We Are Still Here: Exhibition

The Art Gallery is proud to present WE ARE STILL HERE: 

a multi-media exhibit on the historic American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island.

photography  •  video collage  • audioscape • original art

Exhibit Opening and Reception: Friday, November 19^th at the Cesar Chavez Student Center Art Gallery and Jack Adams Hall

Running Dates: November 19^th – December 19^th, 2010

Curated by Vince Skelly and Phil Klasky

Cost: Free

Opening Reception: November 19, 2010 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Where: The Art Gallery, Cesar Chavez Student Center

               

Gallery Hours: M-F 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; or by appointment

Website: www.sfsustudentcenter.com/artgallery

In 2009, a group of SFSU students, in collaboration with native leaders, faculty from San Francisco State University and students from California State University East Bay conducted interviews of historians, native scholars and activists and documented the 40^th anniversary of the historic 19-month American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island.  The multi-media exhibit contains photographs of the 40^th anniversary occupation celebration; an audio landscape with excerpts from interviews of Alcatraz veterans and activists; a collage of contemporary and archival footage; and original art. 

• 12:00 noon, Art Gallery: exhibit opens with blessing, special guests and student exhibitors                       

• 6:00pm, Jack Adams Hall: cultural program, special guests, refreshments

• 7:30pm, Jack Adams Hall: film, Alcatraz Is Not An Island

WE ARE STILL HERE is co-sponsored by the Cesar Chavez Institute, SFSU; Department of American Indian Studies, SFSU; Department of Ethnic Studies, CSU East Bay; International Indian Treaty Council; Richard Oakes Multi-Cultural Center; SKINS; and The Cultural Conservancy.

The Art Gallery at San Francisco State University is a student-run, student-funded, non-profit space sponsored by the San Francisco University Student Association.  The Gallery is dedicated to bringing the visual and interdisciplinary arts to the multicultural student body at SFSU, through diverse series of exhibitions by both students and non-students.

The ART GALLERY is a student-run and student-funded program of the Cesar Chavez Student Center. The gallery is dedicated to bringing the visual and interdisciplinary arts to the multicultural student body at San Francisco State University through a diverse series of exhibitions of both student and non-student work.