Festiba - Monday, March 23, 2009
Premiere of "La Frontera" photography publication
A collection of artistic and extraordinary images that go beyond the stream of pre-determined rapid production "photo opportunity" commerce. The collection features the photographs of UTPA students in response to the final assignment of a Digital photography course over the last four semesters. The students create a series of five images, which document culture as a pattern of routine behavior that is specific to a location within their communities. |
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| 10:00 a.m. - noon |
UTPA FACULTY PRESENTATIONS
"From Silk Road to Energy Corridor: Power Struggle in the Caucasus" with Penny Adair, Christopher Miller, Tamer Balci, and Maya Zhivokina, SBS 117 |
| 01:10 p.m. |
Pan American Days Presentation: "Volunteerism, Human Rights in Central America and Beyond"
Dr. Harold Nelson, Advocacy Coordinator of Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) Introducer/Moderator: Dr. Chad Richardson, Department of Sociology, SBS 101 |
| 02:30 p.m. |
UTPA FACULTY PRESENTATIONS
"Afro-Mexico: La Costa Chica" Nalda Baez, COAS 303 |
| 02:35 p.m. |
UTPA FACULTY PRESENTATIONS
"Popular Movements in Medieval Europe," Ken Grant, Penny Adair, SBS 117 |
| 02:35 p.m. |
Pan American Days Presentation: "The Awakening of the Sleeping Giant? Latino Political Participation and the 2006 Immigrant Rights Protests"
Dr. Jessica Lavariega Monforti, Department of Political Science, HSHE 1.114 |
| 04:30 p.m. |
FESTIBA OFFICIAL OPENING CELEBRATION:
Mexican Masters Exhibit opening at Visitors Center, followed by Valley Symphony Orchestra String Quartet Concert with the "Art of Light" in the Library Auditorium at 6:00pm.
The Multi-Media Light and Music presentation is an unrivaled, automated lighting program choreographed to music using equipment you might see at national concerts or the Academy Awards! |
| 07:30 p.m. |
UTPA Dance Program Concert in the Fine Arts Auditorium |
Art Exhibits (open all day): |
UTPA Visitor’s Center (Mexican Masters Exhibit) |
CAS Gallery (featuring the collection of Che and Becky Guerra of Nuevo Santander Gallery) |
Clark Gallery at the Fine Arts Building |
Mexican Masters Exhibit and CAS Gallery Exhibit curated by Maria Elena Macias. |
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF): Readings & Book Distributions to public schools with "Celebrity Readers" |
