This Saturday, while we were waiting on our books to be printed, we went to Chelsea for a field trip. Our first stop is Printed Matter, where we were greeted by Chinese artist Yuchen Chang, who introduced us Printed Matter’s history and some of their books. Then we went to High Line Park and took some photos. In the end we visited some Chelsea galleries, including Klein Sun Gallery where their staff Ms. Tang Rui introduced their current shows.
In our first encounter at the library we learn about the participants a diverse group, adults in different ages from different countries like Nicaragua, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Perú, Dominican Republic. All with different stories to tell but they all have … Continue reading LIC, Mi Barrio workshop week 1→
Sami discussed some of the political dimensions of traditional Syrian music, as part of a panel conversation on links between the present conflict and historical migrations. Other panelists were Todd Fine, president of the Washington Street Historical Society, a nonprofit that … Continue reading Music Tradition from Syria and Egypt Week 8→
In this first class we did an exercise creating a clay relief. Students prepared the oil clay, feeling the hard consistency of it and how the heat of our hands make the clay to become more malleable to be easier … Continue reading The Space in Between workshop – Week 1→
The class reviewed all of the concepts explored in the previous classes, comparing the mood of the different maqams (melodic modes) in the songs “Min Hubbi Fiik Ya Gaari” and “ish-showq mihayyarni.” We reviewed some of the rhythmic patterns used … Continue reading Music Tradition from Syria and Egypt Week 7→
Today we shared our storyboards in the class. Each student talked about their stories and how they plan to shoot the story. The stories have three categories, people, animal/plant and still life. See below for their interesting stories.
The class was joined by Belly Dancer and instructor Sherine Khatoun, an Iraqi / Yemeni Jewish immigrant to the U.S., who performs regularly with Sami’s ensemble Zikrayat www.zikrayatmusic.com. Sherine introduced participants to the basic steps of “raqs sharqi” (“Eastern dance”) … Continue reading Music Tradition from Syria and Egypt Week 6→
Arts and Education Space for Immigrant New Yorkers
