Opening Reception: October 3, 2025 | 5 - 8 pm General Admission
Traces ( آثار ) brings together twelve multi-generational artists with roots to West Asia and North Africa who call the Washington, D.C. area home. The exhibition’s title reflects the Arabic word meaning to trace, a footprint, a memory, or an echo, and the long lineage of artists with roots from the region who have contributed to the cultural fabric of the D.C. area. Traces ( آثار ) illustrates the multitude of ways the artists utilize abstraction, collage, graphic design, figuration, photography, moving image and craft, to draw from their heritage, culture, and complex personal histories and respond to the present condition. The exhibition features: Aiyah Sibay, Anysa Saleh, Dina AZ. Salem, Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Fadia Jawdat, Hannah Atallah, Helen Zughaib, Jackie Milad, Jillian Abir MacMaster, Lama Dajani, Maria Habib, and Reem Bassous.
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