Changing Identity art exhibit

Mills College is currently carrying a relatively small exhibit called "Changing Identity" featuring various media works by 10 women artists from Vietnam. One of the artists, Phuong M. Do, is a good friend of mine who is a New-York based photographer. The curator, Nora Taylor, is an acquaintance of mine who teaches at Arizona State. Both Phuong and Nora were on Fulbright grants in Vietnam with me in 2004-2005.

The blurb about the traveling exhibit, from International Art & Artists:

Changing Identity features approximately 50 works by ten, contemporary Vietnamese artists who challenge the stereotypes and traditional roles of women in Vietnamese society. Each of these women has a particular way of shaping her work and of identifying herself that is both personal and universal. Through the use of various media, subject matters, and aesthetic sensibilities, the artists explore gender and cultural identity and offer a diversified view of Vietnam itself. A fully illustrated exhibition catalogue will accompany the national tour.

Changing Identity is supported in part by grants from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and The Henry Luce Foundation.Educational activities made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation, Hanoi office, and fiscally administered by the Institute of International Education. This grant funds one artist and the exhibition curator to travel to each venue for educational programming.

The exhibit opens 20 June - 05 August. But, on July 11, there is a performance by artist Ly Hoang Ly & a talk by the curator. I'm looking forward to the event, as a group of us young folks from church will be attending.

DATE/TIME of exhibit/show: Wednesday, July 11th, @ 7:00 p.m. FREE ADMISSION.

WHAT we're seeing: art exhibit; some sort of art performance by Ly Hoang Ly, plus a conversation between the curator and Ly.

LOCATION of exhibit: Art Museum, Aron Art Center, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613. 510-430-2164 phone

DIRECTIONS:
Mills is located immediately off of Highway 580 in Oakland at the junction of 580 (MacArthur Freeway) and Highway 13 (Warren Freeway), approximately seven miles from the Bay Bridge. There are three MacArthur Blvd. exits from 580 east.

When you reach Mills College, enter the front gates of Mills College and drive down the tree-lined entry known as Richards Road to the end. Turn left onto Kapiolani and head toward the Chinese Fu Dogs which guard the entrance to the Aron Art Center. The Mills Art Museum is on your left. Parking is available to the right.

Additional parking can also be found south of the Guardhouse at the main campus gate. Or, turn left just past the Haas Athletic Pavillion, where you see the President's House, pass the Orchard Meadow dormitory, and turn right. You will find a parking lot conveniently located behind the museum.