Panel Discussion: Cultural Hybridity and the Art of the Diaspora

The Middle East Institute Arts and Culture Center is pleased to invite you to the opening panel of its new exhibition Converging Lines: Tracing the Artistic Lineage of the Arab Diaspora in the US. The panel features exhibit curator Maymanah Farhat and three participating artists: Sama Al Shaibi, Sherin Guirguis and Jaqueline Reem Salloum. They'll discuss their work, the impact of straddling different worlds and the thematics that drive their thinking such as the in-betweenness that often accompanies migration. The panelists will reflect on those issues and discuss how artists, curators, writers and cultural institutions can better advocate for and acknowledge the rich contributions of Arab diaspora artists to the US arts scene and beyond.