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2/4/02

IMAGES OF MEXICO, INDIA EXHIBITED IN SLU ART GALLERY

CANTON - Two exhibitions will be in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery 
at St. Lawrence University February 16 through April 6, in conjunction 
with the University's Festival of the Arts, "Remapping the Goddess: 
Global Visions."
	Photographs by Mary Teresa Giancoli, "Virgin of Guadalupe/La 
Guadalupana - A Community of Faith," and "Shakti: Power of the Divine 
Feminine in India," photographs by Stephen P. Huyler and selections 
from the Georgana Falb Foster Collection, will be on view.
	Of her work, Giancoli says, "I observe how traditions are kept 
alive and transformed in the urban environment of New York City. The 
original purpose was to document the growing migration of Mexicans 
from the Mixtec regions to New York, to remember my Mexican heritage, 
and to share private and public celebrations. I began photographing 
prayer, rituals, and processions at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 
which has a strong Mexican following, on 14th Street in Manhattan. 
The Virgin of Guadalupe, the most sacred figure, is a symbol of hope, 
identity and justice for Mexicans, Chicanos and Latin Americans who 
come to the United States for a new life or who have been here for 
generations."   
	Giancoli has shown work at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 
in Buffalo; Fabbrica Europa, Florence, Italy; and Museo del Barrio and 
Art in General, both in New York. In 1999, she received a Fund for 
Creative Communities Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
	Comprised of more than 150 drawings, paintings, and works of 
sculpture in bronze, clay, papier-mâché and wood, as well as elaborately 
painted textiles and paper scrolls, the Georgana Falb Foster Collection 
was donated to the University of Iowa in 1998. Nearly 40 objects from 
the collection and 32 color photographs by Stephen P. Huyler from his 
exhibition Meeting God:  Elements of Hindu Devotion will be on display.
	Huyler will give a slide lecture on "Shakti: The Power of the 
Divine Feminine in India" on Tuesday, February 19, at 7:30 p.m. in The 
Underground, E.J. Noble University Center. Huyler is an art historian, cultural 
anthropologist, photographer and author conducting a lifelong survey of 
India's sacred art and crafts and their meanings within rural societies. 
His focus during the past decade has been upon the rituals of practical 
Hinduism and daily devotion in India. His personal interest is in healing. 
Huyler earned the Ph.D. at the University of London's School of Oriental 
and African Studies, and his bachelor's degree in Indian Studies at the 
University of Denver.
	For more information, or to arrange individual or group tours, 
contact the Brush Gallery at (315) 229-5174.
	The St. Lawrence University Festival of the Arts is February 16 
through March 7 and includes a variety of performances, exhibitions, 
lectures, discussions and other events, all exploring "the shifting 
representations and cultic practices of female deities in their own 
locale and in translation to other contexts."

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