On Sunday, January 26th, twenty EMIS Visual Arts students set out on their last art trip for the year accompanied by their teacher Shlomit Kanfi to Umm Al-Fahem, the largest Arab city in Israel. The students were welcomed at the museum with freshly brewed coffee and tea, lovely weather, and Mr Said Abu Shakra. Mr Abu Shakra, the dynamic founder and director of Umm Al-Fahem Art Museum and the winner of the Shulamit Aloni Prize in December of 2019.
Read moreAnnouncing 2nd Congress of the People at Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery
The Israeli-Palestinian Traveling Negotiating Assembly is set to take place on November 1, 2019, at the Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery. Hundreds of Israelis, Palestinians, adults and high school students will gather to negotiate solutions to the conflict.
Read moreUmm El Fahem Gallery Visit Report by Emanuelle Slater
On the 23rd of January 2018, the visual art students of EMIS woke up bright and early and got into a bus driving straight to a rainy Umm Al Fahm (alternatively spelled Umm El-Fahem), an Arab town in the Haifa District of Israel. Upon arrival, the students were welcomed in the Umm El-Fahem Art Gallery with warm smiles and a delicious Arab breakfast. After getting settled in, the students took a walk around the exhibition, Selfie: I Was Here by Ashraf Fawakhry, an exhibition
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