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SUMMARY:Community Workshop: Calligraphy w/Zahid Mayo
DESCRIPTION:Artist Zahid Mayo will lead a FREE calligraphy workshop at Haraz Café’s Fishtown Location in Philadelphia! Please bring your own materials!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/community-workshop-calligraphy-w-zahid-mayo/
LOCATION:Haraz Coffee House\, 23 West Girard Avenue\, #202\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19123\, United States
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SUMMARY:Queer Short Films and Stories Event
DESCRIPTION:An evening dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging and established queer BIPOC artists.\n\n\n12 Gates Arts is pleased to present Queer Short Films and Stories\, an evening dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging and established queer BIPOC artists that were selected through 12G’s recent open call. \nThrough film and written word\, the featured works explore identity\, memory\, intimacy\, and resistance offering nuanced reflections on the queer experience across a range of cultural and personal contexts. \nThis year’s featured artists are: \nSharon George for her short story: None Too Interesting \nNikita Shah / Lawhore Vagistan for their short film: Sari not Sorry \nNae Vallejo for their short story: The Staying Kind \nSushma Khadepaun: Places I’ve Called My Own \nLunise Cerin: Close Up \nEach artist brings a distinct voice and vision to the program\, collectively creating a space for dialogue\, visibility\, and imagination. \nThe event is free and open to the public. We invite you to join us in celebrating these powerful contributions to queer storytelling.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/queer-short-films-and-stories-event/
LOCATION:Twelve Gates Arts\, 106 North 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:12Gates: The POETS’ Studio–June Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to introduce June’s featured Poet of the Month: Kirwyn Sutherland! Sutherland will give a reading and lead us through a generative writing workshop from 7 pm-8:30 pm on June 3rd\, 2025 at 12Gates\, located at 106 N 2nd St. Doors open at 6:30pm and close promptly at 7pm. \nCurated by Sanam Sheriff\, THE POETS’ STUDIO is a monthly gathering for local poets who are interested in writing\, sharing\, and connecting through poetry. This event is free and open to all who are interested in engaging more deeply with lyric and the written word. \nFor more information about the POETS’ STUDIO\, please visit our website\, twelvegatesarts.org
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/12gates-the-poets-studio-june-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Twelve Gates Arts\, 106 North 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Al Jaar Qabla Al Daar\, The Neighbour before the House Screening at 12G!
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 7th\, from 6 PM – 8 PM\, Twelve Gates is honored to present a film screening by the Mumbai-based artist group CAMP.\n\n\nOn Thursday\, November 7th\, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\, Twelve Gates is honored to present a film screening of Al Jaar Qabla Al Daar\, The Neighbour before the House\, 2009-2011\, by the Mumbai-based artist group CAMP. This will be followed by a conversation with CAMP founding members Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran. \nPalestinian families in Jerusalem / Al Quds look out and speak from their homes using a CCTV camera in 2009. The film was made in 2011. \n“The Neighbour before the House” is a series of video probes into the landscape of East Jerusalem. Eight Palestinian families living in Sheikh Jarrah\, Silwan\, Beit Hanina and the Old City use their TV screens to look out into their neighbourhood\, via a CCTV camera mounted on the rooftops of their homes\, “tripods made of stones”. Instead of bearing witness in the usual way\, these families control the cameras from their homes; inquisitiveness\, jest\, memory\, desire and doubt pervades the project of watching. A voice finds an image\, an image is probed beneath its surface\, thoughts withdraw or rebound. In these specific times and places\, camera movements and live commentary become ways in which Palestinian residents evaluate what can be seen\, and speak about the nature of their distance from others.  \nCAMP (founded by Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran in 2007) is a Mumbai-based studio of people who are artists\, architects\, filmmakers\, and technologists. They host long-running video archives Pad.ma and Indiancine.ma\, a rooftop cinema for the past 15 years\, and make art that is possessed of an infrastructural imagination. Their works have been exhibited in museums\, film festivals\, and public spaces worldwide—including streets\, markets\, and neighbourhoods in Bangalore\, San Jose\, Dakar\, Mexico City\, Jerusalem\, Kolkata\, Kabul\, Delhi\, Ljubljana\, Münster\, and Bombay—as well as in the biennials of Shanghai\, Sharjah\, Gwangju\, Taipei\, Singapore\, Liverpool\, Chicago\, Lahore\, and Kochi-Muziris. Their artworks are part of the permanent collections of major museums globally. Recent shows include solos at Sharjah Art Foundation\, (2022) Nam June Paik Art Center (2021)\, Argos Center for Art and Media\, Brussels\, and the De Appel Gallery\, Amsterdam (2019) and performances at M+\,HongKong (2023) and MoMA\, New York (2023). In 2020 they were awarded the 7th Nam June Paik Centre Prize. CAMP were Forensic Architecture guest professors at Goldsmiths\, London\, for 2023-2024 and are visiting fellows at the Center for Experimental Ethnography at UPenn for 2024-2025.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/al-jaar-qabla-al-daar-the-neighbour-before-the-house-screening-at-12g/
