Off the Beaten Path – Violence, Women, & Art – UC San Diego, Oct 23 – Dec 12, 2009

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YOU’RE INVITED OFF THE BEATEN PATH Violence, Women, and Art UCSD Art Gallery at Mandeville Center 5900 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA October 23rd – December 12th 2009 *Please note The gallery will be closed November 11 in observance of Veterans Day and November 26 in observance of Thanksgiving*

Twenty-one well-respected artists from 19 countries are coming together to explore the many dimensions of gender-based violence through photos, paintings and sculptures. For the new exhibition season the University Art Gallery, UC San Diego presents an international exhibition entitled Off The Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art. The exhibition brings together artists from around the world to explore the global ramifications of gender-based violence. The exhibition, curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg executive director of Art Works For Change, features twenty-one artists from nineteen countries. “Throughout the world, women and girls are victims of countless and senseless acts of violence. The range of gender-based violence is devastating, occurring, quite literally, from womb to tomb,” explains Randy Jayne Rosenberg. “The stories that underlie these artworks return us imaginatively to the event of violation and allow it to affect us.” Premised on the visionary potential in art, the exhibition avoids tabloid and sensational imagery. The invited artists were asked, “To help us create new representations through their artworks and, in doing so, help us feel and understand the essence of the problem of violence against women,” says Rosenberg. The exhibition hopes to help create a new conversation on this important topic. The exhibition explores multiple aspects of violence against women and girls organized within several thematic categories: Violence and the Individual; Violence and the Family; Violence and the Community; Violence and Culture; Violence and Politics. The organizers hope the audience leaves the exhibition with a better understanding of the roots of abuse, a feeling of empathy, and an awareness of choice in their actions and beliefs. These problems, though widespread, are often invisible, says Rosenberg. “When we encounter violence against women, we often overlook the facts and experience a sort of blindness. We choose not to see the devastation of domestic violence, calling it ‘a family affair’. Honor-killings of women in faraway regions of the world become nothing more than a ‘cultural difference’. We find it hard to believe that sex trafficking and exploitation occur in our cities, close to home. The rape and torture of women during armed conflict is the inevitable ‘messiness of war’. As such, the political and systemic sources of violence are often underestimated or overlooked.” Partners: In addition to working with departments and programs on campus in order to create an extensive calendar of programming, the University Art Gallery is partnering with

Public Events & Programming All round tables are open to public and your participation is most welcomes. October 22nd, 2009 – Opening Night 6 to 8:30 pm at Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego October 26th, 2009 – Round Table Discussion #1- Women’s Issues 6:30 to 8:30 pm at UC San Diego’s Center Hall, Room 109

a)      Sexual Assault/Rape: Katie Feifer from Voices and Faces Project

b)      Human Trafficking: Taja McKinney-Zisler from CAST

c)       Domestic Violence: Verna Tabor from CCS

d)      International Torture against Women: Kathi Anderson from Survivors of  Torture Intl.

November 14th, 2009 – Round Table Discussion #2 – Violence & Culture 6 to 8:30 pm at Pepper Canyon, Room 122

a)      Islamic laws in Iran: Cima Rahmankhan and Farrah Douglas

b)      Sudanese laws and women:  Dep N. Tuany,  Executive Director Southern Sudanese Community Center of San Diego

c)       India: Women’s rights in India: Speaker: Cindy Mathew, from Amnesty International

d)      Culture of War and Violence: Speaker: Dilkhwaz Ahmed, from License to Freedom

e)      Violence in Images: Kelli Moore, UCSD Communications Graduate Student

  Round Table Discussion #3 – November 21st, 2009 – Laws that keep women in compromised positions nationally and internationally 1:00 to 3:00 pm at Pepper Canyon, Room 106 a)      Domestic Violence and asylum laws:  Carmen Chavez b)      Jenny’s Law: Steve Bush c)       Human Trafficking laws: Summer Stephan, Chief District Attorney in North County  

ABOUT ART WORKS FOR CHANGE

Art Works for Change produces contemporary art exhibitions to address social and environmental. It uses the power of art as a vehicle to promote dialogue and awareness, and to inspire action and thought. Art Works for Change operates under the fiscal umbrella of the Tides Center, a tax-exempt organization.

