The Lost Paintings: A Prelude to Return Closing Reception
Dec
13

The Lost Paintings: A Prelude to Return Closing Reception

5:30-6:45 PM: Gallery Time with Guidance from the Curatorial Team & Visiting Artists
6:45-7:00 PM: Light Dinner sponsored by Bread Thyme
7:00-8:30 PM: Artist Panel moderated by Michael Maria (Director of Programming, Boston Palestine Film Festival) featuring Joëlle Tomb (co-curator, Lost Paintings Project) and 5 exhibiting artists: Khaled Jarrar (NYC and Jenin), Nora Sayyad (Helsinki), Iman Jabrah (Cincinnati), Sama Alshaibi (Tucson) and Doris Bittar (San Diego)
8:30-10:00 PM: Performances by Songs of Liberation and El Ärkitekt

Light food and drinks will be provided by Bread Thyme

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Performance: Moon Unit
Dec
6

Performance: Moon Unit

2/3 members of Moon Unit (Olivia Katz and Steph Tamas) will perform a set of free improv and premiere two new works: “(un)becoming” by Dylan Dukat and “Mapped of Scars Along Interior Skin” by Dani Elizalde.

Doors: 7:30pm

Music: 8pm

Suggested Donations: $5+

This multi-instrumentalist trio (Olivia Katz, Stephen Tamas & Robert Karpay) make up Moon Unit: a genre-bending and boundary pushing ensemble that specializes in free improvisation. Moon Unit’s beliefs are based upon questioning and challenging the unspoken expectations of modern art and music by expanding sonic possibilities and reimagining stage presence. By composing in real time, ​​Moon Unit creates an intimate and unrepeatable experience among the musicians, the audience, and the space. Moon Unit is grounded in sincerity, deep and active listening, absurdity, and unfiltered expression.

dylan dukat (b. 2000) is a korean-american composer, improviser, and educator. their work has been performed by departure duo, rhythm method, eugene difficult music ensemble, and boston conservatory wind ensemble, and selected works can be found in the catalog of dulcamara press. they are currently on faculty at the boston conservatory high school composition intensive, and are former faculty at the eastern u.s. music camp, where they worked as head counselor and composition instructor. dylan also performs as part of the improvisation duo pixelated labyrinth with saxophonist ryan waller.

Dani J. Elizalde is a digital noise musician and performance artist working primarily in the Boston area. She is grown from radical cyborg and mestiza politics. Her work seeks to imagine a perverse but liberated future as it will have emerged from within the broken pieces of our shared present. By working within and between various borders policed by the agents of racial capitalism she becomes a mystic nature digitalized. Documentations of her work can be found on her youtube channel (Dani J. Elizalde) and future performances are often announced on her instagram account (@dani.the.j).

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Evening of Art: Maroun Tomb and The Lost Paintings
Nov
23

Evening of Art: Maroun Tomb and The Lost Paintings

Facilitated by Gina Al-Karablieh to accompany our current exhibition The Lost Paintings: A Prelude to Return, this workshop will draw inspiration from Maroun Tomb's work and his themes of memory, displacement, landscape, and architecture. During the workshop, participants will receive an introduction to Tomb's work and recreate their own paintings in his aesthetic.

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Lost Art of the Levant: Panel and Performance
Nov
15

Lost Art of the Levant: Panel and Performance

Lost Art of the Levant will explore themes of reclamation, fragmentation, and rediscovery through music, performance, and Palestinian contemporary art. The program includes:

4-5pm: Guided Exhibition Tour with the curatorial team (optional)
5-6pm: Panel moderated by Nisa Ari (MassArt Associate Professor of Arts of the Islamic World) with curator Joëlle Tomb and exhibiting artists Dina Khorchid, Noel Maghathe, Mado Kelleyan, RIDIKKULUZ, and Nardeen Srouji
6-7pm: Live Performance by local band Souq El-Jum3a

Light food and drinks will be provided.

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