we would like to update you about the News from the
Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery:
We are now working very intensively on the production of the 800 Years for Umm el-Fahem Art Festival. The central exhibition "Memory and Immigration" is curated by Dr. Esmail Nashif.
In addition to Memory and Immigration that will be exhibited in the gallery, there will be other exhibtions by other artists in homes of Umm el-Fahemites and in alternative locations:
- Curator :Yael Argov Hacmun.
During the Festival the gallery is planning to screen documentaries and produce other cultural activities and workshops for the local community of Wadi Ara.
The festival is produced in collaboration with the local
education system.
The preparations for the art festival follow the successful closing of an International three-day Seminar on Oral History, Memory and Art that took place at the gallery with the participation of Israeli researchers, Jews and Arabs, and researchers from Italy, France and Switzerland.
It is noteworthy that the gallery, for the first time since its establishment, is convening this coming Friday a public committee that will determine which works will be part of the future musuem's permanent Art Collection. The committee's work is directed by Dr. Esmail Nashif who also conducted the first part of a comprehensive research on Palestinian Art. 300,000NIS, guaranteed by the Office of Minority Affairs will be transferred through the Ministry of Culture for the acquistion of the art works chosen by the committee.
Said Abu Shakra
Director, Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery