Aziz Kibari Solo Exhibition in Marrakech

Aziz Kibari is having a solo exhibition at the Casino of La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh from December 10th to 16th

If you haven't caught up with this exciting artist, then this is great opportunity to see his work. The style is idiosyncratic and his two main motifs - the donkey and the "bonhomme" - are a delight!

Aziz has worked over the years to improve and expand his techniques and media using gouache and acrylic on paper with warm colours, natural.

Aziz Kibari instantly detects the artistic potential of beldi characters straight out of his imagination and inspired by his youth on his parent's farm.

"Through my paintings, I try to recover a lost world in all its simplicity with an attachment to the land and nature's inspiration." - Aziz Kibari

More information
Aziz Kibari
Art Studio Charaf Marrakesh
Mob +212 660 636 484
azizkibari@gmail.com

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Fes Festival Fringe

During the Fes Festival a number of fringe events have been held in the Fes Medina, adding to the lively and creative atmosphere. These include a singing workshop and street performance with children from the Fez Medina Children's Library, and an exhibition by a locally based UK artist, Noel Bensted.

Singing Workshop

On Sunday afternoon, a group of 20 Australian singers, led by renowned choir master Stuart Davis, did a workshop with a group of children who regularly attend the Fes Medina Children's Library.

Despite having no spoken language in common, the two groups bonded over a love of music. The 17 children, ranging in age from 7 - 14, learned three songs in a room provided by the Medina Social Club. They then did an impromptu street performance in front of the Medina Children's Library with the Australian travellers - much to the enjoyment of the local shopkeepers and passersby, as well as the singers.

Stuart Davis conducts three choirs in Sydney, and is a musician in the band Big Merino. "What a joy to find a group of open, responsive, unselfconscious, happy children waiting to sing with us on our visit to Fez," he said. "We made the effort to learn a few words in Arabic to connect, but needn’t have worried - the kids were so quick to pick up everything and it seemed that, as always, the music itself is the universal language. It was a real highlight for everyone in our group."

For further information about the Fez Medina Children's Library, CLICK HERE.

Painting Exhibition 

This week, Fez-based painter Noel Bensted is holding an open house to show his latest works. Many were produced during a recent creative frenzy of 22 days of painting, and feature Moroccan portraits and landscapes.

The classical figurative painter, originally from the UK, finds abundant inspiration in the Fez Medina. "I love the beauty of the cast light here...Everywhere I look is like a Rembrandt or Caravaggio painting. But it's not fake - it's real," he said.

Paintings range from €150 - €800, and drawings from €60 - €200.

For more information: CLICK HERE. 
Noel Bensted can be contacted on +212 (0) 6 88 72 11 23.

Review and photographs: Suzanna Clarke

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Sal Sidner - Art Exhibition Opens Saturday

ART Exhibition - "The Dancing Brush " - Recent works by S a l  S i d n e r

O p e n i n g : Sunday, June 22, 6:30 PM ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Bath
Continues daily 4-6 PM through June 30

Sal Sidner is an artist who paints what she sees en pleine aire when she travels. In the studio her mixed media paintings and installations reflect her love of music, textiles and collage, and address human culture, feminist issues and ecological concerns. Born in England, she attended Loughborough and West of England Colleges of art, before moving to India, and eventually the USA. Her Master’s studies were at New York University, Ca' Foscari in Venice Italy, and Academia de Bellas Artes, Florence. She holds Educational Specialist and Master’s degrees from the University of Florida, and currently teaches art. She has been awarded artist’s residencies in Europe, India and the USA, and exhibits at international fairs.

C o n t a c t :
Email: alifphotoclub@gmail.com
GSM: 0641271605 - 0659661502
ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha
https://www.facebook.com/ALC.ALIF.Photography.Club

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Tangier: Books and art to celebrate the return of spring

More than a book fair, a real artistic and literary festival with concerts, workshops for children, theatre. This year, the Book and Arts Fair in Tangier has chosen to put on its spring clothes and renew its program for the summer season. For its 22nd edition, it becomes the "Spring of the Book and Arts of Tangier" and is more inclusive by diversifying the proposed activities, from April 19 to 22, at the Palace of the Italian Institutions and other places in Tangier

"An event, whatever it is, must be renewed since it decreases after a certain number of years. We wanted to give it a new birth hence the choice of 'spring', a symbol of regeneration," explains Jerome Migayrou, director of the French Institute of Tangier who organises the show in partnership with the Tangier Region Cultural Action Association.

