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Join us for the opening reception of Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness, an exhibition featuring the work of US-based artists from the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) region or of SWANA descent, a collaboration between Mizna and SooVAC.

Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness is a quote by Khalil Gibran, famed Arab American poet of the early 1900s. While SWANA communities are scattered around the globe due to legacies of colonization and migration, This exhibition will showcase the perspectives, practices, and artworks of a new generation of US-based SWANA creatives as we look toward another two decades of cultivating rich spaces. Spaces in which, in Gibran’s words, “the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow,” spaces in which the diversity and artistry of our community is celebrated and sustained.

Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness was juried by Essma Imady, Hend Al Mansour, and Lamia Abukhadra, three Arab artists based in the Twin Cities. The jurors will show works alongside the works of the selected artists, anchoring the exhibition.

The exhibition will be on view December 7, 2019– January 9, 2020.
Check out the selected artists here. Facebook event here.
Image courtesy of Lamia Abukhadra.