Join us for a free virtual guided tour of Home of Memories followed by an artist talk with photographer Ahmed Alshaikhli.
Join artist Aaron Hughes and maestro Karim Wasfi as they share music and poetry from Poetry Despite/Music Despite (Eternal War Requiem) and discuss art and memory keeping in the aftermath of war.
Join us for an afternoon of Iraqi sweets, tea, calligraphy, and more as we celebrate the opening of Home of Memories at the Hennepin History Museum.
Explore memory-keeping through theatre in this participatory workshop led by teaching artist Mohammed Yabdri.
Experience Home of Memories at the Hennepin History Museum, on view September 11-January 29.
Join us via Zoom for a FREE virtual talk with Home of Memories artist Jaafar Alnabi and storyteller Eynas Alnabi.
Join us for an Iraqi American Cultural Celebration at the Rochester Art Center! This FREE event will feature Iraqi traditional food, music, dancing, Arabic calligraphy, bilingual children’s theater activities and more.
Join us in the gallery of the Rochester Art Center for storytelling time with Iraqi community member Zina Jadooa.
Join us for a FREE talk with Home of Memories photographer Ahmed Alshaikhli and storyteller Lafta Abduljabbar Jassim. This event will be held in-person and socially distanced at the Rochester Art Center.
Home of Memories is now on view at the Rochester Art Center! The exhibit, curated by Carryon Homes, explores homemaking and memories in the portraits of Iraqi Minnesotans by Iraqi Minnesotan photographers Ahmed Alshaikhli and Jaafar Alnabi.
