• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Windham Region Chamber of Commerce

  • Home
  • News
    • Chamber News
    • Member News
  • Community Programs
    • Eastern CT Veterans Community Center
      • Resources
      • Survivors of Suicide Loss
      • Afghanistan: Let’s Talk About It
  • Business Resources
    • RE-OPENING CT
    • COVID-19
    • Business Resource Center
    • Windham Region Business Directory
  • Upcoming Events
  • Member Center
    • Member Login
    • Member Directory
    • Member to Member Deals
    • Chamber Alliance Networking (CAN) Coffee Hour
  • Join
    • Benefits Of Membership
  • Staycations
    • Step Back in Time
    • Shopping Staycation
    • The Great Outdoors
  • About Us
    • 2019 Annual Report
    • 2020 Board of Directors
    • Contact Us

Mar 14, 2013 by Windham Chamber

Eastern to Present “Mother Goddess” Exhibition

The Visual Arts Department and Akus Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University will present the exhibition, “From Motherhood to Mother Goddess,” from March 14 to April 25. The opening reception on March 14 will feature English Professor and storyteller Raouf Mama; Tenzin Wangchuk who will perform Tibetan chants; and performance artist Karen Dolminitsh. The reception will take place from 4-7 p.m. in the Akus Gallery on the lower level of Shafer Hall. A related symposium takes place on April 3 from 3-5 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium with scholars from various disciplines and cultural backgrounds.

“The more than 50 artworks in this exhibition are an attempt to analyze the process of transcendence from motherhood to Mother Goddess,” said Neeta Omprakash Naique, curator and Nehru Fullbright scholar.  “The artists have expressed their views and queries in visual language, bringing together iconic as well as anthropomorphic forms of Mother Goddesses from Tibet, India, Africa and America’s Marilyn Monroe!” These artists are local, national, international and reveal the universality of this theme.

“The 16 participants of this exhibition are first-and second-generation transnational artists from India, Africa, Cuba and Puerto Rico who question the tradition of worship, and juxtapose it with contemporary reality,” said Gail Gelburd, professor and chair of the Visual Arts Department. “They further make an attempt to connect with personal experience and give it a universal connotation, and in turn, propel one to question the very concept of the Mother Goddess. In doing so, they invariably search for the one (Mother Goddess) from their contemporary society.”

Omprakash says, “The process of de-coding the meaning of various symbols and the revelation of the inherent meaning is amazing and enriching. This exhibition further adds colors from America onto my Indian palette.”

Omprakash has become the quintessential transnational engaged in global exploration. She has reached across thousands of miles from Goa, India to Connecticut, to explore the myths of gods and goddesses. As a resident Nehru-Fulbright scholar, she has inculcated students and faculty with the myths of India, while discovering the diversity of the United States. Using her role as an art critic, she has explored the art of African American, Cuban, Latina and Tibetan art and the diversity that represents art in the United States. “She has found a bond in the universality of the Mother and the Goddess. In this exhibition and catalog, she shares that transnational universality,” said Gelburd.

For more information about the exhibition, please contact the Akus Gallery atwww.easternct.edu/akusgallery or (860) 465-4659

CAPTION:

Left, installation artist Amina Ahmed, and right, curator Neeta Omrpakash

 

 

###

Eastern Connecticut State University is the state’s public liberal arts university. Eastern serves approximately 5,400 students each year on its Willimantic campus and satellite locations.

It is the policy of Eastern Connecticut State University to ensure equal access to its events. If you are an individual with a disability and will need accommodations for this

event, please contact the Office of University Relations at (860) 465-5735.

Filed Under: Member News

Footer

Connect With Us

We’re conveniently located in the heart of downtown Willimantic’s business district. Call us to schedule a meeting to discuss your business needs or to meet with our Business Resource Center.

Windham Region Chamber of Commerce
1320 Main St., Suite 27
Willimantic CT 06226
Phone: (860) 428-7739

info@windhamchamber.com

Subscribe to our newsletter!

Sign up below to receive weekly news and events from the Chamber!

Select list(s) to subscribe to


By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: The Chamber of Commerce, Inc, Windham Region, 1010 Main Street, Willimantic, CT, 06226, https://www.windhamchamber.com. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact

Recent Posts

  • SLICE OF LIFE Living History Event in Windham, CT
  • STANDARD MILEAGE RATES FOR 2022 & OTHER MILEAGE TAX INFO
  • DID YOU KEEP ANY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC? YOU NEED TO READ THIS!
  • DO YOU OWE ANY CT TAXES FROM 2020 OR BEFORE? THERE IS HELP
  • MAPLE FESTIVAL IS MARCH 19-20!!

Categories

Copyright © 2022 · The Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Windham Region