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TEN
YEARS AFTER: This Wednesday, April 7, the College of Saint
Rose is hosting an International Day of Reflection on
the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. From April
to June 1994, between 800,000 and 1 million (mostly) ethnic
Tutsis were murdered by the ruling Hutu nationalists. The
idea for the event came from Eugenie Mukeshimana, Saint
Rose student and genocide survivor, as she thought about the
upcoming anniversary and reflected on her life: “I was trying
to figure out what I did in the last 10 years, if I should
even do this.” Mukeshimana decided, however, that a memorial
was necessary, adding “I’m only doing this so people could
learn from it.” It will be an all-day event. From 9 AM to
2 PM there will be (according to the schedule) “ongoing, informal”
presentations by Mukeshimana and artist Catherine Wagner
Minnery, who will be exhibiting her work from a 2002 visit
to Rwanda. At 3 PM, Saint Rose professor Vanetta Palecanda
will read survival narratives, and Mukeshimana will speak
of her personal experience of the genocide. There will be
a memorial Mass at 4:30 PM, followed by a reception at 5 PM.
Finally, at 6 PM, the day will conclude with the screening
of a PBS Frontline documentary. All events will take
place in the Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary (College of Saint
Rose, 959 Madison Ave., Albany). For more information, call
454-5250.
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Painted
Walls L.A. at the C + CC.
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CITY
VIEW, STRAIGHT UP: The Chapel + Cultural Center, the
multipurpose church-and-arts-venue on the RPI campus, hosts
an exhibit of urban photography beginning today (Thursday,
April 1). Curated by Metroland contributing photographer
David Brickman, Urban Visions: Photographs of City
Life is, according to Brickman’s curatorial statement,
“a representative sample . . . of contemporary trends in unmanipulated
(straight) photography of cities.” That means no chemical
or digital manipulation—what you see is what the photographer
shot. The featured photographers are Ron Force, Kersten
Lorcher, Curt Miller, Jeffrey Milstein, Ben
Palmeri and George W. Simmons; pictured is Milstein’s
Painted Walls L.A. The Chapel + Cultural Center is
at 2125 Burdett Ave., Troy, and the exhibit runs through April
30. There will be an opening reception tomorrow (Friday, April
2) at 7 PM. For more information, check out their Web site
at www.rpi.edu/web/C+CC/ ccc/ccc.html, or call 274-7793.
YOUNG ARTISTS, ACCLAIMED: On Saturday, March 27, the Sheffield
Art League announced the winners of the annual High School
Art Scholarship. Out of 17 contestants from all over Berkshire
and neighboring counties—who submitted a total of 64 pieces
of art—there were three winners and four honorable mentions.
Pei-Jung Karen Hsieh (of the Berkshire School) won
first prize, $1,200, for “extraordinary” paintings and sculptures;
Ms. Hsieh is now fielding offers from a number of top design
schools. Second prize (a not-too-shabby $800) went to Skidmore-bound
Kylie Paul of Chatham High School for her work in oil,
pastel, mixed media and watercolor. The judges praised her
work for showing a “great variety of technique and originality.”
Ms. Paul has done time in this office as a Metroland
intern, earning acclaim for her perfection in preparing the
movie schedule. (We only hope she doesn’t forget that while
art is certainly a fine avocation; data-entry is a
marketable skill.) We’re all delighted to learn that she has
inherited the family’s artistic bent—her father, Trevor
Paul, is an award-winning illustrator and production artist
here at Metroland. Anyway, back to the deserving winners:
Lauren Newey of Monument Mountain High School won third
place, and the honorable mentions went to Kate Ritter,
Lily Thorne, Jonathan Candee and Danielle
Lessnau. Information about the Sheffield Art League can
be found at: www.sheffieldartleague.org.
ATTENTION AGING HIPPIES: The folks at the New York
State Museum wants to borrow your high-quality Woodstock
junk. They’re getting ready for the upcoming exhibition Spirit
of the Woodstock Generation: The Photographs of Elliott Landy.
Elliott Landy was one of the festival’s two official
lensmen, and the exhibit of his work is going to run from
June 19 through Sept. 6, dovetailing with the festival’s 35th
anniversary. The plan is to complement the photographs with
actual artifacts of the three days of peace and love: rock
& roll memorabilia, ticket stubs, posters, programs, Polaroids,
jewelry and clothing (with or without authentic 35-year-old
mud). They’re not interested in everything Woodstock-related—certainly
not any grown-up children conceived on Yasgur’s farm—but if
your stuff is choice, contact the museum at nysmweb@mail.nysed.gov
by May 1.
—Shawn
Stone
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