• Thursday, February 6th / 6pm to 8pm
• A/P/A Studies Gallery, NYU
• 269 Mercer Street, Suite 609

Exhibition dates: January 21 - May 30, 2003
"War Retold: Photographs from Vietnam"
A/P/A Studies is proud to present a photography exhibition on Vietnam, as seen through the eyes and camera of Serene Ford Northington, NYU Tisch School of the Arts alumna. With this series of 20 vibrant photographs, Northington beautifully juxtaposes seemingly unrelated details and fragments of contemporary Vietnam against quiet images of her mother as she reflects upon and reconnects with the country she left three decades ago. The images are an attempt to reconcile the remnants of war left behind in Vietnam and the collective consciousness of its people.

RSVP by Friday, February 3rd apa.rsvp@nyu.edu or call 212.992.9653

• Tuesday, February 25th / 6pm to 8pm
• A/P/A Studies Gallery, NYU
• 269 Mercer Street, Suite 609

How do we look at a war once it is over? How can the people left behind discuss it? Northington explores such difficult issues using the evocative images in her exhibition, "War Retold: Photographs from Vietnam," personal stories of journeys, her mother's and family's old pictures from the homeland, and her relationship to these photographs. She will also share images from her bodies of work from Africa, Israel, New York and others that incorporate themes of identity with the nature of storytelling.

RSVP by Friday, February 21st: apa.rsvp@nyu.edu or call 212.992.9653

• Wednesday, April 16 / 6pm to 8pm
• A/P/A Studies Gallery, NYU
• 269 Mercer Street, Suite 609

Each family is unique and has its own compelling stories. This history documentation workshop is designed to help you uncover the stories behind your family. Whether or not you are in the picture, photographer Serene Ford Northington will help you preserve this memento, and your family's history. Participants are encouraged to bring photographs and/or a family member to retell, write, and record their stories. Northington will be joined by her mother, Nguyen Thi Hoang-Phi, who will read from her novel entitled Fragments...In the House of Relative.

RSVP by Monday, April 14th: apa.rsvp@nyu.edu or call 212.992.9653