PEN America Urges University of Houston to Reschedule Talk by Artist Shahzia Sikander and Show Her Film
March 01, 2024
March 01, 2024
NEW YORK, March 1 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024:
PEN America today called on the University of Houston to reschedule a postponed talk by the internationally acclaimed artist Shahzia Sikander and display her accompanying short film at a campus art installation that has been the focus of weeks of pushback from anti-abortion advocacy groups.
The talk by Sikander, a Pakistani-American visual artist and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, . . .
PEN America today called on the University of Houston to reschedule a postponed talk by the internationally acclaimed artist Shahzia Sikander and display her accompanying short film at a campus art installation that has been the focus of weeks of pushback from anti-abortion advocacy groups.
The talk by Sikander, a Pakistani-American visual artist and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, . . .