ArteEast, The MacDowell Colony, and PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection are pleased to present: Art, Activism and Migration An Evening with Khaled Barakeh, in conversation with MacDowell visual artist alumna Dahlia Elsayed Introduced by MacDowell poet alumna Eileen Myles Q&A and reception to follow October 28, 6:30 PM MacDowell NYC 521 West 23rd St […]
ArteEast invites you to join us for a tour of the exhibition "The Power of Two Suns" Led by artist Yto Barrada and curator Omar Berrada Saturday, October 19th 10:30 AM* at LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Upper Gallery 110 Andes Rd, New York, NY 10004 *Note: Ferries to Governors Island depart October 19th at 10am or 10:20am from the Battery Maritime Building in Manhattan. This event is free. Limited attendance strictly by ticket.
ArteEast, along with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and NYU's Grey Art Gallery Invite you to join us for a conversation with artists featured in the upcoming CHRI exhibition "A Bridge Between You and Everything: An Exhibition of Iranian Women Artists," moderated by the show's curator Shirin Neshat. Monday, November 4, 6:30-8pm Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center 32 Waverly Place, NYU
“Facing a world with heightened xenophobia, Islamophobia, and anti-immigrant rhetoric, ArteEast’s mission is more important now than ever,” says Ellen Brooks Shehata, board president of ArteEast. Founded in 2003, ArteEast is a New York-based cultural institution specializing in Middle Eastern film programming. It is operated by a diverse board with backgrounds in academia, finance, and non-for-profit […]
Monuments & Flowers brings together a selection of seminal video work culled from the archives of ArteEast with the work of contemporary voices.
For this public event, artists from the "Occupational Hazards" exhibition have added their voices to the gallery space. While their works are here, for many of the artists, travel to the United States is severely challenged or prohibited--whether by cost, visa regulations, or current travel bans. Join apexart and ArteEast on a guided tour of Occupational Hazards presented by the artists in their absence: incorporating the stories behind the works and experiences and challenges of artists working in the Middle East today, in their own words.
ARTEEAST SPRING BENEFIT Tuesday, May 14, 2019 6:30 PM at Postmasters Gallery 54 Franklin Street, New York, NY Join us for a festive evening of mezze and drinks and live music! Featuring a special performance by Nadah El Shazly and the New York debut of Noma Omran BENEFIT HOST COMMITTEE* Omar Berrada Nathaniel Bowditch and […]
ArteEast and the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies present: Poets, Painters, Rebels, Spies: On Art and the (A)political in Beirut A joint book launch and conversation with Robyn Creswell and Kaelen Wilson-Goldie Feb 12 @ 6pm Reception to follow 255 Sullivan St (at Washington Square South)
Join us for a special film program organized by ArteEast, featuring two Syrian films – one animated short and a feature film in association with Artistic Freedom Initiative’s Community Partnership Exhibtion: Executive (Dis)Order: Art, Displacement, & the Ban The screenings will be held on December 16th and repeated on January 19th, both days at 3 […]
October 16, 6:30 pm, NYU Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, 255 Sullivan Street How are women in today’s Egypt navigating the structures of the nation state: social systems, economic responsibility, and familial ties in a changing urban landscape? This panel brings together leading journalists, urban scholars, and artists to discuss the current political and social climate in Cairo. Speakers: Lina Attalah, Publisher of Mada Masr Judith Barry, Artist, Professor | Director of the ACT program at MIT Mona El-Naggar,The New York Times, Senior Producer, International Video Omnia Khalil, PhD student, Anthropology, City University of New York (CUNY), Co-founder of 10 Tooba| Applied Research on the Built Environment (Cairo)
