The NIGHT and the DESERT KNOW ME
Collective Exhibition.

January 15 - March 5, 2016.

The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery Thursday, will host a reception and opening of the collective exhibition in January 15th, from 7-9pm. The title of the exhibit is: The NIGHT and the DESERT KNOW ME; Iraqi and Western artists take inspiration from past and contemporary Iraqi poetry. Curated by Shanti Norris and Mary Sebold.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS and POEM SELECTIONS
Shakir Al-Alousi— inspired by Rain Song by Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
Najwa Al-Amin—inspired by The City by May Muzaffar
Qais Al-Sindy- inspired by Diogenes by Lamish Abbas Imara
Ahmed Alkarkhi—inspired by an excerpt from a poem by Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al Mutanabbi
Mawada Allak— inspired by Diogenes by Lamish Abbas Imara
Joan Belmar— inspired by Hugalu (New Series) by Sargoon Boulus
Wafaa Bilal—inspired by The Passionate River by Nazik al-Malaika
Spencer Dormitzer—inspired by Iraqis and Other Monsters by Dunya Mikhail
Michael Platt—TBD
Phyllis Plattner—inspired by an excerpt from a poem by Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al Mutanabbi
Vian Sora—inspired by The Mirror by Kajal Ahmad
Nasir Thamir—inspired by Gilgamesh