February 12 – Schlesinger Center Forum Gallery

February 25 – ONGOING – Alexandria NOVA Library.

Organizers: Schlesinger Center Gallery Director – Mary Welch Higgins

Alexandria NOVA Reference Specialist – Michelle Davis Jerney, Paul Chapman – Collection Development Librarian

NOVA Art Professors: Professor Stacy Slaten and Matt Pinney

The Alexandria NOVA Library and The Schlesinger Center Art Galleries partnered on a NOVA and GMU Student Art Show Pop-Up. The Pop-Up showcased student work that was inspired by the Fisher Gallery exhibit – Global Narratives and the Al-Mutannabi Street Starts Here DC 2016 cultural and book arts festival. The work in the Pop Up was done by art students from the Alexandria and Manassas NOVA campuses as well as students from George Mason. At the Schlesinger Center on February 12th, the one night exhibit provided students the opportunity to display their work in conjunction with the local area professional working artists exhibiting in Global Narratives. After the artists reception, the NOVA Alexandria  library installed the Al-Mutannabi Student Pop-Up exhibit  until March 11th alongside books about the Art of the book. You can find out more about the Al-Mutannabi Street Starts Here DC 2016 at http://www.amsshdc2016.org/

A strong argument essay a debatable position on a topic and provides evidence to support that position in subsequent body paragraphs. But how do you create and organize your argument? Attend this workshop to learn the keys to writing a convincing argument essay.

Presented by the Academic Success Center and Writing Assistance Center; funded by the Student Life. The Brown Bag Workshop Series covers a different topic every week, Tuesday and Wednesday at 12:00 PM. All workshops can be customized and brought into classes or student groups. For more information contact Gwen McCrea at gmccrea@nvcc.edu or 703-575-4708.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the papers, assignments, deadlines, books, and appointments that you, as a college student, need to keep track of, this workshop is for you! We’ll discuss strategies for organizing your time, organizing your coursework, and fitting school–with all its demands–into the rest of your life. We will also have specific organization tools for you to pick up and look at, so you can decide if they will help you stay organized.

Date:            Tuesday, April 5th and Wednesday, April 6th, 2015
Time:            12:00pm
Location:       Bisdorf Building | Room AA-229

NOVA and Local Elementary and Middle School Students to take center stage during performance

Hello AL Campus,

The Northern Virginia Community College NOVA Alexandria Band, the John Adams Elementary School Orff Ensemble and the George Washington Middle School Jazz Band will perform a variety of musical selections as part of the Children’s Concert. The concert reflects the Alexandria Campus’s commitment to its community and is also a celebration of music education in the city’s local schools.

Music will include selections by Mark Camphouse, Henry Fillmore, Dizzy Gillespie, Carl Orff, Alfred Reed, and Richard Wagner.  The evening will also include a recognition ceremony for student winners from the Alexandria City Public Schools in the visual and performing arts categories of the National PTA Reflections Programs.

The Grand Finale will include a combined performance by the NOVA Alexandria Band and area elementary and middle school students. The concert is free and open to the public. Parking is free in the Beauregard Street Garage.

Date:              Thursday, 3 March 2016
Time:             7:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Location:       AL Campus Schlesinger Center
Contact:         Lisa C. Eckstein | 703.845.6252 or leckstein@nvcc.edu

Dear Alexandria Campus,

Please take a moment and to review the Spring Break Hours of the AL Campus Bookstore (March 7^th – March 13^th).

Monday & Tuesday:       9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday:                   9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Thursday:                      CLOSED for Inventory 
Friday:                            9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday:     CLOSED 

CONTACT:
For more information please contact Natalie Garcia |  703-671-0043

Facebook:                                     www.facebook.com/nova.alexandria.bkst
Store Website:                             www.nvcc.bncollege.com

Akosua Adoma Owusu is a Ghanaian/American artist who once taught documentary video at Nova. Internationally recognized for her avant-garde work by Art Forum, Indiewire, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Berlinale World Cinema Fund, she is a current Guggenheim Fellow.

“Her work addresses the collision of identities, where the African immigrant located in the United States has a triple consciousness. Owusu interprets Du Bois’ notion of double consciousness and creates a third identity or consciousness, representing the diverse consciousness of women and African immigrants interacting in African, white American, and black American culture.”

Date:                       Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Time:                      7:00 p.m.
Location:                Bisdorf Auditorium | AA-196
Contact:                  Page Carr | lcarr@nvcc.edu

Links: akosuaadoma.com/home.html and https://vimeo.com/user5596421
www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/akosua-adoma-owusu/

Owusu will screen several of her short, experimental films and talk about them. More abstract and associative visual essays than narrative dramas, these films will challenge and surprise.

Dear Alexandria Village,

I am writing to invite you to a presentation I am giving on my recent Fulbright Specialist Program; teaching Film Studies in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.

I am giving this presentation, in order to encourage colleagues to apply for either the Fulbright Specialist program or the research program, depending on how much time you can devote.

Date: Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Time: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Bisdorf Building | AA-158
Contact: Lucy Gebre-Egziabher | lgebre@nvcc.edu

If I could inspire one colleague to apply and go teach in a developing country, I will have done my job! Whether it is a short term program or a yearlong, we can make such a difference in parts of the world where education is not necessarily a given to all.

Light refreshments that will be served. We hope to see you there!