Susanne Weil, Secretary June 2011
The 2011 Conference Call
Proudly hosted by
October 21-22, 2011
WCCHA is your community college
professional association as humanities Conference Hotel and Rates
and arts faculty members. Please
consider submitting a proposal for how
you engage the “Resistance Is Fertile” The Phoenix Inn, located in beautiful downtown
theme in your own teaching, Olympia near the harbor, farmer’s market, and many
scholarship, or creative work. restaurants, is offering a $99/night conference rate for
WCCHA attendees. Visit their website for information
about their amenities: http://www.phoenixinn.com/olympia/
-Individual presentations of 20-25
minutes in length. Conference Banquet
-Group presentations or panels by two
or more presenters lasting 60 minutes.
-Workshops by individuals or groups We’ll be celebrating at Olympia's the Urban Onion. For
lasting 60 minutes. details on their wares, visit their website:
http://www.theurbanonion.com/
Proposals can be submitted through
the WCCHA website up until July 1,
2011. http://www.wccha.org New This Year
A selection of short features
from the Port Townsend Film Festival!
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THE 2011 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Charles Mudede Mary Larson
Charles Mudede's father, (a developmental economist) was
fond of telling him ―being poor is expensive‖. While that point Mary Larson works as a nurse at Harborview Medical Center's
is hard to argue one thing is sure: Mudede is loaded with a Pioneer Square Clinic in Seattle. Larson began painting in
gift that every artist wishes they had – fearlessness. Born in 1999 after establishing a nursing career working with the
Africa, Mud- ede's childhood was split between Zimbabwe home- less. Larson, a self-taught painter, graduated from
and the U.S., which created a unique foundation for his Carrol College in Helena, Montana with a Bachelor of Arts in
dynamic observations on American subcultures. Like his Nursing. She only sells her work in exchange for supplies to
mother, a lecturer at The University of Zimbabwe, Mudede stock the clinic: 1,000 pairs of socks, 1,500 toothbrushes, for
lectures in English and Humanities at Pacific Lutheran example. Working from photographs, Larson creates
University. Mudede also serves as current Associate Editor of depictions of the homeless that are bright and optimistic. She
the Seattle weekly The Stranger. One of his most popular gives her subjects a sense of pride and purpose, telling their
essays The Turntable, which breaks down the philosophy of stories with back- grounds tailored to suit each person. Larson
the hiphop D.J., was published by Ctheory. Other Mudede was awarded the King County Municipal League Civic Award
credits include: the screenplay for Zoo and his column Police and the King County Nursing Association Award, both in 2003,
Beat, which was adapted into a screenplay for a movie of the and was a nominee for The Behnke Foundation Neddy Artist
same name. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Fellowship in 2005.
L.A. Weekly, and The Village Voice. Mudede thrives on the
energy of the city; its sparkling chaos serves as his inspira-
tion for breaking the spell of the ordinary.
WCCHA Art on the Road – Coming to a
Campus Near You
In Related News
Crosscurrents, WCCHA’s award-winning literary and visual Yvette O’Neill and David Roholt have brought a dynamic
arts journal, is leaping into cyberspace this year. Our 2011 exhibit of featured art from Crosscurrents to campus galleries
edition will be published on our new website, to be unveiled in at Yakima Valley, South Puget Sound, Pierce The Traveling
October 2011. The new Crosscurrents will feature not only Art Show is coming to Shoreline CC this September; next stop,
poetry, fiction, and visual art, but videos and music too. Peninsula College in late autumn. Would you be interested in
having the Traveling Art Show visit your campus?
Get Involved
Would you like to get involved with WCCHA? The Board invites new members, as well as new campus representatives. If you’d like
to serve—or know someone who would—please contact WCCHA secretary Susanne Weil: sweil@centralia.edu.
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