AFTER SCHOOL ARTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM 2008Deadline: ASAP

About THE POINT

THE POINT Community Development Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx.  Our mission is to encourage the arts, local enterprise, responsible ecology, and self-investment in the Hunts Point Community.  Through a multi-faceted approach of Youth Development, Arts & Culture and Community Development, we provide a diverse array of educational and social advocacy services to the community.  We strive to be the place “where community and creativity connect.”  In 2007, THE POINT was the recipient of the Mayor’s Award for Arts and Culture. Since its inception in 1994, THE POINT has been a leader in cultivating Hunts Point as a cultural district through establishing program bases in various arts mediums such as Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Music, Photography and Circus Arts.  THE POINT is seeking practicing professional artists who have proven teaching experience with students in grades 1-8.  Resident Artists must also possess the ability to plan, implement and assess project-based curricula collaboratively with POINT youth development and arts staff.

For this round of applications, we are seeking artists in the Dance and Theatre disciplines.

Resident Artist Proposals will be reviewed by THE POINT’s youth development team consisting of the Youth Program Coordinator and arts program managers.  The team will select the artists with whom they wish to collaborate with for the 2008 after school program year.  Upon selection, the artist will work with the Youth Program Coordinator and the appropriate arts managers to design the residency project. 

THE POINT’s After School Program runs Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 6:30 pm and serves approximately 70 children in 1st - 8^th grade, primarily from the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx.  Teaching sessions are approximately 4:45 - 5:30 pm and 5:30 - 6:30pm.

A ten-week residency will receive a stipend of $2,000. It will include at least one planning meeting with the Youth Program Coordinator, ten workshop sessions for each class and exhibition of student work.  Length of residency and scheduling of workshop sessions will be determined by the Youth Program Coordinator during the planning session.

Requirements:

THE POINT After School Arts Residency Program is open to all professional NYC-based artists with previous teaching experience in grades 1-8.  Bronx based artists are STRONGLY encouraged to apply!  Knowledge of NYS Arts Standards a plus! Interested artists should submit the following:

• Cover Letter
• Current Resume
• 3 References
• Two Work Samples (please do not submit original work as it will not be returned)

Send completed information to:

Irene Perez/Kellie Terry-Sepulveda

THE POINT CDC

After School Arts Residency Program

940 Garrison Ave.

Bronx, New York 10474 

kellithepoint@gmail.com

ifperez@aol.com

Andrew Filippone Jr. (Studies in Film Form and Aesthetics) will be exhibiting his documentary film on April 20 at UnionDocs in Brooklyn. The film is called “Happy Monday.” Filippone describes it as a “documentary film object” because it’s a film that’s left the screen and become a tangible and physical thing; it is essentially a large light box that audiences walk up to and linger over. This documentary has been previously shown at the Rhode Island International Film Festival (August 2007) and the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (October 2007). Information on the UnionDocs exhibit is here: http://www.uniondocs.org/blog/happy-monday/  Information and photographs of “Happy Monday” can be found here:  http://web.mac.com/afilipponejr/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonday/ 

Rebecca Journey (International Politics and Humanitarian Development) received the Amelia Ottinger Award for Excellence in Public Speaking at the Harvard University National Model United Nations.

Heather McCown (Partnership for Social Justice) received John Jay College’s first Keith L.T. Wright Service Award for her work at John Jay on Darfur Day, 2006) and her community work on reinstating the ferry in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Jared Rodriguez (History of the Americas) has just received both the Mellon Mays Fellowship and a Kaye Scholarship.  For the Mellon Mays Fellowship, he hopes to travel to Brazil this summer for a research project on “Black Political Consciousness in a Post-Dictatorship Society.”  Rodriguez is also a professional photographer who has had his first book cover published (”Road from ar Ramadi”).

Summer 2008 CUNY Washington Internship Program

We are currently accepting applications for the Summer 2008 CUNY Washington Internship Program.  The application deadline is April 4. 

We have contracted for dormitory housing in Washington, DC for a total of 9 weeks in order to provide interns with additional time to settle in at the start and decompress at the conclusion of the summer program.  The internship service dates for the 2008 program are June 2 to July 30.  Several placements have already been secured on Capitol Hill, where it should be an exciting summer in this Presidential election year.  We are beginning to schedule weekly colloquia for your students, so they have an opportunity to share with various members of the Washington community.  We have also increased the stipend to $2,000 per student, which should help defray the costs of participation.

Fall 2008 CUNY Women’s Public Leadership Intern Program

We are pleased to announce the continuation and expansion of this highly successful internship opportunity for our students.  The Women’s Leadership Program will continue to serve students seeking to enhance their understanding of public policy at various levels of government-city, state and national.  Last year’s class was our largest yet, and we are interested in expanding this unique offering to even more CUNY students in Fall 2008.

The application deadline is July 11.  Once again, we have increased the stipend to $2,000 per student for this local, part-time internship.

Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program In Government & Public Affairs

The City University of New York

365 Fifth Ave., Suite X110

New York, NY 10016

T: 212.817.7253

F: 212.251.0826

E: emalavejr@gc.cuny.edu

W: http://www.etrinternship.org/

Saundra Ayala (Ancient Mediterranean Art History) - “Fayum Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt”

In the Fall of 2007 I completed my senior thesis/independent study on the Fayum Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt. The portraits, which date from the 1^st to 3^rd centuries, are some of the best preserved paintings from antiquity and represent a kind of hybrid art in which Greco-Roman and Egyptian traditions can be seen simultaneously.

