PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Carla Chammas is an independent curator and advisor. She cofounded the CRG Gallery, New York in 1991 alongside Richard DesRoche and Glenn McMillan, hosting prominent artists from the Middle East to South America for twenty-seven years. She has worked with Christie's, New York (1984); Marisa del Re Gallery, Monte Carlo, and New York (1985-88); and Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York (1988-1990). Rachel Dedman is a curator and writer based between Lebanon and the UK. Current and recent work includes exhibitions for Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; the Whitworth Museum, Manchester; Beirut Art Fair; the Tricycle Theatre, London; and the Jerusalem Show iX. Dedman was curator at the Palestinian Museum, Ramallah, where she developed three exhibitions and authored two books on the politics of Palestinian embroidery, textiles, and dress. Dedman is coeditor of polycephaly.net, and one third of Radio Earth Hold. Dr. Omar Kholeif, a leading figure in contemporary visual culture-author, curator, broadcaster, and cultural historian, is Director of Collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE. They have curated more than 70 exhibitions and authored or co-authored more than 40 books on contemporary art. Dr. Kholeif is the founder of artPost21, a cultural agency that supports creative practices at the nexus of art and social justice. Christine Tohme is the Founding Director of Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, a non-profit organization established in 1993. Tohme curated Sharjah Biennial 13- Tamawuj (2017), and is on the boards of Marsa, a sexual health center in Beirut that provides specialized medical services for at-risk youth and marginalized communities, and SAHA, an association in Istanbul that supports contemporary art from Turkey.
