Recent Events with Past Sacatar Fellows

Past Sacatar Fellows are invited to share news of their activities by sending information to info@sacatar.org

Pieter Paul Pothoven (Netherlands 2016) invites you to Artists Weekend: Women and Resistance at Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam, NL. May 5 – 7, 2017. Series of screenings and presentations curated by Nina Folkersma.
Daniel Melim (Portugal 2013) invites for his group show at Galeria Monumental in Lisbon, Portugal. From April 22 to May 27, 2017.
Deisiane Barbosa (Brazil 2017) invites everyone to the launch of the project Grafias Eletrônicas on April 26th at 7pm in the Castro Alves Theater foyer in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Renan Marcones (Brazil 2017), opens on April 29 his solo exhibition “O que o corpo abriga” at the Center for Art and Architecture Affairs in the city of Guimarães in Portugal. The show can be seen from April 29 to June 3, 2017.
Rodrigo Bueno (Brazil 2003) and Virginia de Medeiros (Brazil 2007) will be part of group show “Nada levarei quando morrer, aqueles que me devem cobrarei no inferno.” which is a partnership between Associação Cultural Videobrasil and SP-Arte. From April 6 to June 17, 2017 at Galpão VideoBrasil in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Okwei Odili (Nigeria 2013) will perform with her band Okwei & Aweto Band on Thrusday April 6, 7PM at The Hostel Salvador.
Stacey Steers (USA 2006) won the Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film at Ann Arbor Film Festival with her film “Edge of Alchemy”.
Cristina Rascón Castro (Mexico 2012) had two of her poems translated into Portuguese by Antonio Miranda.
Gerald Cyrus (USA 2002 / 2011) was featured on Time Magazine in an article about African American Photographers.
Dany Leriche and Jean-Michel Fickinger (France 2009 / 2014) announce their photo exhibition entitled “Signs of the Invisible”. Opening Monday March 27, 2017, from 4 to 9 pm at 19 Paul Fort Gallery, 19, rue Paul Fort 75014 Paris, France. The show will be up from March 27 to April 27, 2017.
Rik Freeman (USA 2011 / 2015) painted the mural “The Knowledge” in the Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library in Washington, DC.
Daniel Gwirtzman (USA 2003 / 2013) invites for the screening of the dance film “Terrain” @ Lovecraft NYC Film Screenings on Monday, April 3, 2017. 6PM Pre-Screening Party / 7:30PM Screenings and Performances. Lovecraft NYC, 50 Avenue B, Manhattan
Mario Macilau (Mozambique 2014) had his photographic serie “Growing in Darkness”, about street children in downtown Maputo, selected as a finalist in the 2017 LensCulture Exposure Awards.
Nana Oforiatta Ayim (Ghana 2016) invites to the launch of ANO Institute of Contemporary Arts in Accra. The Institute includes an exhibition and screening space, as well as workshop and library areas. Nana, a Ghanaian art historian, writer and filmmaker, is also curating the opening group exhibition entitled “Accra: Portraits of a City” which will opened until April 9th, 2017 at ANO Gallery, 1 Lokko Rd, Osu, Accra, Ghana.
Isabel Ferrand (Portugal 2009) invites you for the presentation of several of her works at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Museumpark Rotterdam, The Netherlands. March 11 – June 11, 2017.
Stacey Steers (USA 2006): Solo exhibition of her latest film “Edge of Alchemy“, as well as a selection of handmade collages, a suite of silver gelatin prints, and sculptural objects that incorporate media from the film. February 25 – April 15, 2017. Opening Reception: Saturday, February 25, 3 – 6PM. At Catharine Clark Gallery – 248 Utah Street, San Francisco, CA. The artist will be there for both the opening and closing events.
Cheryl Strayed (USA 2003): the best-selling author of Wild, just made her theater debut with a richly funny, uniquely uplifting new show based on her book “Tiny Beautiful Things”. Tony Award winner Thomas Kail (Dry Powder, Hamilton) directs this exceptionally moving new play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answer. The Public Theater in New York. Nov / Dec 2016.

Pat Oleszko (USA 2008): presents her latest work “FOOL for THOUGHT”. From November 21 – March 3, 2017. Kniznick Gallery, 515 South Street, Waltham, MA. Gallery hours: Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm.

Anaisa Franco (Brazil 2010): The Brazilian visual artist presents her latest installation work “Sweet Reflection”.

Carlos Estévez (Cuba 2003): The Cuban visual artist and former Sacatar fellow invites to his next solo show called “Wakefulness” at the Georgetown Art Center in Georgetown, Texas. From November 4th to December 11th, 2016. Artist reception will be on November 5 from 7 to 9 PM.
Kostama Banovic (Serbia 2006) cordially invites to a preview screening of her new film “Among Houses and the Cosmos” 2016 / 71 minutes. At Gallery punt WG Amsterdam WG-plein, Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 15 Amsterdam. On Monday, October 10 2016, 9 p.m. The screening is free of charge, but it is necessary to make a reservation.
Rodrigo Cass (Brazil 2009): “Até o Concreto” is his solo exhibition at Gallery Galpão Fortes Vilaça until October 15, 2016 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Yumi Kori (Japan 2008): The instalation work “Infinity Device” will be part of Light Art Festival “ASCENTS” in the Cultural Region Stuttgart, Germany. Opening: September 17th 2016, 8pm. Artist Talk: 18th 3pm at Kunsthalle Göppingen. Exhibition: September 17th thru October 10th.
Pieter Paul Pothoven (Netherlands 2016): “Sunsets Never Looked As Stunning As Through The Haze Of Factory Soot” is his new group show at Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands. It opens on Friday, September 9th from 5 to 7pm. Exhibition: September 10 thru October 14, 2016, Mon – Fri, 9am – 6pm.
Mark Greenfield (USA 2013) and Karen Hampton (USA 2015): Group show “Made In Cotton”, September 9 – 30, 2016 at L.A. Artcore Union Center for the Arts – on 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5PM. Please join the artists for the reception on Sept 18th, 3 – 5 PM.
Sook Jin Jo (Korea, 2001 & 2007): Solo exhibition “Rebirth” at Asian Art Work in Beijing, China from June 18 to July 30, 2016.

Cristina Rascon Castro (Mexico, 2012): Book signing “Cuentráficos Deluxe”. CCD – Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City, July 7 at 7pm.
Fred Martin (France, 2013): Retrospective exhibition of his work centered around the drawings of his travels … always in connection with the Earth. Gallery LA RUMEUR, Lille, France. Opening Saturday June 25, 2016.

Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi (South Africa, 2010): Solo exhibition “Window Part II,” Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, June 7 – July 5, 2016, with Ashraf Jamal as a guest speaker at the June 7 opening reception
Kristin Capp (USA 2004): Experience the beauty and culture of Brazil as if you’re walking through its landscape yourself in the stunning new book of photography “Brazil” by Kristin Capp. Taken over the course of eight years, Capp’s artistic black-and-white photos capture the personality and complexity of the country in images that range from posed portraits to pure abstractions. In its pages, Capp chronicles the relationship between the natural shapes of the landscape and the city’s constructed forms, immerses us in the culture of the world’s largest African diaspora, and captures the diverse dreams, values, and contradictions living and moving across the country every day. Here are the dates for the book signing events in the US:
* Monday May 23, 7PM, University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle
* Friday June 3, 6-8PM, International Center of Photography, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Laurie Anderson (USA, 2016):
*Guest Director, Brighton Festival 2016 (May 7-29), England
*Heart of a Dog screens in theaters throughout Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales during May and June, including a special screening for 50 dogs (and their owners) at Picturehouse Central in London’s West End