ABOUT 5 WOMEN WHO CARE 5 Women Who Care is a group of women who came together to help make a difference and bring awareness to women’s and children’s issues globally.  Operating out of the San Diego area, these 5 Women  collaborate with like minded organizations for the empowerment and justice of women and children worldwide. Directions to UCSD Art Gallery: http://universityartgallery.ucsd.edu/visit/ Exhibition online: http://www.artworksforchange.org/otbp_virtual.htm For more information please contact: Isabelle Lutterodt at ilutterodt@ucsd.edu and Farrah Douglas at farrah.douglas@gmail.com

YOU’RE INVITED OFF THE BEATEN PATH Violence, Women, and Art UCSD Art Gallery at Mandeville Center 5900 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA October 23rd – December 12th 2009 *Please note The gallery will be closed November 11 in observance of Veterans Day and November 26 in observance of Thanksgiving*

Twenty-one well-respected artists from 19 countries are coming together to explore the many dimensions of gender-based violence through photos, paintings and sculptures. For the new exhibition season the University Art Gallery, UC San Diego presents an international exhibition entitled Off The Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art. The exhibition brings together artists from around the world to explore the global ramifications of gender-based violence. The exhibition, curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg executive director of Art Works For Change, features twenty-one artists from nineteen countries. “Throughout the world, women and girls are victims of countless and senseless acts of violence. The range of gender-based violence is devastating, occurring, quite literally, from womb to tomb,” explains Randy Jayne Rosenberg. “The stories that underlie these artworks return us imaginatively to the event of violation and allow it to affect us.” Premised on the visionary potential in art, the exhibition avoids tabloid and sensational imagery. The invited artists were asked, “To help us create new representations through their artworks and, in doing so, help us feel and understand the essence of the problem of violence against women,” says Rosenberg. The exhibition hopes to help create a new conversation on this important topic. The exhibition explores multiple aspects of violence against women and girls organized within several thematic categories: Violence and the Individual; Violence and the Family; Violence and the Community; Violence and Culture; Violence and Politics. The organizers hope the audience leaves the exhibition with a better understanding of the roots of abuse, a feeling of empathy, and an awareness of choice in their actions and beliefs. These problems, though widespread, are often invisible, says Rosenberg. “When we encounter violence against women, we often overlook the facts and experience a sort of blindness. We choose not to see the devastation of domestic violence, calling it ‘a family affair’. Honor-killings of women in faraway regions of the world become nothing more than a ‘cultural difference’. We find it hard to believe that sex trafficking and exploitation occur in our cities, close to home. The rape and torture of women during armed conflict is the inevitable ‘messiness of war’. As such, the political and systemic sources of violence are often underestimated or overlooked.” Partners: In addition to working with departments and programs on campus in order to create an extensive calendar of programming, the University Art Gallery is partnering with

Public Events & Programming All round tables are open to public and your participation is most welcomes. October 22nd, 2009 – Opening Night 6 to 8:30 pm at Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego October 26th, 2009 – Round Table Discussion #1- Women’s Issues 6:30 to 8:30 pm at UC San Diego’s Center Hall, Room 109

a)      Sexual Assault/Rape: Katie Feifer from Voices and Faces Project

b)      Human Trafficking: Taja McKinney-Zisler from CAST

c)       Domestic Violence: Verna Tabor from CCS

d)      International Torture against Women: Kathi Anderson from Survivors of  Torture Intl.

November 14th, 2009 – Round Table Discussion #2 – Violence & Culture 6 to 8:30 pm at Pepper Canyon, Room 122

a)      Islamic laws in Iran: Cima Rahmankhan and Farrah Douglas

b)      Sudanese laws and women:  Dep N. Tuany,  Executive Director Southern Sudanese Community Center of San Diego

c)       India: Women’s rights in India: Speaker: Cindy Mathew, from Amnesty International

d)      Culture of War and Violence: Speaker: Dilkhwaz Ahmed, from License to Freedom

e)      Violence in Images: Kelli Moore, UCSD Communications Graduate Student

  Round Table Discussion #3 – November 21st, 2009 – Laws that keep women in compromised positions nationally and internationally 1:00 to 3:00 pm at Pepper Canyon, Room 106 a)      Domestic Violence and asylum laws:  Carmen Chavez b)      Jenny’s Law: Steve Bush c)       Human Trafficking laws: Summer Stephan, Chief District Attorney in North County  

ABOUT ART WORKS FOR CHANGE

Art Works for Change produces contemporary art exhibitions to address social and environmental. It uses the power of art as a vehicle to promote dialogue and awareness, and to inspire action and thought. Art Works for Change operates under the fiscal umbrella of the Tides Center, a tax-exempt organization.

