The Islamic Art & Material Culture Collaborative (IAMCC) is pleased to announce the launch of its new online eight-part monthly series entitled Crafting Conversations: Discourses on the Craft Heritage of the Islamic World – Past, Present and Future. These sessions will be held on Zoom one Saturday each month starting in October 2020. All sessions are FREE but registration via Eventbrite is required. Please see below for a list of all the sessions. Please note that details are correct at the time of posting but may be subject to change. Further details, including how to register, can be found on the IAMCC webpage.
Crafting Conversations: Discourses on the Craft Heritage of the Islamic World -- Past, Present and Future
An Initiative of the Islamic Art and Material Culture Collaborative (IAMCC), Toronto, Canada
Hosted by Fahmida Suleman, Curator of Islamic Art & Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
- Saturday 31 October, 1pm EDT
"New from Old: Designs Inspired by the Mamluk Minbars of Cairo"
Omniya Abdel Barr, Project Manager Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation, Cairo, Egypt
Co-hosted with Heba Mostafa, Assistant Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of Art History, University of Toronto - Saturday 21 November, 11am EST
"Embroidery from Palestine: Disciplining the Past to Craft the Future"
OmarJoseph Nasser-Khoury, anti-fashion designer, Jerusalem, Palestine
Co-hosted with Ruba Kana‘an, Assistant Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga - Saturday 19 December, 11am EST
"Embroidery in the Age of Corona: Documentation and Practice from Iraq, Jordan and the Netherlands"
Fatima Abbadi, embroiderer, collector and photographer, Capelle aan den Ijssel, Netherlands - Saturday 30 January, 11am EST
"Two Sides of the Same Coin: Is There a Difference between Islamic Art and Craft?"
Parviz Tanavoli, artist, collector and scholar, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Marcus Milwright, Professor of Islamic Art & Archaeology and Chair of the Department of Art History and Visual Studies, University of Victoria, BC, Canada - Saturday 27 February, 11am EST
"The Museum’s Role in Amplifying and Sustaining Craft and Making"
Leslee Michelsen, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design (Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art), Honolulu HI, USA - Saturday 27 March, 11am EDT
"From Craft to Art: Egyptian Appliqué-work in Light of Local and Global Changes"
Seif El Rashidi, Director of the Barakat Trust, London, England
Co-hosted with Heba Mostafa, Assistant Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of Art History, University of Toronto - Saturday 24 April, 11am EDT
"Deconstructing the Code: Craft Collaborations in Morocco"
Sara Ouhaddou, artist, France and Morocco; Mariam Rosser-Owen, Curator, Middle East Section, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England - Saturday May 29, 11am EDT
"Design for a Nomadic World: The Future Heritage Lab"
Azra Aksamija, Director of the MIT Future Heritage Lab and Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA
Co-hosted with Ulrike Al-Khamis, Interim Director and Director of Collections and Public Programs, Aga Khan Museum