"Standing Silent" - Documenting Abuse in the Orthodox Community

May 17, 2012 by Film at The JCC...

Art Exhibit: Three Master Cartoonists of Mexico in New York.

May 1, 2012 by a212

The exhibition "Political Neighbors: Rius, Feggo, El Fisgón - Three Master Cartoonists of Mexico", opening on Monday, May 7th at the Grady Alexis Gallery in New York, presents the work of three pivotal figures in Mexico's politcal cartooning, offering a survey of their take on relevant issues in Mexico and the United States over the past four decades.  Included are a look at immigration, U.S./Mexico relations, human rights, globalization, and the environment.

This event provides a unique opportunity for the New York audience to see a collection of cartoons from the 1970s to 2012. Most of the works were published in Mexico and the U.S., but have never been exhibited publicly before.

The Evolution of "A Civil Remedy"

April 24, 2012 by Film and Law

A Civil Remedy has its roots inside the law school classroom. In traditional American legal education, we teach storytelling in the form of a structured exchange of questions and answers that often translates the messy details of human stories—bodies and emotions, social contexts, and moral doubts—into apparently neutral stories of written texts, precedent, and authority. The stories of the law say simply, “This is what law is.” Other stories, though, offer retellings of law to render visible what law does and to challenge law’s underlying vision.

After the Water Receded: Images from Japan

April 23, 2012 by cultureID

On Friday, April 20, The Sidney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College opened the exhibit, After the Water Receded: Images from Japan. The exhibition commemorates the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that struck northern Japan on March 11, 2011. Artist Naoto Nakagawa responded to these disasters in his homeland by creating 1,000 portraits of survivors. Magdalena Solé documented the aftermath with photographs, some taken within the 12-mile radius around the nuclear power plant.