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The
exhibition, Sheherazade: Risking the
Passage, contemporary art by Muslim women, will be held at the El
Colegio Gallery, February 12 through March 15, 2003. Nine artists from
the U. S. and Canada, working in painting, sculpture, film, photography,
installation and performance, are taking part.
They are:
Kitty Aal, Hend Al-Mansour, Sylvat Aziz, Doris Bittar, Lalla
Essaydi, Sehr Jalal, Sherazad Jamal, Hiba Mohammad and Michelle Mehri
Mousavi.
The artists seek to blaze a trail for other choices and
possibilities for Muslim women and to be role models in expressing their
own voices.
This exhibition will also expand the tolerance window and build
bridges between this minority and the general Minnesota audience.
Gallery hours are Mondays
through Thursdays, 12 - 5; Fridays and Saturdays, 5 - 10; and Sundays, 2 -
8, or by appointment.
The address is 4137 Bloomington Ave S, Minneapolis.
Related events presenting and celebrating Islamic culture are
listed below.
The exhibition and related events are free and open to the public.
651-645-1165 or www.thewarm.org
Related
events:
Tuesday,
February 11, 2003, 7 PM.
Women's Art Institute lecture. A
panel of three Muslim women artists will talk about their work, their
unique backgrounds, and the challenges of fitting into the bigger artworld.
Participating artists are painter/sculptor Sylvat Aziz,
photographer/painter Lalla A Essaydi and filmmaker Michelle Mehri Mousavi.
The discussion will be moderated by installation/performance artist
Hend Al-Mansour.
Location:
Room #109, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 2501 Stevens
Ave S, Minneapolis.
612-874-3765 or www.mcad.edu.
Wednesday,
February 12, 2002, 6:00
- 10 PM , Opening reception for Sheherazade:
Risking the Passage and Eid
Al-Adha celebration.
Painter/sculptor Sylvat Aziz, photographer Lalla A Essaydi and
Minneapolis filmmaker Michelle Mehri Mousavi will talk about the source
and meaning of their imagery.
The dialogue will be moderated by performance/installation artist
Hend Al-Mansour.
Islamic cultures will be presented through music, ethnic food,
commodities, book sales and henna painting.
Location:
The Gallery at El Colegio Public High School, 4137 Bloomington Ave
S, Minneapolis. 612-728-5727 - http://www.el-colegio.org
Thursday,
March 6, 2003, 7 PM.
Women's Art Institute lecture. Installation
/performance artist Hend Al-Mansour will talk about her identity as a
contemporary Muslim woman artist.
Her work tells the stories of Arabian women through use of Arabian
women's clothes, commodities and cosmetics.
She will also talk about how the work of women artists of Islam is
shaping contemporary cultural issues. Location:
Room #109, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 2501 Stevens
Ave S, Minneapolis.
612-874-3765 or www.mcad.edu.
Saturday,
March 8, 2003, 6:30 - 9 PM.
International Women's Day celebration with honored guest speaker
Raheel Raza.
Ms Raza, a journalist and renowned speaker on human rights and
gender equality, will speak about contemporary Muslim women's struggle
towards a progressive Islam.
The celebration also includes a Women in Black demonstration.
Women in Black vigils are performed all over the world to arouse
communities to take action against violence and as a visual expression of
women standing in solidarity for peace.
In addition, Islamic cultures will be presented through ethnic
food, music, commodities, henna painting and book sales.
Location:
The Gallery at El Colegio Public High School, 4137 Bloomington Ave
S, Minneapolis. 612-728-5727 - http://www.el-colegio.org
Acknowledgements:
Sheherazade:
Risking the Passage is co-sponsored by the Women's Art Registry
of Minnesota (WARM) and the Women's Art Institute of the Minneapolis
College of Art and Design.
Support for the exhibition and related events is provided by Compas,
El Colegio, the Medtronic Foundation, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts
Council through an appropriation from the Minnesota Legislature.
WARM is a non-profit regional visual arts organization that
nurtures women's voices, visions and values in the community by empowering
women artists and promoting their work.
The Minneapolis College of Art and Design strives to educate people
as professional artists and designers who will become visionary leaders in
creating the world in which we live.
The Women's Art Institute at the Minneapolis College of Art and
Design, now in its fifth year, is an intensive three-week program designed
to move artists to a deeper level of understanding and expression in their
work.
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