A two-day introductory workshop on portraiture and issues

of representation. The workshop will include a lecture with

a focus on non-western representations in contemporary
art, focusing particularly on photographic works from the
Global South & non-Western contexts.

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/Forum
/The Workshop

George Awde
/Information
Time
Friday, January 6th, 2017
(4:00 pm - 9:00 pm),
Saturday, January 7th, 2017
(12:00 am - 5:00 pm)
For Adults

/Biography

Language
Arabic and English
/To Register
Visit Website
www.21-39.com
Email us
education@21-39.com
/Location
Al Zahraa District, Gold Moor,
Gate 2, next to Souk Shatea
contact: +966 54 000 7275

George Awde is currently an Assistant Professor of

Photography at Virginia Commonwealth University in
Doha, Qatar and co-Director of marra.tein, a
residency and research initiative in Beirut. His awards
include the Aaron Siskind Foundation's Individual
Photographer's Fellowship (2012), Philadelphia
Museum of Art's Photography Portfolio Competition
(2012), Fulbright US Scholar Grant to Egypt
(2013-2012), Alice Kimball English Travel Fellowship
(2009), and The Richard Benson Scholarship for
Excellence in Photography (2008). In 2015 Awde was
an artist in residence at Light Work in Syracuse, New
York. Awdes work has been exhibited
internationally, including cities such as Los Angeles,
Istanbul, Beirut, Paris, Doha, Dubai, Lahore, Cairo,
London, and New York.
CV: http://www.georgeawde.com/cv

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Drawing

Effat Fadag
Painting

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Bahaa Abudaya
Art History

George Awde
Photography

Luis Castaneda
Design Principles

Huda Abi Fares

Typography

Sam & Till

Curation