[NEohioPAL]HeightsArts upcoming events

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Four Extraordinary Books
Opening reception Wednesday, April 21 through May 16
6-9 pm.
HeightsArts
2173 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights
216-371-3344

Four books exploring contemporary practice and fine bookmaking by 5 =
Northeast Ohio artists:
Extinguishing of Stars by Carolyn Fraser and Holly Morrison
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, illustrated by Barry Hoffman
Ghost of a Chance: a collaboration-waterless lithography by Wendy Collin =
Sorin; poem by Robert Miltner;  hand-made paper by Gwen Cooper and =
letterpress by Carolyn Fraser
Landings by Michael Loderstedt

ArtTalks in the Heights
presented by HeightsArts
CH-UH Main Library
2345 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights
Wednesday, April 28
7:00 pm
216-371-3344

David C. Hart presents an illustrated lecture on Maria Magdalena =
Campos-Pons.

Multimedia artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons was born in Cuba in 1959, =
the
year of the Revolution, and immigrated to the United States in 1990.  =
Unable
to return to her homeland, her work during the past decade became a =
vehicle
to explore her identity as a Cuban woman of African ancestry, addressing
memory, dislocation, race, gender, and family.  In a series of three
installations created in the 1990s titled The History of People Who Were
Not Heroes Campos-Pons combined photography, sculpture, video and
performance in tributes to her ancestors, the slaves and laborers who =
worked
on sugar plantations and as domestics in Cuba.

David C. Hart is Assistant Professor of Art History at Cleveland =
Institute
of Art.  He has taught at Wake Forest University and at the University =
of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from which he will receive a Ph.D. in art
history in 2004.  In 2003 he wrote the catalog for and curated the
exhibition Inside/Outside: Contemporary Cuban Art at the Charlotte and
Philip Hanes Art Gallery at Wake Forest University.

HeightsArts
Peggy Spaeth, Director
2163 Lee Road #104
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118
216-371-3344
http://www.heightsarts.org

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>Four Extraordinary=20
Books<BR></STRONG>Opening reception Wednesday, April 21 through May =
16<BR>6-9=20
pm.<BR>HeightsArts<BR>2173 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>216-371-3344</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Four books exploring contemporary =
practice and fine=20
bookmaking by 5 Northeast Ohio artists:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM>Extinguishing of Stars</EM> by =
Carolyn Fraser=20
and Holly Morrison</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM>Slaughterhouse Five</EM> by Kurt =
Vonnegut,=20
illustrated by Barry Hoffman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM>Ghost of a Chance</EM>: a=20
collaboration-waterless lithography by Wendy Collin Sorin; poem by =
Robert=20
Miltner;  hand-made paper by Gwen Cooper and letterpress by Carolyn =

Fraser</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM>Landings</EM> by Michael =
Loderstedt</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><STRONG>ArtTalks in the Heights<BR></STRONG>presented by=20
HeightsArts<BR>CH-UH Main Library<BR>2345 Lee Road, Cleveland=20
Heights<BR>Wednesday, April 28</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>7:00 =
pm<BR>216-371-3344</FONT></DIV><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>
<DIV><BR>David C. Hart presents an illustrated lecture on Maria =
Magdalena=20
Campos-Pons.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Multimedia artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons was born in Cuba in =
1959,=20
the<BR>year of the Revolution, and immigrated to the United States in=20
1990.  Unable<BR>to return to her homeland, her work during the =
past decade=20
became a vehicle<BR>to explore her identity as a Cuban woman of African=20
ancestry, addressing<BR>memory, dislocation, race, gender, and =
family.  In=20
a series of three<BR>installations created in the 1990s titled <EM>The =
History=20
of People Who Were<BR>Not Heroes</EM> Campos-Pons combined photography,=20
sculpture, video and<BR>performance in tributes to her ancestors, the =
slaves and=20
laborers who worked<BR>on sugar plantations and as domestics in =
Cuba.<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>David C. Hart is Assistant Professor of Art History at Cleveland=20
Institute<BR>of Art.  He has taught at Wake Forest University and =
at the=20
University of<BR>North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from which he will =
receive a=20
Ph.D. in art<BR>history in 2004.  In 2003 he wrote the catalog for =
and=20
curated the<BR>exhibition Inside/Outside: Contemporary Cuban Art at the=20
Charlotte and<BR>Philip Hanes Art Gallery at Wake Forest =
University.</DIV>
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<DIV>HeightsArts</DIV>
<DIV>Peggy Spaeth, Director</DIV>
<DIV>2163 Lee Road #104</DIV>
<DIV>Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118</DIV>
<DIV>216-371-3344</DIV>
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href=3D"http://www.heightsarts.org">http://www.heightsarts.org</A></DIV>
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