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The Hamersly Library cordially invites you to the spring 2012 exhibits and event exploring Cultural Identity. The exhibits begin on Monday, April 9th and a performance installation will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Read more below.These exhibit...
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Artists at encaustic show in Troutdale use beeswax to create a wide variety of pieces
BY ROB CULLIVANThe Gresham Outlook, Sep 28, 2011THE OUTLOOK
Sparking ‘Dialogue’
Kanaan Kanaan, Middle East student advisor at Portland State University, grew up i...
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Kanaan Kanaan as part of Encaustic Masters: Inspirational Voices at Columbia River Gallery Troutdale.
Opening Reception: September 22, 2011 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.. Reception for First Friday Art Walk on October 7, 2011
Kanaan will also present a lectur...
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By GABRIEL ERBS, Jewish Review Intern
article created on: 2011-06-15
Portland State University welcomed Comedians Dean Obeidallah and Scott Blakeman May 28 to present StandUp For Peace, an interfaith stand-up comedy act.
Twelve student groups, incl...
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– April 8, 2011Posted in: CulturePainter and printmaker Daniel Heyman, whose collection “Bearing Witness” is exhibited inside the Miller Fine Arts Center, emphasized the necessity of recognizing the humanity in those around us during the April 5 Fra...
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The Unfailing. The Creator.
Virtually everyone raised as a Jew, a Christian or a Muslim will read these words as attributes of God.
That's the intention of artist Kanaan Kanaan, who has created a series of multimedia panels, each of them inclu...
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North Bank artist has solo show at Portland State
Kanaan Kanaan likes to use his art to highlight what different cultures and religions have in common. His latest exhibit is no exception.In “Graceful Names,” the 45-year-old member of North Bank Artis...
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Acclaimed artist Daniel Heyman, whose recent work includes portraits of former Abu Ghraib detainees, will present the Frazee Lecture “Social Justice and Spirituality: The Journey from Art to Action,” Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard an...
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"Ishlonak?" - what is your colorExhibit has been extendedApril 1st- May 27th
OPB article
Artist talk:
"Ishlonak?"- the many colors of the Arab world.April 22nd, 6:30 PM
Where:
North Bank Artists Gallery1005 Main St. Vancouver, WA 9886...
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'GRACEFUL NAMES'REFLECTS ON MAJESTY OF GOD, EXAMINES COMMONALITIES AMONG FAITHS
WHAT:"Graceful Names," a month-long art exhibit at Portland State University, inviting attendees to contemplate similarities among us. A focus also is cast on the use o...
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“Why Wax? How Encaustic Informs Our Art.”- Featuring artists Jeff Schaller, Cari Hernandez, and Kanaan Kanaan with moderator Andrea Benson.Encaustic is an ancient art medium that is enjoying a resurgence as artists couple its historic roots with moder...
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Palestinian Artist in Portland Encourages Cultural Conversation
You may find him sewing, painting, working with wax or making tiles which are not tiles at all. Kanaan Kanaan's colorful art exudes a cultural pride and carries a purpose: to encourage diffe...
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Bits 'n' Pieces: Trio of North Bank artists partner for show
By Columbian StaffMonday, March 29, 2010Next month North Bank Artists Gallery in downtown Vancouver will highlight the work of three artists, James Torson, Suzy Kitman and Kanaan Kanaan, in a s...
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The Search for Peace Film Festival and Art Exhibit
Opening reception: Sat Mar. 6th 7PM
Where: St. Pius X Community Center 1280 NW Saltzman Rd. Portland 97229 (map)
Description: Fri, 5th March, 6:00pm – Sun, 7th March, 8:30 AM-3 PM
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October 15, 2005Oregonian: Portland, Oregon“Beauty as Common Ground,” by Nancy Haught, Religious Editor“Each faith tradition has a strong history of ecumenical tolerance and of work on behalf of social justice, peace, and ecological stewardship,” ...
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Artist’s fundraiser to support Muslim schoolsBY GEOFF PURSINGERThe Times, Nov 12, 2009, Updated Nov 12, 2009 (2 Reader comments)L.E. BASKOW / PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUPART WITH A MESSAGE – Portland artist Kanaan Kanaan puts the finishing touches on his newes...
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“The Wilderness Journey”— A Christian, Muslimand Jew Build Bridges through Art andFriendship (panel discussion). 12 to 2 p.m. atFirst Congregational Church, 126 SW Park Ave.,Portland. “The Wilderness Journey” is an artexhibit exploring the conne...
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Palestinian artist showcases similarities between Christianity and IslamBy Kate Chester for the Catholic SentinelThe handcrafted tiles appear murky, a bit shadowy, somewhat blurred…yet to the observer, certain details rise to the surface, albeit in a mu...
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Religious complications
Three artists discover that art can't erase religious differences -- or can it? Sunday, October 17, 2004
INARA VERZEMNIEKS
Her idea was straightforward enough: Anne Barber Shams, a Christian, would invite a Muslim and a Jew to ...
