Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 03, 1990, Page 12, Image 12

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of them have been invited to
exhibit their work alongside
that of union artists, and the
government has encouraged
and endorsed exhibitions by
unofficial artists for travel
abroad
White, along with Hazard,
was invited to 1-cningrad to or
ganize the exhibit after a small
er show of unofficial Soviet art
was exhibited in the KMl1.
“We tried to put together a
random sampling of different
age groups, ethnic groups and
works by Ixith men and wom
en. so it's a good sampling of
this type of subculture." White
said
The Museum of Art. located
just north of the Knight Li
brary, is open from noon to 5
p til. Wednesday through Sun
day.
Also part of the symposium
is a two-dav conference called
"Images, Illusions and Identi
ly." a series of workshops, dis
cussions and speeches dealing
with gender issues, racism, age
discrimination and sexual ha
rassment .
The keynote speaker at the
conference is Christine Craft,
who made national headlines
in 1‘tHl when she was demoted
from her job as television news
anchor at a Kansas City station.
Craft filed a suit against the
station, claiming it had violat
ed the sex discrimination,
fraud and equal pay act. Craft
was awarded a total of
$500,000 in damages in sepa
rate federal court trials. Howev
er. the decision w>as later over
turned.
Craft wrote a book about her
experiences, taking the title.
Too Old. Too Unh’ And Not
Deferential To Men from the
reasons the stations gave for
her demotion.
Craft's speech at 10 a m Sat
urday in the EMU Ballroom is
open to the public.
The conference will address
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other topics on discrimination.
"It will give people a better
idea of how society promotes a
patriarchy and how we can
break out of that." said Jason
Siciliano. co-director of Men
Against Rape, one of the
group's who organized the
event.
All ASUO symposium events
are free and open to the public,
but pre-registration is requested
for the "Images, Illusions and
Identity" events. Sign-up forms
and more information on the
workshops can be obtained
from Men Against Rape in
EMU Suite 1 (346-4206) or from
the Women’s Center in EMU
Suite 5 (346-4095). Participants
may also register from 9 a m. to
10 a.m. Friday in the Women's
('.enter.
Tuesday. Oct. 16, Margie
Moreno of the University’s Mu
seum of Natural History will
present a slide show of art
works at the heart of recent
controversy involving legal
and political decisions about
censorship and First Amend
ment rights, including the Na
tional Endowment for the Art’s
decision to withhold grants for
obscene art.
The presentation is called
"Implications of the Perverse:
The Mapplethorpe Controversy
and its effects on public sup
port" and will include an open
discussion.
As a follow-up, the film Si
lence Death will be presented
in the EMU Fir Room both at
7:30 and 9 p in. on Thursday.
Oct. 1H
The film is a documentary
that "everyone should see.”
White said. "It includes perfor
mance pieces that are every
thing Jesse Helms doesn't want
you to see.”
The film also focuses on the
artists who have been at the
forefront of the AIDS crisis for
the past decade, White said.
"The 1980's began with art
ists selling works for millions
of dollars and at the end of the
decade, it's about survival." he
said. “The art community has
been hit hard by AIDS."
Finally, rapper KRS-1, a po
litically active musician in
volved in such issues as home
lessness. street violence, AIDS
and drug abuse, will give a talk
Wednesday, Oct. 24.
KRS-1. also known as Kris
Parker, has lectured on social
issues at Harvard and Yale. His
latest album is Ghetto Music.
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