Entries published at 06/10/2017

Support for Profs. Stephen Ratcliffe and Roscoe Mitchell

Like many in academia and the arts, I am concerned—even outraged—at the news that eleven tenured or ranked faculty are being considered for dismissal at Mills College. Wayne State University, where I teach, had a recent experience with expedient budget solutions that affect tenure, and condemnation and reputational damage were swift—and had the administration gone through with its plans, severe. Wayne State would have lost credentials, grants, students, and in the long run would have jeopardized accreditation. I can see similar negative outcomes for Mills College should you proceed with this action—already, the news has been widely disseminated.

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New York, 1–4 June 2017

Thursday, June 4

Carol Rama, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Kaari Upson, Elaine Cameron-Weir
@ The New Museum

Marcella Durand
Carla Harryman

Venus, by Suzan-Lori Parks
Signature Theater

Tony Torn
Lee Ann Brown
Stephen Paul Miller
Katy Bohinc
Q
Edward Einhorn

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Lewes, Delaware
21–23 May 2017

Tom Mandel
Beth Joselow

Washington, DC
23 May 2017

Rod Smith

[after On Kawara]