Events

Event: Langdon Arts presents their 19th annual art auction Night Moves, a weeklong fundraising event including works by John Baldessari, Anna Gaskell and Gary Hill. Previews begin December 6. Contact New Langton Arts at 1246 Folsom Street, San Fransisco 94103-3817 / (415) 626 5416 / email:nla@newlangtonarts.org / www.newlangtonarts.org.

Film and Video: San Francisco Cinematheque presents From Baghdad to Bush in Video, a night with video artist Paul Chan. At the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street at 3rd. (415) 978-2787. www.yerbabuenaarts.org.

Lecture and Discussion: Tony Oursler discusses his new multimedia "expressionist theatre" works Nov. 15 at 7:30 pm at the San Fransisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut St. (415) 749-5463 / www.sfai.edu.

COLORADO

Lecture and Discussion: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, offers the final installment of a three-part series, Creative Acts That Matter: Conditions of the Body, on Dec. 1, 6-8 pm. Highlighting participating artists that inspire "moral ownership" to causes and human struggles, it will be presented by two activists involved in the South African AIDS pandemic and contemporary Asian culture, respectively. For more information contact the museum at 1275 19th Street, Denver, CO 80202. (303) 298-7554 / www.mcart denver.org.

ILLINOIS

Lectures and Discussion: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs., Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington St., presents: Brainstorm: Lectures and Art Discussions. First Thursdays, 12:15 p.m., through Dec. Intersections: A Meeting Place for Diverse Ideas on Contemporary Culture and the Arts., monthly, Sept.-June, 6 p.m., Fifth Floor Meeting Room.

MAINE

Workshops: Horizons, The New England Craft Program, offers an array of photography workshops in such locales as Massachusetts, Utah, Italy, France, and Ireland. For a catalog contact Horizons, 108-P N. Main St., Sunderland 01375 / (413) 665-0300 / fax 665-4141 / email: horizons@horizons-art.org / www.horizons-art.org.

NEW YORK STATE

Lectures and Discussion: Hartwick College of Oneonta, NY, presents a lecture and workshop with contemporary artist Sandy Skoglund. The lecture is on Wed., Nov. 19 at 7pm at the Anderson Center Theatre, and the workshop is Thurs., Nov. 20 from 5-7 pm at the Foreman Gallery. For more information contact Leesa Rittlemann at (607) 431-4818 / e-mail:rittelman@hartwick.edu.

NEW YORK CITY

Event: AIPAD (The Association of International Art Dealers) has scheduled the annual Photography Show for Feb. 12-15,2004 at The New York Hilton, Midtown, NYC. (202) 986-0105 / email:aipad@aol.com / www.aipad.com.

Event: ELS-LES (Every Last Sunday on the Lower East Side) offers a rotating schedual of open galleries on the last Sunday of the month, from 12-6 pm. For more information contact Anthony Zito at (646) 602-2338 / email: zitozone@yahoo.com or visit www.elsles.org.

Film and Video: Ocularis presents Open Zone, a quarterly forum for screening and discussing new works by local film and video makers on December 21, 7pm. Galapagos Art Space, 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (718) 782-5188 / email:ocularis@billburg.com / www.galapagos-artspace.com.

Film and Video: The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian presents the 2003 Native American Film and Video Festival on Dec. 4-7. Featuring over 60 films, videos and animations, many pieces will be introduced by their native media makers from such diverse places as Bolivia, Canada, El Salvador, and arctic Russia. For up-to-date festival information, visit the Film & Video Center website at www.nativeworks.si.edu (English) or www.redesindigenas.si.edu (Spanish). The Film & Video Center is located at 1 Bowling Green. For more information, email: fvc@si.edu.

PENNSYLVANIA

Lecture and Discussion: Artist Audrey Flack presents "Through the Artist's Eyes: Audrey Flack," a lecture focusing on the historical basis of her goddess figures. Lecture will also include a discussion on the process of casting larger-than-life bronzes. Dec.7, 1pm at the Allentown Art Museum, Fifth and Court Streets, Allentown. (610) 432-4333 / www.allentownartmuseum.org

TEXAS

Event: FotoFest 2004 scheduled in Houston for March 12-April 2. The biennial city-wide event will include workshops, portfolio reviews, a public forum, exhibitions, music, performances, installations and large scale projections, with over 120 participating organizations. This years theme: WATER. (713) 223-5522 / www.fotofest.org.

Syposium: At First Light: Niepce and the Dawn of Photography, an international symposium on recent advancements in scientific, art historical and conservation research relating to the first photograph and work of Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Nov. 20-23, 2003, in Austin, Texas. Sponsored by the Getty Conservation Institute. For more information contact At First Light Symposium, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box 7219, Austin, TX 78713. (512) 471-6315 / email:AFL@nora.hrc.utexas.edu / www.hrc.utexas.edu/AFL

WASHINGTON

Workshops: The Coupeville Arts Center offers workshops on Whidbey Island, on a New Mexican Navajo Reservation, and on a San Juan orca whale safari, as well as in Seattle, on the Oregon coast, and on the Olympic Peninsula. Contact: The Coupeville Arts Center, P.O. Box 171, Coupeville 98239 / (360) 678-3396 / email: cac@whidbey.net / www.coupevillearts.org