Setting the Stage for Emerging Contemporary Art in Palestine

Name: Setting the Stage for Emerging Contemporary Art in Palestine
Start: 2021-11-17T12:00:00-0500
End: 2021-11-17T13:00:00-0500

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James Snyder, MEI Senior Fellow, will speak with Aline Khoury, Jerusalem-born art historian and contemporary curator. She is Managing Director of Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research in Bethlehem, an artist-led collaborative that seeks to create an independent platform for emerging artists in Palestine.

Date: Wed, Nov 17, 2021 Time: 12:00pm - 01:00pm Location: Online

This event is part of the James Snyder in Conversation series.

Aline Khoury is a cultural manager, producer and researcher living and working in Palestine. Aline has worked with several arts and cultural organizations across Palestine; managing spaces, organizing exhibitions and public programs, as well developing institutional partnerships and strategies. She was involved in several local networks, including Qalandiya International and Shafaq- Jerusalem Arts Network, and is currently a regional facilitator in Arts Collaboratory, a translocal ecosystem of twenty-five socially engaged arts organizations. The former experience has guided Aline to explore new ways of working and collaborating together for a more sustainable future. She studied History of Art and Social-Anthropology (B.A.) in Jerusalem, and Aural & Visual Cultures (M.A.) in Goldsmiths University, London.