Mary Farah

Activities

Autumn 2007

- Nazareth Exhibition: January 16^th 2008 to February 15^th 2008

Preparations are on their way in full gear for the winter exhibition in Nazareth, which is going to take place in the Nazareth Cultural Centre from January 16^th 2008 till February 15^th 2008 in Nazareth under the sponsorship of the municipality of Nazareth. Final touches are being administered on drawings. Frames are being chosen to fit the line and style of the drawings. Meetings are taking place with graphic artists to decide on the way the brochure is going to look like. "It is fun", Mary says, "to work together with friends and relatives and professionals on exhibitions. It is this part where you feel that your work is done and now you are only one step from vacation." The exhibition will contain new drawings for the city of Nazareth. The artist and her close friends had to choose between presenting drawings that participated in exhibitions abroad or to have a new set of drawings to celebrate the occasion of having the first exhibition in Nazareth. And in the end all opted for the idea of having new set of drawings for the Nazareth exhibition.

- An Exhibition in Jerusalem on November 6^th 2007

An exhibition in Jerusalem will take place on November 6^th 2007 under the sponsorship of the Municipality of Jerusalem for a group of artists who undertook a series of workshops and lectures for the purposes of getting Arab and Jewish artists to find common grounds for their art work. The fruits of these meetings were numerous, thus one of these positive results was having an exhibition sponsored by the municipality of Jerusalem on November 6^th 2007. Meetings in Jerusalem are still held, and creative ideas are still generated by artists and municipality representatives together to try and present their unique work to their community.

- A tour in the Old City of Nazareth

New sketches are being taken for the buildings in the old quarter of Nazareth. New angles are being examined of the different structures of these fascinating buildings. Going to these buildings in the old quarter is a treat for everyone not to mention an artist. These old buildings are timeless in beauty and grandeur, they have their own character and soul.

- An Exhibition in Amman

A trip to Amman is scheduled for the beginning of next month (October) to prepare for the next exhibition in Amman which is going to be towards the spring of 2008. The theme of the exhibition is yet to be agreed upon, and negotiations are to take place during the coming period.

- Negotiations for a Joined Exhibition in 2008

Negotiations with different artists are being held to try and make joined exhibition in the year of 2008. This is usually a time consuming project because of the many factors that will govern the atmosphere of the venture. Many people will have to agree on things and many views should be taken -into consideration. However, this should be challenging and fun to work with so many people on one project.