Description

On Friday, September 10, 2004 a workshop Government Policy, Cultural Production, Personal Privacy: A Workshop will be held at the UB Center for the Arts. Organized by the UB Art Galleries and UB Law School this interdisciplinary workshop will address the impact of government policies on cultural production and personal privacy, and the art sector's response to censorship.

The first of two afternoon panels will be a historical discussion of the McCarthy era and the ramifications of the 1966 Freedom of Information Act on the visual arts. The second panel will address contemporary threats to free expression, focusing on the Patriot Act, censorship in the arts, and trends in the age of the Internet.

In conjunction with the workshop, the UB Art Gallery will present two contemporary art exhibitions: "Arnold Mesches: The FBI Files" and a group exhibition "Shutters," which will consider the interface of monitoring strategies and domestic spaces. See a recent article about the Arnold Mesches exhibition in the UB Reporter here.

If you have any questions about the exhibitions, please contact the UB Art Galleries at 716.645.6912.

Program and Panelists

Friday, September 10, 2004 Screening Room, Center for the Arts: 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Panel No. 1: Past
A historical discussion of the McCarthy-era and the ramifications of the 1966 Freedom of Information Act on the visual arts.
Panelists include: Nancy Buchanan Artist & Professor, School of Film and Video, CalArts David Craven Professor, Department of Art History, University of New Mexico Arnold Mesches Artist & Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville Nils Olsen Professor and Dean, UB Law School

3:15 to 5:15 pm
Panel No. 2: Present
Contemporary threats to free expression, focusing on the Patriot Act, censorship in the arts, and trends in the age of the Internet.
Panelists include: Niels Bonde Artist & Professor, Malmö Art Academy, Copenhagen Marjorie Heins Founding Director, The Free Expression Policy Project; Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law Svetlana Mintcheva Director, Arts Advocacy, National Coalition Against Censorship Miguel Ruiz Assistant Professor, DLIS, UB School of Informatics

Registration

To attend this workshop, please send an e-mail to Ellen Kausner, Baldy Center Events Coordinator, at ekausner@buffalo.edu or call the Baldy Center at 716.645.2102.

Travel & Parking

By Car from Toronto
UB is less than 2 hours away
Take the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) southwest out of Toronto toward Hamilton and Fort Erie. Continue on the QEW past St. Catherines then take Highway 405 to the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge and continue east over the bridge (toll) into the U.S. Once in New York state, you are on the interstate I-190.

Stay on the I-190, through Niagara Falls and over Grand Island. Immediately after the bridge off Grant Island, take the I-290. Take the I-290 exit East.

Traveling east on the I-290 take exit 5B Millersport Highway North. Take Millersport to the Coventry Street Entrance of the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus. Turn left at the light onto Coventry Street. The Center for the Arts is straight ahead. Parking is available on Coventry, or in either of the two "Slee” lots which are directly in front of the Center for the Arts Building. We have alerted Campus Parking so that you will not be ticketed.

By Car from Central New York
Take the New York State Thruway (I-90) West (portions are toll) to I-290 West. Proceed west on the I-290 to exit 5B, Millersport Highway North.

Take Millersport Highway to the Coventry Street entrance of the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus. Turn left at the light onto Coventry Street. The Center for the Arts is straight ahead. Parking is available on Coventry, or in either of the two "Slee” lots which are directly in front of the Center for the Arts Building. We have alerted Campus Parking office so that you will not be ticketed.

Maps
Need a map? Go to Mapquest or Maps.com. Links to UB campus and parking maps can be found here.

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Program and Panelists

Registration

Travel & Parking

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