My research examined the portraits from an art, archaeology, science and sociology perspective, and presented several ways in which the portraits and their subjects may be interpreted in an attempt to better understand not only the art form of the mummy portraits but the context in which they were create and subsequently viewed. A visual analysis of several portraits on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art provided a physical description of the portraits. However, I looked beyond the portraits themselves to the history of painting and portraiture in Egyptian, Greek and Roman culture to determine how these influences and traditions were contextualized in the mummy portraits.

My research also shed light on questions of idealization in the mummy portraits by examining scientific evidence, and presented alternative explanations for the most common arguments concerning their representation. Additionally, the burial practices and funerary arts of Egypt, Greece and Rome were considered in light of their influences on the commemoration of the dead in Roman Egypt. The portraits also provided a central point from which the demographic and social identity of the inhabitants was examined.

For this independent study, I worked with my CUNY BA mentor Prof. Rachel Kousser, Art, at Brooklyn College.

This year, two hundred sixty students are graduating from the CUNY BA/BS Degree; twenty, representing diverse experiences from around the University, the city and the world, are featured here. Some are career changers, others are advancing in their current professions; several have overcome amazing odds in the pursuit of their bachelor’s degrees. Each story is an inspiration.

profiles-in-excellence-2008.pdf 

The College of Staten Island/CUNY is pleased to share an updated

overview of the Greece program in Thessaloniki, which has

been running continuously since 1991.

Site: American College of Thessaloniki (ACT)

Dates:

Summer 2008

Arrival: June 17-19, 2008

Orientation: June 20-21

First day classes: June 23

Last day classes: July 18

Finals day: July 21

Departure: July 22-24

Application Deadline:

Summer: April 15

Academics:

All courses taught in English, including Greek civilization and culture

courses. Wide selection of liberal arts and business courses. Greek

language courses available at beginning and intermediate levels. ACT

provides a schedule of classes approximately one month before the

program begins.

Accommodations:

Students live in shared off-campus apartments in Thessaloniki’s center.

Requirements:

2.5 GPA and second-semester freshman class standing and up. Completed

CCIS application. All non-EU citizens required to obtain a resident permit

for the semester program in Greece. Information about the resident permit

provided to students upon acceptance into the program.

Summer 2008 Program Cost:

3 credits $3,040

6 credits $4,000

Program Cost includes:

Tuition & Fees

Field Trips

Pre-departure and on-site orientations

Health & Accident Insurance

Program Cost does NOT include:

Housing - single room $600,  ($200 refund if double)

Airfare: $1,100-1,500

Books: $90-140

Meals: $350-750 per month

Personal Expenses: $250-700 per month

NOTE: Amounts are average and minimal. Student must budget

additional money if they plan to do independent travel in Greece.

Dates and Costs Subject to Change.

There is also a fall and spring semester program at ACT sponsored by CSI/CUNY.

For more information contact:

Russell Davis
Study Abroad Advisor
Center for International Service, 2A-206
College of Staten Island
The City University of New York
2800 Victory Blvd.
Staten Island, NY  10314

718.982.2100
Fax  718.982.2108
davis@mail.csi.cuny.edu
http://www.csi.cuny.edu/international

For CUNY Baccalaureate students interested in delving into the world of black literature, the Ninth National Black Writers Conference titled Black Writers: Reading and Writing to Transform Their Lives and the World shall take place on Friday, March 28, 2008 through Sunday, March 30, 2008. The event includes riveting material: ranging from a roundtable on the impact of Hurricane Katrina and 911 on black literature; to writing talkshops on publishing and the fiction, poetry, and non-fiction genres; on to book signings, open mics and much more. This year’s roster includes a stellar array of authors and scholars such as Amiri Baraka, Terry McMillan, and Kevin Powell, amongst others. CUNY students receive a special discount registration rate: $30 for three-day and $15 for one-day admission. The conference, taking place at Medgar Evers College/CUNY, is hosted biennially by the Center for Black Literature. For further information, please call: 718 270-4811, email: nbwc@mec.cuny.edu, or visit: www.mec.cuny.edu/nbwc.

The Scholar Ship is a globally recognized academic program aboard a transformed passenger ship hosting students on semester-long voyages around the world. Participants from diverse cultural backgrounds come together to co-create life-changing experiences that develop their intercultural competence and foster friendships reaching the far corners of the world.The Scholar Ship program is built on the integration of four key elements:

1. an onboard classroom learning environment;
2. a multicultural residential and social community;
3. an experiential-oriented port program; and
4. a strategic research initiative.

The Scholar Ship embarks on a semester-long journey around the world twice a year, commencing each January and September. Itineraries vary from voyage to voyage, but all are planned to provide engaging learning experiences through a port program that complements the curriculum onboard. For more information: http://www.thescholarship.com/

Mentorgram March 2008

A regular communication with CUNY faculty serving as CUNY Baccalaureate Degree mentors.  This issue contains new Area of Concentration examples.

The Chelsea Opera seeks 6-8 CUNY BA students to usher for one or more performances of The Ballad of Baby Doe:  Thur, Fri and Sat at 7.30pm and Sun at 3pm, May 15-18, at St. Peter’s Church in Chelsea (346 West 20th Street).  Students would need to arrive no later than one hour before curtain. In return, they will get to see the show for FREE!!!! If they’d like a spouse/partner or friend to come along (they have to usher, too), that’s fine. Students who are interested in volunteering should email Lynne Hayden-Findlay at ChelseaOpera@aol.com.  For information about other Chelsea Opera events, visit chelseaopera.org.