Recent Events with Past Sacatar Fellows

Past Sacatar Fellows are invited to share news of their activities by sending information to info@sacatar.org
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Ladee Hubbard (USA 2017) just had her first novel “The Talented Ribkins” published by Melville House. In her book, Ladee delivers a fascinating twist on DuBois’ notion of the Talented Tenth chronicling the travails of a family endowed with extraordinary talents.
Mark Steven Greenfield (USA 2013) invites you for his solo exhibition “Mantras & Musings” at Lora Schlesinger Gallery. Tickets or RSVP Not required. The exhibition is free and open to the public. And it is on view September 2nd through October 14th. The opening reception with the artist is September 9th from 5-7 pm.
Bruno Cançado (Brazil 2015) invites for his solo show entitled “Jardins / Gardens” from August 11 to September 23, 2017 at Central Galeria in São Paulo, Brazil.
Felipe Goes (Brazil 2012) invites for his group show entitled “Fragmentos de um Discurso Pictórico” at Roberto Alban Galeria in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The opening will be on August 23 at 8PM.
Faith Adiele (USA / Nigeria 2010 & 2012) invites for the screening and discussion of her film “My Journey Home: Faith’s Story“, directed by Lourdes Portillo (PBS), screenplay: Faith Adiele, duration: 35 min. On July 29, 2017 at Museum of Impossible Forms, Helsinki, Finland.
Fran Siegel (USA 2015) invites for her exhibition “Lineage through Landscape: Tracing Egun in Brazil” at UCLA Fowler Museum from July 23 – December 10, 2017. The show is organized by the Fowler Museum and curated by Marla C. Berns, Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director. The exhibition is made possible thanks to a grant from the Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation. Fran Siegel’s research for this project was supported by a Fulbright Social Sciences and Humanities Award and by a residency at the Instituto Sacatar in Bahia, Brazil. On August 27 from 3:00 to 4:00PM there will be a talk/lecture by Fran Siegel and Fowler Museum Director Marla Berns to discuss the artist’s experiences in Brazil—most specifically on Itaparica Island—and the resulting drawing project featured in her exhibition.
Luciany Aparecida (Brazil 2015) conducts a series of creative workshops on poetry, writing and video in community libraries scattered throughout Salvador’s neighborhoods. The workshops will be aimed at 150 high school students. From July 19 to 28, 2017. Click here for more information.
Basir Mahmood (Pakistan 2014) participates in the group exhibition entitled “Tableaux Vivants”, a selection of videos and films that have in common issues related to painting and sculpture. Hôtel de La Salle, Paris, May 27 – June 19, 2017. Open everyday from 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. Free access
Karen Ostrom (Canada 2013 & 2016) invites for the exhibition of her latest work “The Lacemaker’s Y(e)arn” at BRIC Arts & Media in Brooklyn, NY. This animation project was developed during her residencies at Sacatar along with the lacemaker women from Saubara, Bahia, Brazil.
Ersi Sotiropoulos (Greece 2006 & 2014) received the Mediterranée Prize in the category of foreign language novel for ‘Ce que rest de la nuit’, which she wrote in large part during her Sacatar residency. The novel recounts three days in the life of the poet Constantin Cavafy in Paris at the end of the 19th century. The Méditerranée Prize is awarded annually since 1982 for a work of prose written or translated into French (a novel, essay or memoir) concerning a Mediterranean subject.
Carol Rodrigues (Brazil 2016) will participate in the 15th Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP) on Thursday, July 27th, 2017 at 3pm.
Eduardo Kac (Brazil 2002) creates the artwork “Inner Telescope” in outer space inside the International Space Station (ISS) with the help of french astronaut Thomas Pesquet. This and other works by the artist are currently been featured in the USA, Portugal, Korea, Austria, Brazil and France. To know more about them, please visit his website.
Tom Correia (Brazil 2015), former fellow, current Sacatar board member, writer and journalist, was chosen for the position of curator at the International Literary Festival of Cachoeira in 2017 – 7th edition.
Linda Yudin (USA 2012) invites everyone to the event SAMBA In the Streets with the group Viver Brasil. Experience the joy of Afro-Brazilian dance, drumming and song. All classes are free and open to the public!
Luciany Aparecida (Brazil 2015) aka Ruth Ducaso invites for the launch of her latest book “Contos Ordinários de Melancolia” at Tamarindeira Processos Criativos, Joao Pessoa / Paraiba on June 1st, 2017.
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.