BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.fearlesshv.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:7e04af6e-f066-4cf4-ad44-9147ce5c4adc X-WR-CALDESC:First Large-Scale Installation of THE CHIBOK PROJECT \non View at The Apple Barn in Callicoon\, NY October 23-25 \n\nOpening Event Octob er 24 from 3-6 pm will be safely socially-distanced \nin 2\,400 square foo t space and feature video\, speakers\, and music.\n\n\nIn the summer of 20 14\, after the Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Chibok\, Nigeria\, North Branch artist Angela Fremont began working on a project about these girls. Moving from drawings to ceramics\, Fremont has been making clay and textile figures to represent each of the 276 girls\, both to individualiz e their humanity and demonstrate the scale of the horrific abduction. The Apple Barn art exhibit in Callicoon\, NY\, will be the first large-scale i nstallation of “the girls” as Fremont calls the dramatic unglazed ceramic sculptures that she has been making for over five years. The Chibok Proje ct exhibition will be on view October 23-25 from 1-6:00 pm at The Apple Ba rn on 51 Creamery Road in Callicoon\, New York. Admission is free\, and w earing a mask is required for entry. The opening event is October 24th\, from 3-6 pm. \n\nSexual violence against women and girls is a global trage dy\, and bucolic upstate New York is not exempt. Fremont explains\, “my ow n first-hand experience with domestic violence as a child is the source of my identification with the girls. As a feminist and artist\, The Chibok Project is a continuation of themes I have explored in my work in many med iums over decades.”\n\nThe opening event will include remarks by Dr. Theod ora Kay-Njemanze\, a Nigerian doctor who works at Montefiore Hospital in t he Bronx while supporting education for girls in Nigeria. Kellyann Koystal -Larrier\, Executive Director of Fearless Hudson Valley\, will also speak\ , and representatives from that organization will be on hand with informat ion about domestic violence in Orange and Sullivan counties and available resources for support. The event will also include a video presentation\, live music\, and refreshments. \n\nFremont\, an art teacher in the New Yor k City public school system for 24 years\, taught 850 immigrant elementary school children from five continents each semester. Her classrooms were f illed with boys and girls from countries and cultures as different at Chin a\, Egypt\, Russia\, Mexico\, Morocco\, and Cape Verde Islands\, more than 60 % who come to school not knowing English. “Art is how the children cou ld express their emotions and their stories\,” Fremont said\, “and so it f elt right to me to try to capture through art what I saw in photographs of the Chibok girls who were finally recovered. These girls are survivors of a tragedy. I knew I had to make the girls three-dimensional to bring each one to life\, faces and arms reaching upwards in hopefulness\, and asking why?” \n\nDr. Theodora Kay-Njemanze is one of the fortunate Nigerian girl s who received a good education. She is an alumnus of the Queens School in eastern Nigeria\, established almost 70 years ago to educate girls who co uld contribute to the country's economic development emerging from colonia l rule. While the Queens School thrived in its first decades and produced young women living worldwide\, its funding plummeted. An active alumni g roup that includes Dr. Kay-Njemanze is working to restore the school and a gain advance girls' education. “The majority of girls and children in Nig eria are poor\, with wealth for just a few\,” says Dr. Kay-Njemanze. “Bec ause of this\, up until today\, going to high school is a big deal in rura l areas. The Chibok Project brought back to me the jolt of that kidnapping . The terrible reality of children taken from their school and life. I am supporting the Chibok Project because I want to bring to light the predica ment of these girls\, and there are many more girls who have been killed a nd raped who are not in the newspapers anymore.” \n\nWhile admission to t he exhibition and its opening event is free\, Angela is hoping that people will be moved to make donations to The Chibok Project and its goal to bui ld art-making tents in a refugee camp\, a safe space where an artist will guide both adults and children in art-making activities. “I am grateful to Wayne Petrucelli and Meloney Birkett-Petrucelli\, local Callicoon residen ts\, who are making The Apple Barn available for this exhibition. Mr. Petr ucelli\, who is currently in Alabama doing relief work for Hurricane victi ms\, and his wife are so generous to give their space to local nonprofits. I’d would also like to thank Phoenix Kelly-Rappa and The Spirits Lab in N ewburgh for refreshments for the exhibition opening and will donate the pr oceeds to The Chibok Project.” Fremont will also have various art\, rangi ng from postcards of the girls to small ceramic figures\, available as tha nks for donations at various levels to benefit the project. For those who can’t attend\, donations can be made at https://chibokproject.angelafrem ont.com/page-10/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n X-WR-RELCALID:a9c0ae2629e67bd6aac7ae4d272c8364 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20201101T020000 RDATE:20211107T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20210314T020000 RDATE:20220313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d6b8b883-bd38-4e54-9088-818734e1641e DTSTAMP:20260913T201748Z DESCRIPTION:First Large-Scale Installation of THE CHIBOK PROJECT \non View at The Apple Barn in Callicoon\, NY October 23-25 \n\nOpening Event Octobe r 24 from 3-6 pm will be safely socially-distanced \nin 2\,400 square foot space and feature video\, speakers\, and music.