Programming will include a series of print workshops, poetry & music, and discussions. More details to follow.
Asilah Oui is accompanied by a catalog featuring a curatorial essay by Congdon as well as contributions from Ernestine White-Mifetu, Sils Curator of African Art at the Brooklyn Museum; Hisham Aidi, political scientist, filmmaker, and Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University; Tarek Elhaik, anthropologist, curator, and Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis; Fatima-Ezzahra El Khammas on the festival posters published by Al Mouhit Association; a new oral history of Printmaking Workshop artists Richard Nelson and Michael Kelly Williams on their experiences of the Moussem moderated by Luis Cancel, former Head of Cultural Affairs for both New York City and the City of San Francisco, previously Director of The Bronx Museum of the Arts; Fatima Elkhammas; personal essays by Mujah Maraini Melehi and Shafiah Benaissa; and a reprint of Master Printer and Asilah Print Atelier Director for nearly three decades, Mohammad Omer Khalil’s Engraver’s Studio (1978) essay with a foreword by artists Jenna Hamed and Amina Ahmed.
Acknowledgments
We are deeply grateful to the individuals, galleries, estates, and collections whose generosity and loans made this exhibition possible. With gratitude to Hisham Aidi, Hatim Betioui, Omer Berrada, Ernestine White-Mifetu, Tarek Elhaik, Toni Maraini, Fatima-Ezzahra El Khammas, Jenna Hamed, Amina Ahmad, Ethel Renia, Ximena Abularach, the Estate of Krishna Reddy, the Nelson/Dunks Collection, Ryan Lee Gallery, Luhring Augustine, Galerie Lelong, the Estate of Rodolfo Abularach, and David Nolan Gallery.
Special thanks to Mujah Maraini-Melehi, Amina Agueznay, and Shafiah Bennaissa for sharing their stories and support; and to the artists of the Print Atelier: Simone Fattal, Luis Cancel, Judy Blum Reddy, Rose Viggiano, Michael Kelly Williams, Richard Nelson, and the Atelier's Director of 27 years- Mohammad Omer Khalil - for their generosity, loans, and continued commitment to support to the Workshop and keeping Bob's legacy alive.
