Programming includes the creation of a public artwork, lectures by UofSC faculty (SVAD's
Dr. Chametzky) and community partners, an artist panel discussion, and a reception.
The Columbia World Affairs Council -- in partnership and support from the Columbia
Development Corporation, if ART Gallery, Lewis + Clark Studio, Stormwater Studios,
and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and Goethe-Institut in Washington, DC, -- is proud to present Heimat/Home, the latest in an artist exchange between Columbia and its sister city in Kaiserslautern,
Germany.
The 2019 symposium, celebrating both the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin
Wall & the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus (the enormously influential art school in Germany), features talks, a panel discussion, performances & an exhibition by artists from
both cities, and culminates in the unveiling of a collaborative public artwork created and installed on site at Stormwater Studios! Read more about the artist exchange and view the full program here: https://www.columbiaworldaffairs.org/events.html
In connection with the 30 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the
nearly 20 year long exchange between artists in Columbia, SC and its German sister-city
Kaiserslautern, Professor Peter Chametzky will deliver a lecture on German art since 1989, focusing on artists from diverse
backgrounds as representatives and representors of an increasingly multicultural society:
"Since 1989: New Art in a Multicultural Germany," Wed. October 9, 7:00 PM, McMaster College, Room 239.
This talk is Co-sponsored by the UofSC Global Studies Program.