This change will not only be aesthetic, since it also accompanies a new approach and a more varied program that includes concerts, workshops for children, screenings or theater. "Thanks to the abundance of activities and disciplines offered, everyone will be able to choose their activity in relation to what interests them the most."

The Palace of Italian Institutions will bring together the stands of different publishing houses and bookstores in the city, but other parts of the city will also host the many events of this event. The show will be held in schools, colleges and high schools, as well as at the Cinémathèque de Tangier, where Moroccan and French films and documentaries such as "Braguino" (2017) by Clément Cogitore will be screened.

For this new format, the show launches the first edition of "Tangier Arts Tour", a circuit that art lovers can follow to visit all the galleries of the city, which have set up 12 exhibitions under the theme of The Encounter. Visitors will find the abstract works of Nourredine Lahrech and Mhamed Cherifi at the Mohamed Drissi Gallery, the architectural photographs of Hicham Gardaf at the Delacroix Gallery, the anonymous portraits of Jaimal Odera at the American Legation, or the surprising paintings of Abdelkader Melehi at the Dar art gallery.

The Photoloft, Mahal art space, Conil, Artingis, Ibn Khaldoun, Conil Volubilis, Medina Art galleries and the Les insolites bookshop will exhibit the works of artists from Morocco and elsewhere throughout the Salon.

After celebrating youth in 2017 , the show chose this year to focus on "The Meeting - the other's own". This theme will be explored through the many round tables animated by one of the mainly Moroccan authors and experts, notably Driss Ksikes, Jalil Bennani, Abdessamad Dialmy, Fouad Laroui, Sana El Aji or Abdelfattah Kilito.

"We wanted to explore the importance of the other, of those who are different from us to show that this difference is fundamental in our society and that as long as we try to standardize behavior, cultural proposals ... we are impoverishing the world," explains Migayrou.

Always in this festival spirit, several concerts and musical readings are planned during this show in the Palace of the Italian Institutions. Rapper Muslim and singer Hamid Elhadri will ignite the palace scene on April 20, after a musical reading of Eric Reinhardt's "The Room of the Spouses" and Melodie Richard.

The next day, the evening will begin with a recital of poetry with Abdellatif Laâbi, followed by the concert of the mythical group Gnawa Diffusion. Finally, the classical music will close the show with the meeting of the Ukrainian pianist Nathalia Romanenko and the French writer Marek Halter who will tell the story of the fate of three women in Islam.

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Moroccan Artist Laila Benhalima

Mention Moroccan contemporary art and the names that come to mind are people such as Achraf Touloub, Younès Rahmoun, Fathiya Tahiri and Mahi Binebine. Now add the name Laila Benhalima to that list. Laila currently has an exhibition on in Rabat. It is certainly worth a visit

She dances around "those colourful stars that cannot shine without darkness"

Laila Benhalima is a Moroccan artist born in Rabat. She has been recognised for a many years as having a prestigious talent which this exhibition certainly displays.

Since a very young age, Laila has been living in her own world and found a way to communicate through her art. The natural world - especially the lush, fertile landscape and energy originating from her North African culture - evokes for her a personal response that is full of so much energy showcasing with her African abstract paintings, the vibrant colours, history, and imagery of one of the world's most alluring continents.

While Laila is in action painting some her most complex and beautiful pieces, she dances around "those colourful stars that cannot shine without darkness".

 Laila is a woman of high energy, passion and she is always eager to share her deep thoughts with the world through her painting. She examines how complex our universe is and how she can turn sadness, loneliness and darkness into unconditional love - something that the world needs today more than ever before.

Laila is Pharmacist by profession and Artist and Coach at heart.  One of her goals has been not only promoting peace and love through Art, but also to encourage students to become involved in art in the hope that they can achieve their own recognition as promising artists.

Her influence as an Artist-woman has been widely felt, and had a positive impact throughout her community around her native country Morocco. This exhibition adds to her stature. It is hoped the exhibition can travel to Fez sometime in the future, inshallah.

The exhibition at the Nadira Gallery (11 rue Soussa, Centre Ville, Rabat) continues until March 15.

