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Current Exhibits - WOU Library & Media Services
Exhibits at the Hamersly Library
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2011-2012 exhibit theme: IDENTITY
Winter Term - COMMUNITY IDENTITY
In spring we are looking at cultural identity.
Two international artists are exhibiting separately and joining
together for a performance piece to explore similarities and differences to open a dialogue among cultures.
Spring Exhibit Reception for the artists: Wednesday,
May 16, 2012,
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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Kanaan Kanaan
Palestinian Artist, Portland, OR
April 9 - June 15, 2012
Born and raised in Amman, Jordan in a Palestinian refugee camp, Kanaan is an artist by training, studying at the College of Fine Arts at
Baghdad University prior to immigrating to the U.S. in 1994. Currently he works in the International Studies Department at Portland State University and continues to produce art. Kanaan’s artwork is a continuation of his personal belief in using art to reach out to others, to heal and make connections. It focuses on creating intelligent and thoughtful dialogue about similarities and differences of culture, language, tradition and faith. Through his art, Kanaan hopes to create peaceful and intellectual dialogue about his native culture and faith. |
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Michele Feder-Nadoff
Jewish Artist, Chicago, IL
April 9 - May 28, 2012
Born in Chicago, Illinois, she lives and works both there and in Mexico. In 2010 she received a Fulbright-Garcia Robles Fellowship for research in Mexico for a coppersmithing project in Santa Clara del Cobre. Feder-Nadoff has spent numerous visits with traditional coppersmiths of Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán, Mexico for research and community organizing initiatives on behalf of the nonprofi t Cuentos Foundation, which she founded in 1998 with other artists and community activists. Her works take on numerous forms including paper, metal, clay, wood, fiber and combining several in mixed media works. Currently she has returned to Mexico to begin her doctoral studies. |
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Passing
A Performance by Michele Feder-Nadoff & Kanaan Kanaan
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, begining at 9:00 a.m.
Reception: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Michele Feder-Nadoff and Kanaan Kanaan, known as menucha-kanaan
as a Jew and a Muslim:
we grew up having prayers for everything – for the rain
the thunder,
the sun rising,
for the wind,
the rainbow, and the washing of hands,
for death and birth.
Our work is like building a house and sweeping its floor together.
Passing, a durational performance by artists Michele Feder-Nadoff and Kanaan Kanaan, is part of a series of collaborative works begun in 2001 as a response to on-going Middle East confl ict and worldwide strife. Illuminated by their personal experiences of diasporas based on their respective Jewish and Muslim traditions, together they have created works that explore and symbolize and desire to maintain hope through trust. |
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WOU Showcase
Recent Faculty & Staff Publications
Ongoing rotating exhibit of faculty and staff publications from January 2011 to September 2011. |
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Spring Term - Identity of a Culture |
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Nostalgia: works by Kanaan Kanaan
2nd floor gallery
April 2 - June 14, 2012
Curator: Kanaan Kanaan, International Portland, OR artist |
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Passing: collaborative performance by Kanaan Kanaan &
Michele Feder Nadoff
1st floor lobby
Date to be determined in April or May 2012 |
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Exhibit title to be provided - artwork by Michele Feder Nadoff
3rd floor galleries
April 2 - May 28, 2012
Curator: Michele Feder Nadoff, International Chicago, IL artist |
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Professional Concerns Art Students
Senior art students present their work
3rd floor galleries
early June 2012
Curators: To be arranged |
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