Exhibition

PUBLIC PROGRAM
Performance and Discussion by Heidi Latsky Dance, Inc.
Who AM I Now?
February 26, 2025
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Emily Lowe Gallery, Behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus 

Join a performance and critical discussion with Heidi Latsky, of Heidi Latsky Dance, Inc. (HLD) with dancers Nico Gonzales and Henry Holmes to honor Civil Rights Day. Heidi Latsky will share her recent journey through the discovery, surgery, and recovery from a benign brain tumor that had been there for 20 years. What makes her story compelling is that 55 years ago her mother had the same meningioma and she, like her daughter now, was a vital part of her mother's support system. An in-person performance featuring HLD dancers Henry Holmes and Nico Gonzales will be viewed to expose participants to the fierce vulnerability of HLD's dancers as she explains the trajectory of her career in inclusive dance.  Gonzales and Holmes will also share their specific stories as people with non-apparent disabilities, with the aim of  connecting with audiences who have lived with disabilities and without. The goal is to bring everyone into the conversation to discuss and explore identity, labels, the disability dance landscape, the resilience of the dance and disability communities, and non-apparent disabilities that are often so misunderstood and feared.

This program was made possible with funding from the Hofstra Cultural Center, The Hofstra University Center for Civic Engagement, the interdisciplinary Disability Studies program at Hofstra University.

Admission is free.
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PUBLIC PROGRAM
Great Writers, Great Readings: Emily Rapp Black
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
2:40-4:05 p.m. 
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Emily Rapp Black will read from her latest book Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg and answer questions from Professor Kelly McMasters, Dr. Craig Rustici, and members of the audience.

Exhibition Viewing
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, Behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

After the Q&A, the event will culminate in the Emily Lowe Gallery to view the exhibition EVERY body, EVERY mind: Honoring the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and for an informal conversation with Emily Rapp Black and attendees.

This program is funded by the Hofstra English Department, Hofstra Cultural Center, and Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Admission is free.
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PUBLIC PROGRAM
Film Screening and Panel Discussion
DAHOMEY
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
4:20-7:20 p.m.
Student Center Theater, Student Center, North Campus

In honor of Global Justice Day, join Aashish Kumar, Professor of Radio, Television, Film, and Sasha Giordano, Director of the Hofstra University Museum of Art, for a film screening of DAHOMEY (November, 2021) and panel discussion.  From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop, set in November 2021, the documentary charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin: the present-day Republic of Benin. Using multiple perspectives Diop questions how these artifacts should be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence. A panel discussion and Q & A will follow.

This event is sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement and the Hofstra Cultural Center.

Admission is free.
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PUBLIC PROGRAM
Lecture by Jorge Daniel Torres de Veneciano, PhD
Scholar in Residence
Relocating Democracy:
In Ethics, Poetics, and Museums
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, Behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Writers have been bemoaning the impending demise of democracy since the 2016 election. Conceived as a form of government, democracy, arguably, has become removed from its practice in politics. This lecture argues that democracy can still be found in the sphere of ethics, as well as in poetics and in curated experiences.

Veneciano has had a 30-year career as a museum professional, literary scholar, professor, and arts critic. He has edited and authored 25 books and catalogs, and has served as series editor for the University of Nebraska Press on the topic of American Transnationalism in the visual arts. He has also written on democratic theory, Latin American literature, and on the role of museums in democracy. Veneciano has taught at California State University, Los Angeles, Columbia, RISD, and Southern Methodist University. He holds a PhD from Columbia, an MFA from CalArts, and a BA from UCLA.

Seating is capped at 40 guests.

Admission is free.
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PUBLIC PROGRAM
Poetry Reading with Bart Edelman
Thursday, May 8, 2025
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Emily Lowe Gallery, Behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Bart Edelman returns to Hofstra University for a reading from his new book, This Body Is Never at Rest: Selected Poems 1993 – 2023, published by Meadowlark Press. Edelman received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Hofstra and was fortunate enough to study with Frank Lambasa, Leo Gurko, Stanley Brodwin, and William Hull. Collections of his work include Crossing the Hackensack, Under Damaris’ Dress, The Alphabet of Love, The Gentle Man, The Last Mojito, The Geographer’s Wife, and Whistling to Trick the Wind. He currently lives in Pasadena, California. This reading of Edelman’s poetry, and the breadth of his work, allows the audience to hear how Hofstra has been such a pivotal and integral part of his development as a writer with roots that have taken shape here on campus – and beyond.  Join us for a provocative and entertaining reading and discussion.

Seating is capped at 40 guests.

Admission is free.
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