[-empyre-] Welcome to January on -empyre-

[Renate Ferro]

Happy New Year -empyre- We are 2,335 listserv members strong.  We have had an influx of new members over the last several months and we want to take this new year to ENCOURAGE you and our entire group to participate actively.

This is our nineteenth year as a listserv.  In 2002 -empyre- soft-skinned space was launched BY MELINDA RACKHAM to create a “third space” or a “soft-space,” one that is accessible and inclusive to all artists, writers, theorists, curators, and others interested in sharing critical cross-disciplinary perspectives on contemporary issues, practices, and events in networked media.  Over these last nineteen years we have nurtured global participants, including those beyond NORTH AMERICA and Western Europe, to discuss intersectional topics that bring together race, gender, and regional bias.  We encourage all subscribers to extend an invitation to other colleagues who may be interested in participating in our listserv to enrich our diverse community.

I will be introducing an OPEN CALL to finish out the month.  Looking forward to hearing from all of you. 
Best, 
Renate Ferro
Curatorial Moderator
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Renate Ferro
Visiting Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Art
Tjaden Hall 306
rferro at cornell.edu