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April 11, 2003 UNM PRESENTS PERFORMANCE, DISCUSSION ON ARTS AND THE WAR The University of New Mexico Arts of Americas Institute, College of
Fine Arts, will present an afternoon of performance and discussion concerning
the role of arts in current world affairs, specifically the war with
Iraq. "Arts and the War: What is our Role?" will be held Friday,
April 18, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Keller Hall, Center for the Arts.
The event is free and open to the public.
A discourse for UNM faculty, students and staff will be moderated by Professor Steve Loza, professor in the Department of Music and director of the Arts of the Americas Institute. ### |
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University of New Mexico
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The
afternoon will feature University of California at Los Angeles Professor
A. J. Racy, eminent ethnomusicologist and performer of Arabic music,
in addition to Souhail Kaspar, percussionist, and Rahim AlHaj, renowned
Iraqi 'oud player, as well as participation from College of Fine Arts
faculty and artists, including Dawn-Marie Gottlieb and Erin Libby, who
will perform Middle Eastern dance. 
Among
topics of discussion will be: what is the role of the artist and student
of the arts in terms of mediating or addressing issues that emerge from
the current conflict? Why are the arts marginalized in times of world
conflict? Why does debate center primarily on political and economic
issues and not concerns of conflicting cultures?