Core Exhibitions
The exhibitions and other events are supported in part by the National Endowment of the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the Violet Jabara Charitable Trust, the Harris Finch Foundation, and partnering institutions.
The Institute for Women and Art welcomes all visitors with disabilities. Please contact the IWA for further details and information regarding accommodation of specific needs at: womenart.rutgers.edu or 732-932-3726.
Exhibition: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
August 13 - September 9, 2012
Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University
Artists: Jananne Al-Ani, Fatima Al Qadari, Monira Al Qadari, Ofri Cnaani, Diana El Jeiroudi, Ayana Friedman, Ariane Littman, Ebru Özseçen, Laila Shawa, Nil Yalter
33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday: 10am - 3pm; weekends by appointment
Exhibition: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
August 18, 2012 - January 13, 2013
Princeton University Art Museum
Artists: Parastou Forouhar, Mona Hatoum, Sigalit Landau, Shirin Neshat, Laila Shawa
124 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544
Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Museum will be closed November 21; December 24, 25, and 31, 2012; and January 1, 2013
Exhibition: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
August 27 - October 19, 2012
Bernstein Gallery at Woodrow Wilson School,
Princeton University
Artists: Negar Akhami, Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh, Zeina Barakeh, Ofri Cnaani, Parastou Forouhar, Shadi Ghadirian
Berstein Gallery, Woodrow Wilson School, (lower level),
Prospect Avenue at Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5pm and by appointment
Exhibition: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
August 29 - September 28, 2012
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries,
Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Rutgers University
Artists: Fatimah Tuggar
Douglass College Library,
8 Chapel Drive, George St at Nichol Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 4:30pm; weekends by appointment
Sponsors: Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, Center for African Studies, Institute for Women and Art, Rutgers University Libraries, The Feminist Art Project
Exhibition: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
October 4 - November 1, 2012
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries,
Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Rutgers University
Artists: Ariane Littman, Lebowitz Visiting Artist in Residence
Douglass College Library,
8 Chapel Drive, George St at Nichol Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 4:30pm; weekends by appointment
Sponsors: Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, Institute for Women and Art, Rutgers University Libraries, The Feminist Art Project and Mildred and George Weissman
Exhibition: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
November 9 - December 17, 2012
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries,
Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Rutgers University
Artists: Shahzia Sikander
Douglass College Library,
8 Chapel Drive, George St at Nichol Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-4:30pm; weekends by appointment
Sponsors: Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, Institute for Women and Art, Rutgers University Libraries, South Asian Studies Program, The Feminist Art Project and Mildred and George Weissman.
Exhibition: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society
October 4 - November 21, 2012
Paul Robeson Gallery, Arts Council of Princeton
Artists: Shiva Ahmadi, Monira Al Qadari, Nezaket Ekici, Hayv Kahraman, Efrat Kedem
102 Witherspoon Street at Paul Robeson Place
Princeton, NJ 08542
Gallery Hours: Monday through Saturday, 9am - 5 pm
Complementary Exhibitions
Exhibition: Memory of Here, Memory of There:
Fertile Crescent Dialogues at the West Winsor Arts Center
September 2 - through October 12, 2012
West Windsor Arts Council, Princeton Junction
Artists: Samira Abbassy, Nadia Ayari, Milcah Bassel, Dahlia Elsayed, Armita Raafat, Emna Zghal
952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550
Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Friday, Noon- 6pm, Saturday 10 am - 4pm
Exhibition: The El Nafeza Papermaking Project:
A Collaboration between Art and the Environment
September 4 - September 29, 2012
East Brunswick Public Library
Artists: The El Nafeza Papermaking Project
2 Civic Center Drive, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Library Hours: Mon, Tues,Thur 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Wed, Fri, Sat 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sun 1 - 5 p.m.
El Nafeza Foundation for Contemporary Art & Development founded by Dr. Mohamed Abou El Naga is an Egyptian foundation working in the fields of art and development, legally registered in 2007 though it has been informally working since 2002. El Nafeza seeks to revive and spread the papermaking industry, contributing to the protection of environment through disposal of agricultural refuse, such as rice straw, Nile water lilies and paper refuse in an environmentally friendly way. It tries to provide an untraditional source of income for many of the people of the countryside and poor areas, by teaching them the art of papermaking, especially girls, and also people with special needs, such as the deaf and mute. Its Papermaking Center is located in El Fustat district, in Masr El Qadima (Old Egypt). El Nafeza organizes local and international exhibitions and workshops in the field of the artist and art book El Nafeza also provides database and news for artists and people interested in the field of artist and art book through El Nafeza's website.
Farah Ossouli: Ars Poetica
September 4, 2012 - January 9, 2013
Orbit I Gallery
Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers/Newark campus
Rutgers University
Artist: Farah Ossouli
350 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07042
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am - 10pm;
Friday, 8:30 am - 7 pm; Saturday, 11 am - 3
pm; Sunday, closed
Two Solo Shows: Mary Cross: Photos of Egyptand Ifat Shatzky: Soil-Adama
September 15 - December 31, 2012
Princeton Public Library
Artists: Mary Cross and Ifat Shatzky
65 Witherspoon Street, (corner of Wiggins Street)
Princeton, NJ 08542
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Exhibition: Borderlands
October 9 - December 3, 2012
New Brunswick Public Library
Artists: Linda Bock-Hinger, Sheetal Bagewadi, Natalia Kadish, Mediha Sandhu, Ela Shah, Tamara Woronczuk
60 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Hours: Monday through Thursday: 10am - 9pm Friday and Saturday: 10am - 5pm Sunday*: 1pm - 5pm *2012 Sunday hours are from January 8 through May 13 and September 9 through December 16
Orament and Narrative: Women Artists of Eastern Diasporas
October 15 - December 15, 2012
Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
Stedman Gallery, Gordon Theater
Artists: Roya Akhavan, Siona Benjamin, Lalla Essaydi, Sissi Farassat, Naomi Safran-Hon, Soody Sharifi, Mitra Tabrizian
Third and Pearl Sts.
Camden, NJ 08102
Hours: Monday through Friday: 10am - 4pm Thursdays until 8pm and Saturdays 10am - 4pm, September through May
Exhibition: Goddess, Lion, Peasant, Priest:
Modern and Contemporary Indian Art from the Shelley and
Donald Rubin Private Collection
October 24 - December 16, 2012
The College of New Jersey Art Gallery
The College of New Jersey
2000 Pennington Road,
Ewing, NJ 08628
Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 12:00 to 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.; and group visits by appointment
Fashioning the Cultural Impact of Islamic Diaspora
- Out of the Closet:
Clothes and Textiles from the Fertile Crescent
- Everyday Islam Photographs by Annanya Dasgupta
- Musical Performance: Mandinka, traditional music from Senegal
- Dance Performance: Kathak by Courtyard Dancers Company
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 3 - 7pm
Multipurpose Room, Student Center, Rutgers University
Moderator: Nida Sajid
Invited speakers: Moderator: Ousseina Alidou, Rutgers University; Sylviane Diouf, Schomburg Center; Meheli Sen, Rutgers University; Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Montclair State University; Heather Marie Akou, Indiana University; Pallabi Chakraborty, Swarthmore College; Fakhri Haghani, Rutgers University
Student Center, Rutgers University
126 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Sponsored and Hosted by: AMESALL: The Department of African, Middle Eastern and
South Asian
Languages and Literatures, Rutgers
Institute for Woman and Art
(IWA) - Rutgers University
