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May
15:
'Urban Peacock Tales: An Evening of Art, Poetry and Universal Journeys
Through Time' at WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA. World premiere event.
Kavita shared her latest collection of poetry, new paintings and
photographic installation explorations created during her April
- May Artist Residency. WORKS
Gallery
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May
13: Poetry
& Prose Reading at SomArts Gallery, SF, CA. Part of the AAWAA
Exhibit 'Making Their Mark: Concepts, Visions and Narratives' by
more than 30 Asian American Women Artists and Writers. Kavita read
her 6 page poem 'The Horseman has Come'.
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Feb.
22:
'Loadshedding' at the Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, Oakland, CA.
An evening of south asian spokenword, music and more. Kavita shared
her poem "The Horseman has Come"(2000).
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Feb.
8:
'Mango Mic' at the PUSOD Space, Berkeley, CA. Public space for area
poets to explore their latest works. West Coast premiere reading
of Kavita's 6 page poem "The Horseman has Come"(2000)
and "Tales of the Sequoias" (2002). House packed to standing
room only.
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Nov.
11 - 19: University of Nebraska's Artist
Diversity Residency Program, Lincoln, NE. Kavita was the Artist
in Residence, lecturing and sharing her art, films, poetry ('Evenings
Slumber ' and 'Still Life') and design experiences from the past
15 years as an Indian-American artist growing up in the US since
1971.
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Nov.
14 - 'An Urban Peacock's Cultural Discovery' - World premiere
public reading of Kavita's 6 page poem 'The Horseman has Come' (2000)
, screening of 4 films and detailed presentation of her 1987 thesis
book 'Passages' at UNL. K's
press release. Daily
Nebraskan article (outside link)
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August
5 :
'Viv and a Movie' Red Devil Lounge, SF, CA.
'My Grandmother Series' of Photographs were displayed with the poem
'Evenings Slumber'
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April
29 : "Totally Locus: Explorations
& Healing" part of the 'Sa-I-Gu'
(4-29) event at LOCUS 1640 Post, SF, CA. Artists from around the
US came together to share their spoken word art dealing with relationships
between the Asian and African American communities remembering the
1992 Los Angeles Riots. Kavita read her poem 'The Conscientious
Reporter' as an opener for this energized evening of Spoken word
and Hip Hop.
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June
21-July 22: "Crossing
Bridges", a
community art exhibit project at CBS MarketWatch.com at the SF headquarters.
Featured art by the Asian American Women Artist's Association. Kavita's
Photography ( The Grandmother Series) and poetry (Evenings' Slumber)
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September:
Shakti:
Roots of Vision, Performance night & group exhibit at Works/ San Jose
Gallery, San Jose, CA. Performance Night with Kavita Bali, featured
original poetry on the LA Riots, 5 short films & silkscreen art |
CONTACT:
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