*"Private Thoughts, Public Display" Opening, 1/28

*Read-In of Women Writers in Celebration of Black History Month – reserve your spot by 1/28

*Call for Artists (Non-ISU project)

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*"Private Thoughts, Public Display" Opening, 1/28

Join us for the opening for

“Private Thoughts, Public Display: How Women Express Themselves through Body Modification and Apparel,”

Monday, January 28

7pm

At both the Transition Gallery, PSUB and Mind’s Eye Gallery, Rendezvous Center, as part of the Last Monday Campus Art Walk

Works will be on display through Friday, February 22.

For more information, please contact Women’s Studies (x5002) or the Anderson Center (x2805).  This is a Women’s History Month Event.

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*Read-In of Women Writers in Celebration of Black History Month – reserve your spot by 1/28

Do you have a favorite work by an African or African American woman writer?

The Anderson Gender Resource Center at Idaho State University is partnering again this year with the Diversity Resource Center to host a

Read-In of Women Writers in Celebration of Black History Month

Monday, February 4

Bengal Café, 12:00 – 1:00pm

Readers will share their favorite selections from works of non-fiction, fiction or poetry, written by professional African American or African women writers. Anyone interested in reading a selection is invited to participate.

Call the Anderson Center at 282-2805 by January 28 to reserve your timeslot. We will need to know the following information: Author’s name, title of her work, approximately how many minutes your reading will be, and your name and email.

Our Read-In Celebration is part of the national Read-In event, now in its 19^th year.  The Read-In is sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English as well as the National Council of Teachers of English and has been endorsed by the International Reading Association.  Over a million readers of all ethnic groups from 49 states, the West Indies, and African countries have participated.  For more information about the national Read-In project, visit their website at:  http://www.ncte.org/prog/re...

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*Call for Artists: The Nipple Project

The Anderson Center recently received notice of this call for artists.  For more information, please contact the project organizers directly through their website at http://www.thenippleproject...

“We wanted to reclaim our natural femininity…

“But as our call…got into full swing, we realized we had touched something deeper…We have received submissions breast cancer survivors and their creations are both an artistic and cathartic healing process. Also, women who have lost a family member or friend to breast cancer have taken this opportunity to express their grief and respect to their loved ones. We have also received submissions from women who have recently become mothers and are inspired by the joys and rigors of nursing!”

“The Nipple Project will be part of a group exhibition called ‘Enclosed, Encased & Enrobed.’ This collaborative project will be shown at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Ana June 5 - 28, 2008!

“Be a Part of this Project!  Submit a hand-made artistic interpretation of your nipple or of someone’s nipple you love. Send us a nipple(s) made out any material that can be woven, sewn or attached to another surface. Our goal is to create a large, community based art installation consisting of 3-dimensional media such as knitting, crocheting, beading, sewing, gourd, metal, leather, ceramic, felting and any other 3D media you can imagine. The final piece will include all of the submissions sewn and/or stitched together to create a large hanging wall installation.

“Deadline is May 1st, 2008.”