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Philippe Laleu Exhibition Opening Night

Traces of a Journey, an exhibition by French artist Philippe Lauleu, opened last night at the French Institute in Fez's Ville Nouvelle.

The body of work was created in Japan more than 20 years ago, but remains contemporary and relevant.  The theme, explained Laleu, is about the Japanese relationship with landscape and the nearness of death. "They know they are trying to stay on a shaking fish; that any moment could be their last."

The intriguing works are executed either on fragments of old kimonos, or canvas, and feature anatomy, maps and features of the landscape. "I was working in Kobe during the big earthquake they had there, and more than 6,500 people disappeared." The poignancy of people searching for their loved ones, who had been literally lost in the landscape, stayed with him and became the theme of this exhibition.

Laleu has had a long record as an artist, and was also the Director of the French Institute between 2005 and 2015. He now lives in Fez, and finds constant inspiration in the ancient medina.

It will be intriguing to see his future works about Fez.

Traces of a Journey exhibition runs until the end of March at the French Institute Gallery, 33 Rue Ahmed Loukili, Ville Nouvelle, Fez. For further info CLICK HERE. 

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Ritual, Practice and Sufism in Africa

The Second day of the 3rd International Artists Gathering dawned cold but sunny. Proceedings got underway after morning coffee and a panel on "Ritual, Practice and Sufism in Africa

The panel was chaired by Anthropologist, George Bajalla , from New York's Columbia University.

Sidi Brahim Tidjani, the spiritual leader of the Tidjani Sufi Brotherhood, was quick to point out that there was a big difference between what he termed "popular" Sufism and formal Sufism. When it cam to the question of art, Sidi Brahim pointed out that "art is in the breath" - referring to the practice of samaa - listening and remembering.

Fernando Manrique

Fernando Manrique, psychotherapist and psychiatrist, gave an animated description of what constitutes ritual. Remarking that ritual is a necessary component of community.

In the audience - Jess Stephens of Culture Vultures

Ramia Beladel - fascinating personal ritual

Ramia Beladel, a Marrakech based artist, gave a fascinating description of "life-long project" entitled "Waiting for Godot to Bless Me".  Her search for a personal ritual has evolved since she came up with the concept back in 2011.  In an echo of Brahim Tidjani's description of "art being in the breath". Ramia has made a ritual of putting her breath into white balloons and leaving them in sacred places with some white stones.  Ramia has performed her evolving ritual at the annual celebrations at Sidi Ali in 2015 and 2016 and also in Bolivia. Ramia is keen on spreading the ritual and has already had an artist in Canada take up the challenge

Professor Meriem El Haitami - shrinking women's space

By far the most academic presentation was from Professor Meriem El Haitami, from Rabat's International University. She challenged the notion of formal versus popular Sufism and went on to point out what she sees as a disturbing trend, a reduction in the space to women in mosques and other sacred spaces. At the same time she pointed out the research that shows women have often been ceremonial leaders in Sufi practice.

Calligrapher, Mohammed Charkaoui, gave a fascinating presentation on the changing style of calligraphy over the centuries.

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Africa of the Africans - Fez Gathering Opens

Thursday evening saw the opening of the 3rd Fez Gathering. The opening took place at the ALIF Riad in Batha and was well attended.   Omar Chennafi and his team are to be congratulated on bringing a diverse range of artists, photographers and performers together

Omar Chennafi  - the man with the vision

The audience was welcomed by Omar Chennafi and fellow team member, Meryem Lahrichi, who thanked the key workers.  Omar went on to thank the sponsors and partners of the Fez Gathering.

The next couple of days promise a string of events that should prove interesting to both art practitioners and the general public. Entry to all sessions is free.

Between 9am and 10.30 on Friday there is a panel discussion on photography and documentary in Africa,  chaired by Frank Vellenger, a photographer from the Netherlands. The panel includes US Fulbright scholar, Tina Barouti,  Rabat photographer, M'hammed Kilito and Berlin based artists, Benjamin Füglister and Eva Maria Ocherbauer.

The second roundtable discussion of the morning begins at 11 on the topic of Ritual Practice and Sufism in Africa.  Panelists include psychologists, anthropologists and the Tijani spiritual leader  Sidi Brahim Tidjani. It promises to be an interesting discussion.

Both roundtables will take place at Dar Batha, 15 Derb Salaj (directly opposite the Hotel Batha).

At 3pm there is an African fashion show at the ALIF Riad.

You can see the full programme here: Fez Gathering 

German Designer Artist Sarah Kunze has an installation at Cafe Clock. Sarah has been working in the village of Sefrou with Culture Vultures.

German Designer Artist Sarah Kunze has a "flying carpet" project

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Fez Gathering - Starts Today

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The opening ceremony is at 6pm on Thursday January 11th, in the ALIF Riad

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Fez Gathering - Programme

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Africa of the Africans,” the 3rd Annual International Artists Gathering of Fez

“Africa of the Africans,” is the 3rd Annual International Artists Gathering of Fez and runs from January 11-14, 2018

Co-curated by local artist and founder Omar Chennafi and guest curators Neil van der Linden, and George Bajalia, the 3rd Annual International Fez Gathering of Artists in Fez celebrates the theme “Africa of the Africans.”

Artists and scholars from around the world are invited to explore the connections between Morocco and the rest of the African continent through talks, art, and music. In addition to displaying the cultural power of Africa, the event promotes awareness of the intrinsic diversities and commonalities of the continent and studies its unexplored potentials within the walls of Fez – a symbolic ancient city with a modern role. The Gathering is a leader in promoting the arts of Africa and supports the artistic community of Fez by providing it a space to exhibit artwork alongside international artists, academics, and guests.

This year’s Gathering includes the following panels: “Photography and Documentary in Africa,” “Contemporary Art in Africa,” “Ritual, Practice, and Sufism in Africa,” and “Language Exchange in Africa: Beyond Francophone and Anglophone.” Presenters will discuss the function of cultural production in the African context and how art is being used to address the current challenges on the continent. Artists joining this year’s Gathering include Mohamed Arejdal, Ramia Beladel, Meriem El Haitami , Mohamed Charkaoui, Benjamin Füglister, M’hammed Kilito, Aurelie Lierman, Eva Maria Ocherbauer, Matteo Rubbi, Frank Vellenga, and Shishani Vranckx.

Omar Chennafi is the driving force behind the Gathering

Admission is free and open to the public. Participants are invited to share feedback. The entire festival will be filmed, documented and subsequently shared on social media. This coverage will include one-on-one interviews with artists and participants.

The International Fez Gathering of Artists is held in partnership with The Dutch embassy in Rabat, The Goethe-Institut in Morokko, The French Institute of Fez, the Regional Council of Tourism, American Language Centre of Fez, Café Clock, the Moroccan-American Commission for Education and Cultural Exchange, Plan-it Morocco, The Cervantes Institute, and the Confederation of African Students and Interns in Morocco.

For more information and press inquiries please contact Gwyneth Talley, Press/Media Coordinator, at fezgathering@gmail.com. Visit us online at http://www.fezgathering.com/.

Preview Program schedule
This is a preliminary schedule of the 3rd Fez Gathering program. Further theatre, concert, workshops and other performances will be announced in the coming weeks.

January 11th, 2018 Alif Riad (Invited guests) Arrival day in Fez.
18:30 Opening ceremony/reception - Alif Riad in Batha, Fez Medina. 19:00 Music Concert

January 12th, 2018 Dar Batha and other locations (Open to the general public)
19:00 Panel presentation: Contemporary Art in Africa
Panel presentation: Photography & Documentary Films in Africa Lunch provided by Café Clock Fez Fashion show: African Fashion
Exhibition opening at Alif Riad or El Kasmi gallery Music concert

January 13th, 2018
(Open to the general public)
Panelpresentation: Sufism, Religion, Rituals and their Artistic Expressions in Africa
Break Panel presentation: Language Exchange in Africa: Beyond Francophone and Anglophone Lunch provided by Café Clock Fez
Workshop:Islamic Geometry
Theatre Performance at Cinema Boujloud
Slideluck, African Potluck followed by the slide show production
Dar Batha and other locations

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Trivium Retreat Crafts Deeper Meaning

The Trivium Retreat, to be held from September 10 to 17, will explore the connections between craftsmanship and spiritual life

Hamza El Fasiki, founder of Craft Draft

The retreat will include workshops by craftsmen and artists, including copper etching, bookbinding, herbal medicine, calligraphy and photography.

As well as learning how to "make", there will be visits to sacred spaces in and around Fez such as Moulay Ya’qoub, the Qarwaeen and saintly shrines, which will provide space for contemplation.

One of the organisers, Miriam Hicklin, says, "We will also seek answers to some of the most pressing questions that we have today concerning our work and lifestyles. Why do we work? What work should we do? How does our work connect to the rest of our existence?"

Miriam Hicklin of Atlas Apothecary

The Trivium Retreat is the result of a collaboration between Miriam Hicklin, Hamza El Fasiki and Aiysha Amin.

"Hamza and I had throught for a long time that there was something more that could be added - to explore intersections between spirtiual and artistic life of Fez," says Miriam. "An artist friend and I in London, (Aiysha), were on a spirituality and nature retreat. She is involved in the traditional arts and loves Fez, so we thought about offering a workshop which was a combination of art, spirituality and nature."

Miriam Hicklin lives between London and Fez, where she is the founder of The Atlas Apothecary. At Atlas, she teaches what she has learnt from apprenticeships with herbalists and midwives, and instructs in herbal medicine making and holistic health. She will co-ordinate the retreat and teach herbal medicine.

Hamza El Fasiki lives in Fez and is the founder of Craft Draft. The son of a master craftsman, he came back to craftsmanship after training academically.

 Craft Draft is an art studio in the medina which teaches traditional crafts in short-medium term workshops. At the retreat, Hamza will lead the crafts workshops.

Aiysha Amin, artist and craftswoman

Aiysha Amin lives in London and is a practicing artist and craftswoman, trained at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts. On the retreat she will lead the lecture curriculum and introduce participants to the principles of Islamic geometry.

"Craftsmanship has always been part of people's spiritual lives, and is integrated within Sufi traiqas (brotherhoods)," explains Miriam.  During the week, participants will also be able to visit local shrines for circles of Dhikr (Islamic Meditation).

Hamza will host participants at his studio in the Fez medina, where they will learn the principles of copper etching and bookbinding. Participants will have an opportunity to observe the work of craftsmen around the Medina, including a blacksmith, woodworker and tile-maker, as well as being taught calligraphy by a local master.

There will also be a trip to the saintly shrines of Moulay Ya’qoub and Lalla Shafia outside of Fez, where Miriam will hold a class on the principles of herbal medicine. She says the group will have a picnic and forage for herbs. "We will identify plants in the wild, and I will talk about how we use each of the herbs that we find, with a holistic approach. Artiemisa, lavender, hardy mediterranean herbs should still growing in September, and we will make infusions and perhaps lotions."

Towards the end of the week, photographer Omar Chennafi will host a masterclass on spiritual photography on the slopes of Mt Zalagh.

Accommodation will be at Dar Arsama in the Fez Medina, a beautifully decorated guest house run by artists Violeta Caldrés and her husband Adil Elfasi. Some of the workshops will be held there.

"We are arranging every day in a structured way," says Miriam. "The day will begin at the first call to prayer, when there will be time for prayer and meditation - silent time - followed by the workshops and lectures."

Miriam emphasises that the retreat is open to people from different spiritual practices and traditions. "We have no restrictions on who we take. We are open to having people who haven't done much art practice - for them to take the skills they learn over their week into their professions - and also to people who do practice art. These days, people have no time. There are very few who do their jobs in a mindful and purposeful way, and have an appreciation for making things. We want to offer people the opportunity to change their minds about what they want to do with their lives."

Group size is limited to 10 on the Trivium Retreat, and just a few places remain. The deadline for applications is June 10.

For further information, please see www.craftdraft.org/retreats

To complete an application form CLICK HERE. 

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Street Art in Morocco ~ More Than Graffiti

Yesterday we asked where this street was. Nobody was able to pinpoint it exactly, but several of our readers guessed it was in Fez. The correct answer is Derb Lmzd Tahti in the Fez Medina

Mohssine and his friend, painted Derb Lmzd in 7 days and then discovered that the paint they had chosen was less than perfect - it came off very quickly!

Once they found the right paint the street was transformed. It was an exciting new look for what had been one of the dirtiest narrow streets in the Medina

There has been a change of attitude towards street art. For a long time considered vandalism, it was only during the last decade that graffiti began to be seen as a pictorial work in its own right, where it was grouped with stencil, collage, posters and mosaics, in what has been called "Street Art".

Street Art, which embellishes public spaces and reflects the know-how and undoubted talent of the artists, is a concept that has just emerged in Western societies. Yet, in Morocco, the notion of urban art has been present since the dawn of time. Arabic calligraphy, zellige and arabesques, as well as the carved wood is undoubtedly art and adorns the alleys of the ancient medinas.

In order to celebrate this art and allow it to occupy its place within the Moroccan artistic and cultural landscape, the festival "Jidar, Toiles de Rue" was created in 2015, inviting artists to decorate public spaces with gigantic frescoes.

Initiated by the association EAC-L'Boulvart, the third edition of the festival "Jidar, Toiles de Rue", will take place from 21 to 30 April in Rabat, and will feature 20 street artists from Morocco, Spain, Germany, Italy, Colombia, Romania, Ukraine, Egypt and Mexico, who will work on ten walls in the city and will "bring back to life the patrimony of yesterday, today ".

This initiative enabled Rabat to be featured on "Artsy", a site specialising in artistic news, among the cities where it is all well and good to be a street artist, and to rub shoulders with some of the largest Cities, including Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Melbourne.

See our earlier story about street art in Rabat
Thanks to Begoña Parajón Robles for the photographs of Derb Lmzd

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Street Art ~ the Beikirch Mural in Rabat

Recently the German street artist Hendrik Beikirch painted the final wall of his "tracing Morocco" series, in Rabat, Morocco. “Najma” is the title of this 115 x 50 ft tall mural in the Rabat. The artist used emulsion and spray paint of Montana black, on a concrete surface

A Project by Beikirch and Montresso Art Foundation for the Mohamed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Photo of work in progress: Fabrice Gino

"An aesthetic vision that couples painterly sensibility with the techniques of photorealism"

From the artist's website

Photocredit: Nils-Mueller

Looming large in the post-industrial cityscape, Beikirch’s documentary works are studies in humanity. Responding to cultural shifts in the perception of beauty brought about by the ubiquitous presence of digital media, Beikirch rejects the sleek youthfulness that predominates in modern visual culture in favour of an aesthetic vision that couples painterly sensibility with the techniques of photorealism. The world-weariness, grit, and cautious optimism of his subjects imbue these works with a sense of the familiar. there is something reassuring to be found in the melancholy that radiates from these faces.

Beikirch’s murals are not so much interventions in the urban landscape as they are our silent companions, reminders of our common humanity and representations of both actual individuals and the diverse populations of the modern city. roadside shadows, they command our attention; at times melancholic, other times brusque in their sensibility. The subjects of his fictional works are inspired by his imagination and do not adhere to human proportions, instead they are distorted, fragmented and subtly surreal in appearance. Questioning both their surroundings and the conventions of portraiture, these works share the hyperrealist aesthetics of his documentary work, while employing skewed perspectives to accentuate the image and its character.

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Australian Artist Exhibits in Fez

Art Exhibition: "Study of the Equid" by Natalie Scholtz. An exploration through paint and pencil of horses, mules and donkeys in Fez

Natalie Scholtz is a visual artist from Western Australia. As a drawer and painter Scholtz depicts the gesture and emotion of objects in her immediate environment. Scholtz's works range between bold and colorful representation of form, to subtle suggestions of shape through sketchy line.

From the last week of January through February 2017 Natalie Scholtz was given the opportunity to paint, draw and document the work, ethics, and equids of the American Fondouk and broader Fez community. The full-time work that goes on behind the closed doors of the American Fondouk, a free animal hospital in Fez, is one of restoration and the nurturing of life. Scholtz explores the physicality of the working horses, mules and donkeys. The angular and sometimes fragmented character of the working animals from Fez tells a story of livelihood, community and culture. Scholtz enjoyed making aggressive charcoal lines that follow the strong skeletal shapes of mules and playing with sandstone colors found in both the coat of a horse and walls of the medina.

Alongside the artist residency there was space for art sessions at the local Girls' Center in Ziat. Scholtz delivered introductory skills in drawing, pattern making and color mixing to a select group of girls. The workshops aimed to encourage the arts in young people, but more importantly offered respite and a space for creative conversation with the disadvantaged youth of Fez.

The artist residency at the American Fondouk was possible due to the generous sponsorship of the American Fondouk, ALIF, and the American Language Centre in Fez.

The Study of the Equid Exhibition
Exhibition opening: Thursday, March 16 at 6:30 PM
ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha, Fez Medina
Continues daily through March 26, 4-6 PM

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