In 2014, against the backdrop of increased anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States, Edge of Arabia embarked on a multi-year tour across North America with the aim to connect Arab and US artists and inspire better understanding between the two regions. We called the project CULTURUNNERS.
Programming at major institutions like the Rothko Chapel, Armory Show, MIT, LACMA, Brooklyn Museum, MoMA and the Smithsonian has run alongside a thirty thousand-mile RV journey inviting artists to explore and document America away from the major cities. Khaled Jarrar has traveled to the US/Mexican border; Yazan Khalili went in search of...
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UN Chamber Music Society Concert for World Arabic Language Day - Carnegie Hall
2019
AFIKRA SALON, NEW YORK
2019
SYRIA, THEN AND NOW: BROOKLYN MUSEUM, NEW YORK
2019
Khalid Albaih - Stumbling is not Falling: ArtX New York
2019
PANEL DISCUSSION - INSIDE KSA’S ARTS & CULTURE SCENE: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON DC
2019
SCHOLARLY SEMINAR: COLLECTING AND EXHIBITING THE MIDDLE EAST: THE MET, NEW YORK
2018
CONVERSATION WITH SAMIA HALABY, GUGGENHEIM, NEW YORK
2018
POETS OF LITTLE SYRIA GUIDED TOURS, LOWER MANHATTAN
2018
ARTISTS ON THE REFUGEE CRISIS: BROOKLYN MUSEUM, NEW YORK
2018
GENERATION ز - YOUNG ARAB ARTISTS: NEW YORK
2018
CULTURE FORUM: ART FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURES: ASIA SOCIETY, NEW YORK
2018
MONIRA AL QADIRI - MODERN MONDAYS: MOMA, NEW YORK
2018
ARABIC MUSIC, BOOKS & POSTERS: 2 BRIDGES ART & MUSIC, CHINATOWN
2018
PARADISE HAS MANY GATES: VANCOUVER BIENNALE
2018
CULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THINK TANK: UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK
2018
KSA/LAX: SPACELAND, DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
2018
REFRAME SAUDI: PHILLIPS, NEW YORK
2018
SAUDI CONTEMPORARY ART: THE KENNEDY CENTER, WASHINGTON DC
2018
US Cultural Leaders to Saudi Arabia
2017
AHMED MATER - MECCA JOURNEYS: BROOKLYN MUSEUM, NEW YORK
2017
GHADA DA & BASMAH FELEMBAN: OPEN MAJLIS STUDIO, NEW YORK
2017
SYMPOSIUM - DESERT TO DELTA: ART MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
2017
PANEL DISCUSSION - DESERT TO DELTA: MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART
2017
DESERT TO DELTA: ART MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
2017
FAMILY ART SATURDAY: CITIES OF CONVICTION: UMOCA, SALT LAKE CITY
2017
CITIES OF CONVICTION: UMOCA, SALT LAKE CITY
2017
EPICENTER X COMMUNITY EVENT: ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, DEARBORN
2017
AYMAN YOSSRI RESIDENCY: ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, DEARBORN
2017
EPICENTER X: ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM, DEARBORN
2017
MARWAH ALMUGAIT, MAWADAH MUHTASIB & NOUF SEMARI : OPEN MAJLIS STUDIO, NEW YORK
2017
AN EVENING WITH ABDULNASSER GHAREM & GHAREM STUDIO: LACMA, LOS ANGELES
2017
ABDULNASSER GHAREM - PAUSE: LACMA, LOS ANGELES
2017
YUSEF ALAHMAD : OPEN MAJLIS STUDIO, NEW YORK
2017
EVOLUTION OF MAN INSTALLATION, STANDING ROCK, ND
2017
ABDULNASSER GHAREM DISTINGUISHED LECTURE:BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, LEWISTON
2017
NUGAMSHI - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: BATES COLLEGE & DOWNTOWN LEWISTON
2017
SARA OUHADDOU RV JOURNEY #2 - MANHATTAN, NY TO LOS ANGELES, CA
2017
AHMED MATER DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, LEWISTON
2016
PHANTOM PUNCH: BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, LEWISTON
2016
Distinguished Lecture: Ahmed Mater - Bates College
2016
GENERA#ION: Minnesota Street Project, San Fransisco
2016
GONZO ARABIA: GONZO GALLERY, ASPEN
2016
PARALLEL KINGDOM: STATION MUSEUM, HOUSTON
2016
KHALID ALBAIH RV JOURNEY: WASHINGTON, DC TO MEMPHIS, TN
2016
SONS OF YUSEF & ARTISTS TALK: BUS BOYS & POETS, WASHINGTON DC
2016
AHMED MATER LECTURE: CORCORAN SCHOOL OF ART, WASHINGTON DC
2016
AHMED MATER - SYMBOLIC CITIES: FREER SACKLER, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON DC
2016
CULTURUNNERS at La Caja Galeria, Tijuana
2016
KHALED JARRAR RV JOURNEY - SAN DIEGO, CA TO JUÁREZ, MX
2016
Our Mothers’ House: United Nations, New York
2015
Sara Ouhaddou: Logan Heights, San Diego
2015
KITH COMMUNITY EVENT - THE UNION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, OMAHA
2015
FAISAL SAMRA RV JOURNEY - CHIGAGO,IL TO LARAMIE, WY
2015
CULTURUNNERS RESIDENCY - REDBULL HOUSE OF ARTS, DETROIT
2015
PEYMAN SHAFIEEZADEH RV JOURNEY - DETROIT, MI TO EMPIRE, MI
2015
A FREE WAY, PANEL DISCUSSION: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
2015
LITTLE SYRIA PARADE, DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN
2015
FREEWAY: LITTLE SYRIA
2015
THE WAY THINGS CAN GO SYMPOSIUM: THE ARMORY SHOW, NEW YORK
2015
THE ARMORY SHOW, FOCUS: MENAM
2015
FREEWAY: HARLEM
2015
CULTURUNNERS SPECIAL PROJECT: THE ARMORY SHOW, NEW YORK
2015
ISCP RESIDENCY, BROOKLYN
2015
EFA RESIDENCY - MANHATTAN
2015
CULTURUNNERS WORKSHOPS: MIT, CAMBRIDGE
2014
NEW VOICES, NEW VISIONS: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, WASHINGTON DC
2014
SOFT POWER PANEL: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON DC
2014
ARTISTS’ TALK: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BATON ROUGE
2014
CULTURUNNERS LAUNCH: ROTHKO CHAPEL, HOUSTON
2014
ISCP RESIDENCY - BROOKLYN
2014
THE MEETING PLACE PORTFOLIO REVIEW, FOTOFEST BIENNIAL, HOUSTON
2014
ARAB CULTURAL CENTER ROUNDTABLE, HOUSTON
2014
EOA Lecture: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2014
FOTOFEST BIENNIAL, HOUSTON
2014