\n\n\nIn the summer of 201 4\, after the Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Chibok\, Nigeria\, N orth Branch artist Angela Fremont began working on a project about these g irls. Moving from drawings to ceramics\, Fremont has been making clay and textile figures to represent each of the 276 girls\, both to individualize their humanity and demonstrate the scale of the horrific abduction. The A pple Barn art exhibit in Callicoon\, NY\, will be the first large-scale in stallation of “the girls” as Fremont calls the dramatic unglazed ceramic s culptures that she has been making for over five years. The Chibok Projec t exhibition will be on view October 23-25 from 1-6:00 pm at The Apple Bar n on 51 Creamery Road in Callicoon\, New York. Admission is free\, and we aring a mask is required for entry. The opening event is October 24th\, f rom 3-6 pm. \n\nSexual violence against women and girls is a global traged y\, and bucolic upstate New York is not exempt. Fremont explains\, “my own first-hand experience with domestic violence as a child is the source of my identification with the girls. As a feminist and artist\, The Chibok P roject is a continuation of themes I have explored in my work in many medi ums over decades.”\n\nThe opening event will include remarks by Dr. Theodo ra Kay-Njemanze\, a Nigerian doctor who works at Montefiore Hospital in th e Bronx while supporting education for girls in Nigeria. Kellyann Koystal- Larrier\, Executive Director of Fearless Hudson Valley\, will also speak\, and representatives from that organization will be on hand with informati on about domestic violence in Orange and Sullivan counties and available r esources for support. The event will also include a video presentation\, l ive music\, and refreshments. \n\nFremont\, an art teacher in the New York City public school system for 24 years\, taught 850 immigrant elementary school children from five continents each semester. Her classrooms were fi lled with boys and girls from countries and cultures as different at China \, Egypt\, Russia\, Mexico\, Morocco\, and Cape Verde Islands\, more than 60 % who come to school not knowing English. “Art is how the children coul d express their emotions and their stories\,” Fremont said\, “and so it fe lt right to me to try to capture through art what I saw in photographs of the Chibok girls who were finally recovered. These girls are survivors of a tragedy. I knew I had to make the girls three-dimensional to bring each one to life\, faces and arms reaching upwards in hopefulness\, and asking why?” \n\nDr. Theodora Kay-Njemanze is one of the fortunate Nigerian girls who received a good education. She is an alumnus of the Queens School in eastern Nigeria\, established almost 70 years ago to educate girls who cou ld contribute to the country's economic development emerging from colonial rule. While the Queens School thrived in its first decades and produced young women living worldwide\, its funding plummeted. An active alumni gr oup that includes Dr. Kay-Njemanze is working to restore the school and ag ain advance girls' education. “The majority of girls and children in Nige ria are poor\, with wealth for just a few\,” says Dr. Kay-Njemanze. “Beca use of this\, up until today\, going to high school is a big deal in rural areas. The Chibok Project brought back to me the jolt of that kidnapping. The terrible reality of children taken from their school and life. I am s upporting the Chibok Project because I want to bring to light the predicam ent of these girls\, and there are many more girls who have been killed an d raped who are not in the newspapers anymore.” \n\nWhile admission to th e exhibition and its opening event is free\, Angela is hoping that people will be moved to make donations to The Chibok Project and its goal to buil d art-making tents in a refugee camp\, a safe space where an artist will g uide both adults and children in art-making activities. “I am grateful to Wayne Petrucelli and Meloney Birkett-Petrucelli\, local Callicoon resident s\, who are making The Apple Barn available for this exhibition. Mr. Petru celli\, who is currently in Alabama doing relief work for Hurricane victim s\, and his wife are so generous to give their space to local nonprofits. I’d would also like to thank Phoenix Kelly-Rappa and The Spirits Lab in Ne wburgh for refreshments for the exhibition opening and will donate the pro ceeds to The Chibok Project.” Fremont will also have various art\, rangin g from postcards of the girls to small ceramic figures\, available as than ks for donations at various levels to benefit the project. For those who can’t attend\, donations can be made at https://chibokproject.angelafremo nt.com/page-10/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201024T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201024T180000 LOCATION:The Apple Barn\, 51 Creamery Road\, Callicoon\, NY 12723 US SUMMARY:THE CHIBOK PROJECT - Opening Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR