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Blaffer's YAAP Wins in DC
The Young Artist Apprenticeship Program (YAAP) from Blaffer Gallery the Art Museum of the University of Houston, won a Coming Up Taller award from President Obama's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
Blaffer curator of education Katherine Veneman was personally presented with the prestigious award by First Lady Michelle Obama on November 4, 2009.
Former YAAP participant and current Texas A&M freshman Jessica Flores also accepted an individualized plaque on behalf of the program.
The prize recognizes outstanding arts and humanities programs that provide young people with learning opportunities and the ability to contribute to their communities. Blaffer Gallery also received $10,000 in support of the program.
The YAAP program was featured in the September issue of Graffit-e, the CLASS e-newsletter, for their nomination which made the free after school program one out of 50 semifinalists selected from more 400 applications submitted from across the country.
Blaffer Gallery invites the public to celebrate the Coming Up Taller award by attending the Young Artist Apprenticeship Program Fall 2009 exhibition opening at the museum on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, and refreshments will be provided.
To learn more, visit the Blaffer Gallery website.
"Live is Living"
The Mitchell Center for the Arts presents spoken-word poet and choreographer Marc Bamuthi Joseph for the Houston kick- off of “Life is Living” on Nov. 7 at Discovery Green.
The Hip-hop, slam poetry "green" festival is part of a national campaign exploring the changing perspectives on environmental justice. The event launches a two-year residency engaging Bamuthi with Houston’s Third and Fifth Ward neighborhoods and University of Houston students.
There will be activities for all ages courtesy of local organizations specializing in break dancing, graffiti art, athletics, and skate boarding.
For more information visit the Mitchell Center for the Arts website.
School of Communication Alumna Wins Emmy
Eling Aguilar (Communication '06) will need to clear off some space on the mantle to make room for the trophies she's received this year for her work as a Technical Director with the Dallas/Ft.Worth Telemundo Production Center.
Aguilar was awarded a Texas, Lone Star Emmy as a Technical Director in the category of Best Morming/Daytime Newscast and the Arizona Rocky Mountain Emmy in the category of Daytime/Evening Newscast for Technical Director.
Aguilar served as an intern with Telemundo in 2002 and was later hired as a Technical Director in 2004. In 2006 she moved to Dallas/Fort Worth to work on a new project for Telemundo Production Center to reach eight different markets in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Phoenix, Tucson, Vegas, San Jose and Fresno.
In 2008 she received a San Antonio Telly award and the Arizona Rocky Mountain Emmy for Best Technical Director. This year Aguilar was also nominated for Best Technical Director for a Sports Program/ Feature Segment.
CLASS congratulates Alumna Eling Aguilar on her recent honors and wishes her much success in the future.
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CLASS students win at Undergraduate Research Day 2009
Kevin Darby (Psychology) and Erica Fletcher (Anthropology) received honors in the Outstanding Poster Division during Undergraduate Research Day 2009.
Undergraduate Research Day is presented by the Office of Undergraduate Research and The Honors College to recognize the research achievements of UH undergraduates and provided a venue for students to display their research posters and share their findings with visitors.
This was the fifth year for the event and it was the largest one yet in both participants and spectators. This year's showcase was sponsored by, the Provost's office, the Office of the Vice President for Research, The Honors College, the Cullen College of Engineering, the College of Technology and the College of Pharmacy.
The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences was represented by 12 students from various departments.
Both Erica and Kevin were recipients of the 2009 Social Science Undergraduate Scholarship, you can read more about their achievements at the CLASS Scholarships website.
Visit the Office of Undergraduate Research website to view the posters displayed at the event.
Events
Emerging Choreographers Showcase
The Center for Choreography from the UH School of Theater and Dance presents Flirting With Gravity, November 19 - 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Quintero Theatre.
The Center for Choreography is directed by Karen Stokes and emphasizes and supports the creative act of making dances as the cornerstone for artistic growth in the field of dance.
Learn more from the Center of Choreography website.
AURA concert features score from UH composers
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts will host Road-Signs, a concert presented by AURA, the Moores School of Music Contemporary Ensemble.
This special presentation of the commissioned score from UH composers Joel Love and Paul Wadle will feature video and images from Karyn Olivier’s billboard project Inbound: Houston.
The concert will be held Monday, November 16 at 7:30 pm in the Moores Opera House. For more details about the concert, visit the AURA web site and ticket information visit the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts web site.
Artist’s Talk with Josephine Meckseper
Blaffer Gallery the art museum of the University of Houston will host an Artist’s Talk and video screening with Josephine Meckseper, November 12, 6:30pm.
Curated by Cynthia Woods Mitchell Curatorial Fellow Rachel Hooper, the exhibition at Blaffer Gallery focuses on the artist’s recent works that examine the conflicting interests of the mass media, politicians, and the oil and auto industries as played out in the Iraq War.
For more information visit the Blaffer Gallery web site.
Luca Cerchiari
The World Cultures and Literatures program (WCL) and the Italian Studies program from the department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCL) will host two lectures by Luca Cerchiari, Nov. 10 and 12 at the Italian Cultural & Community Center.
Cerchiari is a professor of African-American music and Director of the Record Library at Padua University, Italy. The lectures are part of the WCL "World Cinema" course but the event is free and open to the public. Cerchiari's lecture topics will be "Jazz and the Italian Song" on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7pm and "Jazz and the City Images and Sounds of Paris" on Tuesday, Nov. 10 and Thursday, Nov. 12 at 2:30pm.
For more details, view the event flyers.
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