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Artists' Reception: Wherever Home Is

February 1, 2025 - 5:00pm to 9:00pm
James Watrous Gallery • • Madison
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 5:00pm to 9:00pm

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James Watrous Gallery Madison

Join guest curators, Amal Azzam and Nayfa Naji of Fanana Banana, selected artists in the group exhibition, and Wisconsin Academy staff to celebrate the opening of Wherever Home Is at the James Watrous Gallery. Azzam and Naji will make brief remarks about the project. Artwork will be on view from February 1 - April 13, 2025.

Remarks begin at 6:00pm. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments available.

Wherever Home Is is drawn from a statewide open call and presented with additional support from Dane Arts and Madison Arts Commission. The exhibition includes artworks in multiple media by the following artists: Nadia Alkhun, Nada Alzalloum, Noël J. Ash, Amal Azzam, Barbara Barnard, A.C., Nohemí Chávez Contreras, Aida El-Hajjar, Nurettin Erkan, Rida Fatima, Ellie Garry, Rachael Hunter, Janine Katbeh, Okja Kwon, Andy Lira Landa, Issis Macias, Tina Meister, Nayfa Naji, Ahmed Obeidat, Vania Ortíz, Katrina Baudelia Parra, Leora Saposnik, Elliot Seiler, Brandom Terres-Sanchez, and Sheree Wood. 

Contributors

Amal Azzam is a daughter of Palestinian refugees, a Muslim woman, and first-generation American living in the Midwest. Her work reflects the layers of trauma, freedom and misconceptions she carries within her identity. She invites the viewer with the use of playful colors, a predominant use of pink, and abstracted shapes.

Nayfa Naji is a Palestinian Muslim American born and raised in Milwaukee. An artist and community organizer, Naji studied graphic design at Milwaukee Area Technical College and graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a B.A. in Design Studies  and Community Arts.

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James Watrous Gallery 
3rd Floor, Overture Center for the Arts
201 State Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608.733.6633 x25