Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East &
WESPAC Foundation
present:
The Art of Palestinian Refugee Children in Lebanon:
A Traveling Exhibition and On-line Art Auction
All proceeds will benefit
The Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts (Al Jana) located in Beirut.
The Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts (Al Jana), located in Beirut, has provided Palestinian children with a cultural art center for many years. It offers classes in filmmaking, playwriting, journalism and the visual arts. Here children can meet and share family stories and learn to express themselves through their art work. At the core of the Center's work is an understanding of the unique cultural and historical condition all these children share.
The paintings in this exhibition all come from Al Jana. Some of them convey a sense of isolation and sadness; others convey feelings that seem to be older than the children's age. Other paintings show a sense of hope through topics and bright colors. Their paintings show the resilience of childhood and of their culture.
Some Palestinians have been living in Lebanon as refugees since 1948; others arrived in 1967. The wars of '48 and '67 were catastrophes for the indigenous Palestinians, displacing their population into refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Since their right of return has been denied by Israel, there are now four generations born in these camps. Ask any of these refugees of any age, "Where do you come from?" and the answer will always be a town or village in Historic Palestine, now Israel.
To view the on-line auction & see the updated schedule visit:
www.wespac.org/pcraa/
To support this project by placing a link on your site, e-mail:
info@adalahny.org
Tour Schedule (Still being updated)
October 6-11
Pace University, Pleasantville Campus
Mortola Library, First Floor.
Opening Reception : October 6, 6:30-8:30 PM
Remarks: Mirene Ghossein, Joan Glickman, Nada Khader.
October 12- 18
Community Unitarian Church, 468 Rosedale Ave, White Plains
Opening Panel discussion: Sunday October 12, 11:45 AM
Mirene Ghossein, Nada Khader, Alan Levin
October 20-31
CUNY, 345 Fifth Avenue
Room 6304, 11am-7pm
Opening Reception: October 20, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Introduction: Mirene Ghossein, Remarks: Aida Jahrani.
November 1-15
Sixth Street Community Center, 638 East 6th Street
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