All The Things I Call Home - Details
LOCATION
Second Floor at Big Bear Cafe, 1700 1st St NW, Washington, DC 20001
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Sunday, May 31, 2020 (11:59pm EST)
Timeline and breakdown (Dates are TBC)
Artist Indaba/Introductions: June 28/29/30
Artists will meet up to discuss their projects, exchange ideas and prep for the exhibition.
Exhibition: July 20, 2020 – August 1, 2020
(Gallery Open Monday to Sunday, 12pm-6pm)
Booklet workshop: Saturday, July 25, 2020
Participants will collaborate with dc based artists to create and design a resources booklet to be a guide for artists who are new to the area.
DC Tours: throughout July & August
Artists will get to explore the DC art scene, participate in studio visits and go on art walks together.
ELIGIBILITY
Artists who are migrants, refugees and new Americans.
ORGANIZERS:
Norhan Hawala is a sculptor, illustrator and musician from Cairo,Egypt. Hawala has been interested in memory alteration and how objects, spaces and sounds contain memories as well as trigger them - especially since her move to the U.S - and how that affects one’s identities.
Laylaa Randera is a Photographer and multimedia artist from Johannesburg, South Africa. She is interested in culture and gender boundaries, urban development, race relations, and the African diaspora. She explores the way the archive, myth, iconography and symbolism relate to the contemporary world.
laylaa.randera@gmail.com
Please contact the Project Organizers with any inquiries at all.inartdc@gmail.com
APPLY at the link below