This edition: Edward E. Boccia & Best of 2024
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Original tape date: November 19, 2024. First aired: January 27, 2025.In this episode of Italics, we introduce viewers to the Calandra Institute’s exhibition Edward E. Boccia: Postwar American Expressionist and we also gathered highlights from Italics best of 2024.
The exhibition presents a selection of paintings, drawings, and never-before-seen journals by the renowned artist Edward E. Boccia (1921–2012). Boccia’s striking paintings explore themes of desire, loss, and spirituality, offering a fresh and compelling perspective on Italian American modernism.
Guest List
Rosa Berland Curator + Historian of Modern & Contemporary Art, Independent
Alice Boccia Conservation Director, Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology
Dr. Joseph Sciorra Folklorist Director of Academic and Cultural Programs/Folklorist, Calandra Institute, Queens College, CUNY
Cav. Anthony Julian Tamburri, PhD. Host, Italics
- The Arbëreshë Community & NIAF
- Monday, August 10 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, August 18 - 9:30am
- (Re)Covering America and Italian American Day
- Tuesday, August 11 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, August 19 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Wednesday, August 12 - 9:30am
- Thursday, August 20 - 9:30am
- Emma Stebbins at The Heckscher Museum of Art
- Thursday, August 13 - 9:30am
- Andrew Spannaus & Giorno della memoria
- Monday, August 17 - 9:30am
- TBA
- Monday, August 24 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, August 25 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, August 26 - 9:30am
- Thursday, August 27 - 9:30am
- Italian American Culture & NOIAW
- Monday, August 31 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Tuesday, September 1 - 9:30am
- Claudio Pagliara
- Wednesday, September 2 - 9:30am
- CAFÉ MARS AND CIVITA
- Thursday, September 3 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Monday, July 27 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, July 28 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, July 29 - 9:30am
- Thursday, July 30 - 9:30am
- (Re)Covering America and Italian American Day
- Tuesday, July 21 - 9:30am
- Thursday, July 23 - 9:30am
- The Arbëreshë Community & NIAF
- Monday, July 20 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, July 22 - 9:30am
- Andrew Spannaus & Giorno della memoria
- Thursday, July 16 - 9:30am
- Thursday, August 6 - 9:30am
- Emma Stebbins at The Heckscher Museum of Art
- Wednesday, July 15 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, August 5 - 9:30am
- Antonio Tibaldi, Gorgona
- Tuesday, July 14 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, August 4 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Monday, July 13 - 9:30am
- Monday, August 3 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Thursday, July 9 - 9:30am
