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Future Exhibitions
  Preliminary Schedule of Future Exhibitions at Akus Gallery.  N.B.:  This schedule is subject to change

 
  Paul Camacho, Untitled, 1966, gouache
Paul Camacho
Untitled, 1966
gouache
La Lucha por la Identidad / The Struggle for Identity
Aug. 20 – Oct. 4, 2009

A survey of a number of Puerto Rican artists including the work of José Alicia, Myrna Baez, Antonio Martorell, Rafael Rivera Rosa, and Rafael Tufiño among many others.  Work is drawn from a number of regional collections including that of Benjamin Ortiz, Nilda Morales and Imna Arroyo.  Co-curators: Imna Arroyo and Elizabeth Peterson
  Tenzin Wangchuk, Untitled
Tenzin Wangchuk
Untitled
Wayfinding
Oct. 15 – Nov. 25, 2009
Artists explore where we are in the world – physically, virtually, culturally, and spiritually – and map their journeys.  This exhibition will feature the work of several artists including that of Tibetan artist Tenzin Wangchuk whose return visit to Eastern is made possible by Gail Gelburd
 
  Yosiell Lorenzo
Yosiell Lorenzo

Sweet Tooth: Yosiell Lorenzo and
Project Detonate
Jan. 28 – Mar. 11, 2010

Reception: Feb.  4, 2010
Bridgeport native Lorenzo creates a world exploding with color and motion.  His paintings and digital graphics are the result of the colliding worlds of hip hop, graffiti, graphic novels/comics and Japanese anime.  He translates these into limited edition toys and t-shirts taking self-promo to a new level!

  Mina Momeni, Eblis, 2007, photo
Mina Momeni
Eblis, 2007
photo

Chahar Ghesmat:
Iranian Women Create
Mar. 25 – May 6, 2010

Reception: April 1, 2010
Chahar Ghesmat is Farsi for “Four Parts.”  This exhibition brings together the work of four Iranian women artists representing a variety of generational and transnational viewpoints.  Co-curators:  Afarin Rahmanifar and Elizabeth Peterson

 
   

image from Senior Art exhibtion 2009
Senior Art Exhibition
May 13 – 23, 2010
The annual exhibition of the final projects of Eastern Visual Arts majors; this is a not-to-be missed event


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