ABOUT 5 WOMEN WHO CARE 5 Women Who Care is a group of women who came together to help make a difference and bring awareness to women’s and children’s issues globally.  Operating out of the San Diego area, these 5 Women  collaborate with like minded organizations for the empowerment and justice of women and children worldwide. Directions to UCSD Art Gallery: http://universityartgallery.ucsd.edu/visit/ Exhibition online: http://www.artworksforchange.org/otbp_virtual.htm For more information please contact: Isabelle Lutterodt at ilutterodt@ucsd.edu and Farrah Douglas at farrah.douglas@gmail.com

YOU’RE INVITED OFF THE BEATEN PATH Violence, Women, and Art UCSD Art Gallery at Mandeville Center 5900 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA October 23rd – December 12th 2009 *Please note The gallery will be closed November 11 in observance of Veterans Day and November 26 in observance of Thanksgiving*

Twenty-one well-respected artists from 19 countries are coming together to explore the many dimensions of gender-based violence through photos, paintings and sculptures. For the new exhibition season the University Art Gallery, UC San Diego presents an international exhibition entitled Off The Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art. The exhibition brings together artists from around the world to explore the global ramifications of gender-based violence. The exhibition, curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg executive director of Art Works For Change, features twenty-one artists from nineteen countries. “Throughout the world, women and girls are victims of countless and senseless acts of violence. The range of gender-based violence is devastating, occurring, quite literally, from womb to tomb,” explains Randy Jayne Rosenberg. “The stories that underlie these artworks return us imaginatively to the event of violation and allow it to affect us.” Premised on the visionary potential in art, the exhibition avoids tabloid and sensational imagery. The invited artists were asked, “To help us create new representations through their artworks and, in doing so, help us feel and understand the essence of the problem of violence against women,” says Rosenberg. The exhibition hopes to help create a new conversation on this important topic. The exhibition explores multiple aspects of violence against women and girls organized within several thematic categories: Violence and the Individual; Violence and the Family; Violence and the Community; Violence and Culture; Violence and Politics. The organizers hope the audience leaves the exhibition with a better understanding of the roots of abuse, a feeling of empathy, and an awareness of choice in their actions and beliefs. These problems, though widespread, are often invisible, says Rosenberg. “When we encounter violence against women, we often overlook the facts and experience a sort of blindness. We choose not to see the devastation of domestic violence, calling it ‘a family affair’. Honor-killings of women in faraway regions of the world become nothing more than a ‘cultural difference’. We find it hard to believe that sex trafficking and exploitation occur in our cities, close to home. The rape and torture of women during armed conflict is the inevitable ‘messiness of war’. As such, the political and systemic sources of violence are often underestimated or overlooked.” Partners: In addition to working with departments and programs on campus in order to create an extensive calendar of programming, the University Art Gallery is partnering with

Public Events & Programming All round tables are open to public and your participation is most welcomes. October 22nd, 2009 – Opening Night 6 to 8:30 pm at Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego October 26th, 2009 – Round Table Discussion #1- Women’s Issues 6:30 to 8:30 pm at UC San Diego’s Center Hall, Room 109

a)      Sexual Assault/Rape: Katie Feifer from Voices and Faces Project

b)      Human Trafficking: Taja McKinney-Zisler from CAST

c)       Domestic Violence: Verna Tabor from CCS

d)      International Torture against Women: Kathi Anderson from Survivors of  Torture Intl.

November 14th, 2009 – Round Table Discussion #2 – Violence & Culture 6 to 8:30 pm at Pepper Canyon, Room 122

a)      Islamic laws in Iran: Cima Rahmankhan and Farrah Douglas

b)      Sudanese laws and women:  Dep N. Tuany,  Executive Director Southern Sudanese Community Center of San Diego

c)       India: Women’s rights in India: Speaker: Cindy Mathew, from Amnesty International

d)      Culture of War and Violence: Speaker: Dilkhwaz Ahmed, from License to Freedom

e)      Violence in Images: Kelli Moore, UCSD Communications Graduate Student

  Round Table Discussion #3 – November 21st, 2009 – Laws that keep women in compromised positions nationally and internationally 1:00 to 3:00 pm at Pepper Canyon, Room 106 a)      Domestic Violence and asylum laws:  Carmen Chavez b)      Jenny’s Law: Steve Bush c)       Human Trafficking laws: Summer Stephan, Chief District Attorney in North County  

ABOUT ART WORKS FOR CHANGE

Art Works for Change produces contemporary art exhibitions to address social and environmental. It uses the power of art as a vehicle to promote dialogue and awareness, and to inspire action and thought. Art Works for Change operates under the fiscal umbrella of the Tides Center, a tax-exempt organization.

ABOUT 5 WOMEN WHO CARE 5 Women Who Care is a group of women who came together to help make a difference and bring awareness to women’s and children’s issues globally.  Operating out of the San Diego area, these 5 Women  collaborate with like minded organizations for the empowerment and justice of women and children worldwide. Directions to UCSD Art Gallery: http://universityartgallery.ucsd.edu/visit/ Exhibition online: http://www.artworksforchange.org/otbp_virtual.htm For more information please contact: Isabelle Lutterodt at ilutterodt@ucsd.edu and Farrah Douglas at farrah.douglas@gmail.com