Join us Saturday, May 8 at 2 PM EDT for the online panel discussion Queer-y-ing Arab Queerness in partnership with apexart To Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-y-ing-arab-queerness-tickets-150109785409 Panelists: Dr. Andrew Gayed is an Egyptian-Canadian art historian and researcher interested in Middle Eastern contemporary art, queer theory, identity politics, and migration/diaspora studies. As a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Centre […]
Elia Suleiman Retrospective+ Talkback Friday, May 21, 12:00 am to May 30th, 11:59 pm Online Stream – Register for Free or $5 Suggested Donation This month, we are pleased to celebrate and showcase the work of famed Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman! Throughout his career, Elia directed four feature films –Chronicle Of A Disappearance (1996), Divine Intervention (2002), The Time […]
Breaking Fast + Talkback Saturday, April 24, 2021 AT 6 PM EDT Online Stream – Register for Free or $5 Suggested Donation Act fast, only 100 spots available! Set against the twinkling lights of West Hollywood, Breaking Fast is a romantic comedy that follows Mo, a practicing Muslim still reeling from heartbreak. When an all-American […]
Join us April 17 @ 3PM EDT for a live conversation with the curators and artists of ArteEast’s Legacy Trilogy exhibition! Legacy Trilogy co-curators Olivia Farhat and Lila Nazemian will discuss the works of artists across all three editions of the show, followed by a Q&A with participating artists, who will elaborate on their practice […]
Presented in association with ArteEast’s fundraising exhibition Legacy Trilogy: Past, Present, Future. Check out works by Ganzeer and Bassem Yousri in the Legacy Trilogy exhibition on http://www.artsy.net/arteeast Speaker bios: GANZEER: Described as a “chameleon” by Carlo McCormick in the New York Times, Ganzeer operates seamlessly between art, design, and storytelling, creating what he has coined: […]
Join us for the next program in the Arab Film Series online! Marking the seventh year of the war in Yemen, on March 19, 2021, ArteEast in partnership with the Arab American National Museum and AFMI presents a special Arab Film Series online screening: 7 x 7 | 7 Artists, 7 Years Friday, March 19, 2021 […]
ArteEast is proud to present the Legacy Trilogy series of exhibitions celebrating the organization’s legacy as a forum for contemporary art practices from the MENA region. This fundraising exhibition consists of three parts: Past, Present, and Future, March 7 – April 30, 2021 on artsy.net/arteeast. CHECK OUT THE LEGACY TRILOGY EXHIBITION CATALOGUE! The Past edition features […]
Arab Film Series Online: There is a Field (2020) dir. Jen Marlowe 3 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 Free with RSVP/$5 suggested donation RSVP for streaming link There is a Field tells the story of Asel Asleh, an unarmed 17-year old Palestinian teenager who was murdered while participating in a demonstration calling for an end to Israeli occupation […]
ANNOUNCING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF 3 X 13 An Interactive Online Performance Thursday, February 18 FREE/by donation Join us for the premiere of this interactive online performance co-presented by Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre and ArteEast, and receive exclusive online content from the artists, available for 48 hours. Created by award-winning Director Eimi Imanishi and Choreographer Samar Haddad King, […]
Panelists: Naeem Mohaiemen (Artist), Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil (Artists), & Discussant Faye Ginsburg (NYU). This program features artists/scholars exploring/excavating alternative histories and whose practices subvert traditional forms of ethnography. Co-presented by the ARAB FILM FEST COLLAB (ArteEast, Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute, & Mizna) and NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for […]
