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Here at the Gallery we are (hopefully) saying goodbye to the sweltering summer heat (though since our air-conditioner has been repaired things have been much more bearable!). With the advent of autumn, energy returns to the city and we look forward to a lively season of art that teaches your mind and touches your soul.
The Jerusalem Fund Gallery hosted its first exhibit by Oregon artist Anne Barber–Shams. Barber–Shams explores the depths of the mihrab and its significance in the three monotheistic cultures of Andalusian Spain, in jewel-like paintings steeped in the culture of the Golden Age of El-Andalus.
More than a romantic idea, Palestinians’ cultivation of their land contains the seeds of resistance. Walk the fields through Vivien Sansour’s photographs, experience this relationship of farmer to land, see how the old ways of planting and harvesting, of cooking the old recipes, form an historical continuum, the fruits of their labors feeding the body and the soul of Palestine today.
Featuring the graphic art of Rajie Cook, with the video of special guest, performance poet and human rights activist Remi Kanazi, from New York City, who performed 29 June.
Summer in Washington, D.C., offers many changes—many people leave town, while summer interns arrive, to say nothing of tourists! But for those staying in the city, there are a lot of events on offer to make summer interesting, including here at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery.
Mona El Bayoumi, born in Alexandria, Egypt, had tremendous exposure to issues of social justice around the world and in the United States, and it is these themes that permeate and guide her work as an artist.
“FROM THERE” is a portfolio of memories by Palestinian artist Manal Deeb in an attempt to interpret the known versus the unknown of finding home, self, identity, and the challenge it presents in the creation of art.
Palestinian arts are flourishing this spring. Among the winners of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012, awarded at Art Dubai in March, is Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji.
Artist Helen Zughaib presents new work in new media in her first solo exhibition at The Jerusalem Fund Gallery since her sold out exhibition, Stories My Father Told Me.
Through educational events, humanitarian support, and cultural preservation, the Jerusalem Fund is helping build the movement for Palestinian liberation.
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