Press Release
For Immediate Release
Contact: Shawn Mendoza, Assistant Director-IRAAS
(212) 854-7080; Email: sm322@columbia.edu

ART EXHIBITION

“Humanoid: Caracteristicas Humanas” at Macy Gallery
Teachers College Columbia University

New York City, NY October 30, 2006: “Humanoid”, a solo exhibition by Dominican-American artist, Ezequiel Jimenez, opens at the Macy Gallery in Teachers College at Columbia University after a successful appearance at the Lena di Gangi Gallery in Totowa, New Jersey. Jimenez’s most recent one-man show will be on display at the Macy Gallery from October 31st through November 17th sponsored by The Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University (IRAAS)

Ezequiel Jiménez, artist and cultural activist, was raised in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic. Jimenez began painting at the age of 12, finding in art a mode of self-expression that was free of the censorship of conventional thought and opinion. In 1986, he entered the School of Architecture at the Universidad Technologica de Santiago (UESA) and, soon afterwards, studied painting with Rosidalia García at the Casa de Arte in Santiago, and later with the abstract expressionist painter Jose Baez Ferr.

From 1987 to 1989, Jimenez directed graphic arts and stage design at the Centro Cultural de Santiago and served as a consultant to the fine arts department. In 1993, he moved to New York City where he attended the Art Students League of New York. A major figure of the “Caribbean Baroque” school, his art wrestles with the fundamental conflicts of the human spirit. For Jimenez, art and the artist are embedded in everyday life: in the suffering, aspirations and triumphs of humankind. Art provokes, nourishes and stretches the imagination, revealing the landscape of human possibility.

Jimenez is a founding member and the president of the Union of Dominican Visual Artists, based in New York City. His art is widely reviewed in New York and DR art press. Since 1987 Jiménez’ work has been included in 33 group exhibitions.

The Macy Gallery is located on the fourth floor of Macy Hall at 525 West 120th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues - Teachers College, Columbia University. It is open Monday through Friday 11:00 AM until 6:00 PM. The exhibition is free & open to the public. *Photo Id is required for entry into the building*

For further information contact the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) at (212) 854-7080 or IRAAS@columbia.edu or the Macy Gallery (212) 678-3360.

For more information on Ezequiel Jimenez please visit www.ejimenezart.net.
For more information on IRAAS visit www.columbia.edu/cu/iraas.

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International Cycling Center Museum and Hall Of Fame

2006 Awards Dinner Description
Welcome to our 2006 Awards Dinner. This event is the “Oscars” of the cycling industry. 2006 keynote speaker is cycling legend Greg LeMond. 2006 Presenting Sponsor is Morgan Stanley, Inc. Media sponsors include WFMZ TV and Bicycling magazine. The event will be held on October 7, 2006 at Bilera Hall, DeSales University, Allentown, PA.

The evening will include US Bicycling Hall of Fame awards for cycling accomplishments, fine dining, music, entertainment, dancing and auctions. Awards will focus both on star athletes in bicycle racing and on cycling transportation, advocacy, recreation, touring, safety and related achievements.
The evening will include demo by American Wheelmen of High Wheel riding in period costumes, displays of antique bicycles, and featured art of regional artists, such as Marta Whistler, Kip Frace, Ezequiel Jimenez, Taliah Lampert. Auction will include art, high quality Scott USA and Fuji bicycles and gear, cycling vacations, and luxury items.

This is a black tie affair with limited seating. Seats are $150 per person. Reservations should be made by calling 610-739-5854. Corporate tables of 10 and sponsorship opportunities are available.
In addition to the annual dinner, this year we are also planning Le Tour DeSales, a Collegiate Cycling Race on July 1-2, 2006. The broad mission of ICC is to develop a comprehensive international cycling
center, museum and hall of fame destination facility in the Lehigh Valley. We plan to make it the definitive institution for the sport of cycling, just as Cooperstown is to baseball.

It will have facilities for a museum and hall of fame, conferencing and education, and sports training. In the second phase we will include an indoor velodrome, designed to be used for multiple sports in addition to bicycle racing. This will be a year-round facility operated by professional staff.
The International Cycling Center, Museum, and Hall of Fame
905 Harrison Street, Allentown, PA 18103 /Tel: 610-739-5854; Fax: 610-770-1043

Advisory Board
Mr. Curt Bond, Project Manager, Alvin H.Butz Co./ Ms. Michelle Cooper, Vice President, eSocrates, Inc.
/ Mr. David Chauner, President, Threshold Sports / Dr. Galen Godbey, Associate to the President, DeSales University
/ Mr. Bruce Donaghy, Vice President, Morgan Stanley / Mr. Paul Drees, President, Market Edge / Ms. Lorie Reinert,
President, Lehigh Wheelmen Association / Ms. Heidi Rodale, Rodale Press / Mr. Steven Schmitt, Director, Coalition for
Appropriate Transportation / Mr. Stuart Schooley, President, Dutch Springs / Dr. Paul Shrivastava, Professor, Bucknell Univ. / Mr. Jack Simes, III, Olympic Cyclist / Mr. Joe Transue, Founder, Mountain Valley Bike Club

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“Humanoid” at Lena Di Gangi Gallery / Oct. 1 thru 28, 2006

           Lena Di Gangi Gallery is at 320 Union Boulevard in Totowa, N.J. It is open from Tuesday to Friday from 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm and Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 pm & by appt. For guided visits for school groups, call (973) 942-7400 or e-mail: linadigangiartschool@virizon.net for an appointment.

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