Opening Reception:
Thursday, December 10, 6-8PM
Sarah Doyle Gallery

Artist Statement from Jes Fan: 

I navigate the world between categories and as such my work exists in the pliable space of in between-ness. Born in Canada, raised in Hong Kong and recently based in New York, I am aware that I belong to everywhere yet nowhere. Female by birth, but masculine presenting, I constantly exist in gender binaries as an other. Responding to my experiences of being in the limbo, my work is an exploration of objects that defies systems of classifications.

This show is an inquiry into other-ness, and in particular the aspects of how marginal identities are often assimilated through the rhetoric of the exotic and/or the erotic. I rely on appropriating objects categorized as ethnic or feminine; to question the structures that classified them as such. In morphing the manufactured purpose of these objects, my work proposes a utopic ideal, in which objects are capable of objecting the status quo.

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Looking for books for a research project? Need to workshop a paper? Just want some fun, feminist company as you cram for that exam? Come study for finals, check out our library, and prepare for the end of the semester with the Sarah Doyle staff community. Food (and tea) will be provided! 

Sunday, December 13, 10AM-5PM
Sarah Doyle Women’s Center

Are you interested in feminist approaches to teaching and learning? This informal seminar will meet at the SDWC once a month during the spring semester to discuss texts dedicated to implementing feminist pedagogy in the classroom. The text for January will be bell hooks' Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Open to all educators who want to learn more about and engage in feminist pedagogical practices. 

Food will be provided!

Monday, January 25
5-7:30PM
SDWC Lounge

Please email Brandy (brandeise_monk-payton@brown.edu) to RSVP and for a copy of the reading. 

The Sarah Doyle Gallery's February exhibition will be "How to Unmake an American Quilt," by Amber Ginsburg & Katie Hargrave.

The act of undoing as an ethical choice.

In a goal-oriented world, can we open a space for creative political dialog by removing progress, by acting in reverse? How to un-make an American Quilt acts as a pair of scissors re-imagined toward uncertain outcomes.

We question ideas of labor, gender roles and historical nostalgia by skilling without an emphasis on result. Rather, this is skilling for the sake of skill with an eye to collectivity and conversation. As a questioning, we work toward building a collective understanding of communal labor and we see the work as an opportunity, through deconstruction, to contemplate alternatives to material use, gender roles and labor activities.

With your help, Ginsburg and Hargrave set the stage in the Sarah Doyle Gallery to deconstruct an intricate hand-made quilt. Participants will be engaged in conversation and catharsis as the group meticulously removes stitch after stitch. The project will pursue an intimate understanding of one particular skill, looking to the scraps of material as an opening to raw potential.

Opening Reception:
Monday, February 1, 6-8PM
Sarah Doyle Gallery

Exhibition:
January 31–February 27

CASARA, the Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Relationship Abuse, meets every Wednesday 8-9 PM in the Sarah Doyle lounge (subject to change for the spring semester). All are welcome!

Wednesdays, 8-9 PM
SDWC Lounge

Are you interested in discussing the challenges facing women and underrepresented minorities in the STEM classroom? Are you committed to addressing sexism/racism/ableism/classism as a STEM educator? Do you have actionable ideas to improve STEM education at Brown? Come discuss with with us at the next WE-Teach-STEM Bi-weekly Lunch! Free pizza and salad, sponsored by the SDWC and the Science Center, will be available for the first 15 attendees. Questions? Email Kyle Trenshaw at kft@brown.edu. 

Next Meeting:
Wednesday, January 27, 12-1 PM
SDWC Lounge