Unique show to unite

Jews and Muslims

Exhibition for
artists from
both faiths
AN UNUSUAL collaboration between artists from Muslim and Jewish
backgrounds is about to open in Bedminster.
The Grant Bradley gallery in Bedminster Parade is hosting an
exhibition called British Muslim and Jewish Art, backed by the Arts
Council, from June 2.
It's been organised by Bristol group Salaam Shalom, which aims
to create dialogue between Muslims and Jewish people.
The exhibition brings together 13 regional and national artists,
and forms part of the Salaam Shalom Shared Spaces Festival.
It includes a specially commissioned collaborative work
between Jewish artist Tom Berry and Bristol-based Muslim poet
Shagufta Iqbal.
The success of the group's first exhibition in 2015 led organisers
to decide to expand the project to include a wider range fo artists and
hold a festival celebrating broader creativity within the two cultures.
Recognising the sensitivity over the use of images within Islamic
and some parts of Jewish traditions, the exhibition combines a range
of art forms. These include geometric design, calligraphy, paper cuts,
ceramics and mixed media works from artists including Louise Block,
Maryam Golubeva, Josh Baum and Vaseem Mohammed.
The exhibition runs for one month as part of the Shared Spaces
Festival, which includes live music and poetry, a historical archive of
Bristol's Muslim and Jewish communities, art workshops, talks,
dialogue events and film screenings.
Salaam Shalom's project Manager Rebecca Bellamy said: This
extraordinary exhibition celebrated som of the positive contributions
Muslims and Jews are making to British culture. Out range of events
accompanying the exhibition, and the exhibtion itself, are spaces for
conversation and collaboration between all communities.
sharedspacesfestival.co.uk
Published 06/06/2016 Editor Paul Breeden
South Bristol Voice -Paper