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| “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here,” a really wonderful project created by poet Beau Beausoleil, is an exhibition of 261 artist books made by 260 international artists/artist teams from 24 countries. These books were made to reflect upon the March 5, 2007 car-bomb attack that took place in Al-Mutanabbi Street, the ancient street of booksellers, poets and writers, located at the literary and cultural heart of Baghdad, Iraq. The collection of artists’ books reflects both the targeted attack on this street of the booksellers as well as the ultimate futility of those who try to erase thought. This project is both a lament and a commemoration of the singular power of words. |
| A photograph from my series "Stories End" is included in the online exhibition "My Sense of Place" that accompanied an exhibit by Kiki and Seton Smith at Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ |
Good News:
- The Queens Council on the Arts has awarded me a
second "Su Casa" artist residency to create a
community arts project at a Queens senior center - Printed Matter has selected me to be in the Los
Angeles Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary at
MOCA, April 3 - 5, 2020, opening April 2
| 2020 is starting to look busy. |
The Freyberger Gallery at Berks State
College in Reading, PA invited me and seven
other artists to create work based on the
humanities for the exhibition:
"Engaging Perceptions: A Collaboration
of Scholars and Artists"
January 16 - February 20, 2020
I'll be exhibiting new photopolymer etchings
that continue my series about refugees:
"Time to Leave," and an installation of sewn
Risograph prints from my book project
about migrant children in US custody.
College in Reading, PA invited me and seven
other artists to create work based on the
humanities for the exhibition:
"Engaging Perceptions: A Collaboration
of Scholars and Artists"
January 16 - February 20, 2020
I'll be exhibiting new photopolymer etchings
that continue my series about refugees:
"Time to Leave," and an installation of sewn
Risograph prints from my book project
about migrant children in US custody.
| "Do You Want, Do You Need" 2019, 26.5 x 33.5" |
| The exhibition "Calamity" on the theme of the Holocaust and intolerance, will include three of my early book works from 2004, altered books about the Holocaust, curated by Dr. Catherine Lewis at Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mt. Berry, Georgia January 13 - February 13, 2020 |
One of the etchings from my "Time to Leave" series
will be on exhibit in Berlin, Germany at
Institut für Alles Mögliche
curated by Dorit Jordan Dotan in the exhibition
"i am/ an immigrant"
Opening March 5, 2020
will be on exhibit in Berlin, Germany at
Institut für Alles Mögliche
curated by Dorit Jordan Dotan in the exhibition
"i am/ an immigrant"
Opening March 5, 2020
