About this project
About Al-Mahatta Gallery
is a non-governmental- not-for-profit organisation founded in July 2008 as an independent voluntary youth initiative, set up by a group of young artists, in Ramallah City, Palestine. This initiative aims to create the first professional exhibition space for visual arts in Ramallah, offering an opportunity for both local and international artists to engage with the local Palestinian audience through the exhibition of their work in a contemporary and professional manner.
About the Workshop
Al-Mahatta International Workshop is an artist-initiated project proposed by artists in Al-Mahatta Gallery. The two-week workshop is part of the *Triangle Arts Trust Network of workshops currently active in 20 countries.
The workshop is process oriented, supports experimentation in all media and is targeted at emerging to mid career artists in all fields; encouraging contemporary work in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, video, performance and sound.
The workshop will take place in the town of Birzeit, about 12 kilometers away from the Ramallah City. The residencies and work spaces are set in the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music premises that is situated between olive trees in the historical town of Birzeit. 25 artists will be brought together practicing in a wide variety of media, to work among each other, and share ideas and methods for a period of two weeks in the serene town mountain of Birzeit. At the end of the two weeks, the workshop will host an Open Day which will invite in the local public, artists, and critics to celebrate the developments and results of the workshop.
Why am I Fund-Raising?
I am fund-raising for transportation (airfare & bus) and cost of supplies. Your funds will provide me an opportunity to travel, document, photograph and meet with local artists.
Here is a chance to support an artist/ambassador and impress your friends with a new piece of contemporary artwork.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 18, 2010.
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Artist
Laura Arena has shown work in galleries in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. She won the Spring Arts Competition at the Schoolhouse Gallery in 2008. Arena was awarded Díónýsía Residency in Iceland for summer, 2010.
Arena shoots with plastic cameras that feel and work much like toys and allow a sense of anticipation and excitement to be part of the process. The final images are rooted in her decisions about place, time, subject and point of view but the resulting prints always contain a degree of surprise. She just recently started to shoot with a digital camera, a Digital Harinezumi 2, a camera that produces results similar to 110 film and that has 3 visible buttons.
Curator
Laura Arena has worked for several art galleries in Massachusetts and ran Lucky Gallery located in Brooklyn NY for a year and half. Lucky Gallery was featured in the press such as New York Time Out Magazine, New York Daily News as well as numerous artist blogs. She also provided resident opportunities through the gallery. Through this opportunity in the West Bank and her time spent afterwards in Berlin Germany she hopes to curate a show abroad.
