concert series with Korean American drumming group Woori Sori and ADG7, a South Korea–based ensemble that connects shamanic ritual music and beloved folk songs of the Hwanghae region to the contemporary sounds and influences of pop, and Dublab DJ Boba Bear. More details here. This event is co-presented by GYOPO and the Skirball Cultural Center. Aram Han Sifuentes is a fiber and social practice artist, writer, and educator who works to center immigrant and disenfranchised communities. Her work often revolves around skill sharing, specifically sewing techniques, to create multiethnic and intergenerational sewing circles which become a place for empowerment, subversion, and protest. Grace Kyungwon Hong is Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Professor of Gender Studies and Asian American Studies at UCLA. Her research and teaching focus on women of color feminism, Asian American culture, comparative and relational racialization, and racial capitalism.