Chicanismo, socio-lismo, techno-lismo, and some 'surreal(lismo)' art by a cool Raza artist.

Wanted to make a quick little shout-out to one of mis carnales here on campus—el pintor y art instructor Gabriel Navar. He's doing some pretty thoughtful stuff here, and composes visual entities with decidedly Chicanismo, socio-lismo, techno-lismo, and surreal(lismo) overtones to them. You can check out Navar's oeuvre by visiting this link here. !Orale!

Remedios Varo, Frida Kahlo, and Cristina Rivera-Garza: Painter/Diarist/Novelist in Front of the Seductive Mirror--Wed., July 7, 2010 in San Diego

The Third Biennial International Conference of the Contemporary Women's Writing Network in collaboration with San Diego State University, the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, and other sponsoring departments is going to take place July 7-9, 2010 at the Hilton Gaslamp with over 170 delegates from six continents and across the US.

Confirmed Featured Speakers include Susan Stanford Friedman, Thadious M. Davis, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Caroline Bergvall, Rae Armantrout, Cristina Rivera-Garza, Anna Joy Springer and Elizabeth Willis.

I am going to be busy on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, delivering a paper, "Remedios Varo, Frida Kahlo, and Cristina Rivera-Garza: Painter/Diarist/Novelist in Front of the Seductive Mirror," chairing a panel, and introducing Caroline Bergvall. The entire conference lineup is here. My panels are highlighted on the graphic opposite.


UPDATE

Just in case there is a computer handy in the conference tomorrow, I am uploading a graphic that complements my presentation.