LOCATION:Twelve Gates Arts\, 106 North 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Lucky Ones: In Conversation with Zara Chowdhary and Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss The Lucky ones\, a moving memoir  that delicately weaves political and family histories\, Islamic heritage\, and more…\n\n\nTwelve Gates is excited to present a book event with Zara Chowdhary and her memoir\, The Lucky Ones. On Friday\, September 20th\, 2024\, from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM\, Zara Chowdhary and Sham-e-Ali Nayeem will be in conversation about Chowdhary’s recently published book\, The Lucky ones\, a moving memoir by a survivor of anti-Muslim violence in contemporary India that delicately weaves political and family histories in a tribute to her country’s unique Islamic heritage. \nTHE LUCKY ONES entwines lost histories across a subcontinent\, examines forgotten myths\, prods at family’s secrets\, and gazes unflinchingly back at a country rushing to move past the biggest pogrom in its modern history. With stunning clarity\, we witness the violence through Zara’s teenage eyes\, and how she and her family struggle through while locked down in their home for months. Zara also weaves in her present-day perspective as she uncovers what really happened across Gujarat in those horrific weeks and tells the stories of victims—stories that have become legendary among Indian Muslims even as they’ve been suppressed by Hindu nationalist political forces. With Modi having won re-election and the “world’s largest democracy” hurtling toward cacophonous Hindu nationalism\, these stories need to be heard. \nZara Chowdhary is a writer and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin. She has an MFA in creative writing and environment from Iowa State University and a master’s in writing for performance from the University of Leeds. She has previously written for documentary television\, advertising\, and film. She lives in Madison\, Wisconsin with her partner\, child\, and two cats. \nSham-e-Ali Nayeem is an interdisciplinary artist\, poet\, sound practitioner and recovering social justice lawyer with Hyderabadi (Deccan) Muslim roots. She is the author of the poetry collection\, City of Pearls (Upset Press\, 2019) and has released two musical albums; City of Pearls (2019) and Moti Ka Sheher (2023) featuring self composed musical interpretations from her book. Sham-e-Ali is the recipient of the 2022 Leeway Transformation Award\, the 2016 Loft Literary Center Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship\, and the 1997 echoing green fellowship.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-lucky-ones-in-conversation-with-zara-chowdhary-and-sham-e-ali-nayeem/
LOCATION:Twelve Gates Arts\, 106 North 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Conservation Clinic
DESCRIPTION:Join us in a collective discussion about our nostalgic keepsakes and the ways in which we can preserve meaningful memories and objects.\n\n\nThe objects we own carry meaningful and important stories\, from a childhood blanket or favorite t-shirt\, to a ticket from a memorable movie night or a family album. Or these objects are works of art\, antiques\, and collectibles. \nWe want to hear the stories your objects carry\, and help you preserve them. \nWe invite you to spend the evening with art conservators thinking about how to best preserve your object for the future. Bring in a meaningful item\, share its story and how you care for it\, and together we’ll preserve these memories and objects. You’ll also have the opportunity to pack up your items for safekeeping in materials traditionally used in museums. All materials will be provided. This is a family-friendly event\, and multiple members of a family are encouraged to attend. \nThis event will be facilitated by Anisha Gupta\, conservator\, educator\, and doctoral candidate at the University of Delaware.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/community-conservation-clinic/
LOCATION:Twelve Gates Arts\, 106 North 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film Screenings at 12G Salon - Vibrations from Gaza & Spaces of Exception
DESCRIPTION:Vibrations from Gaza and Spaces of Exception will be screening at 12G on Saturday\, January 13th from 2-4pm\n\n\nAfter Spaces of Exception’s sold-out North American Theatrical Premiere run at Anthology Film Archives last month\, as well as other screenings\, the film is scheduled to be shown at 12G in Philadelphia this January! The film\, co-directed by Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny\, investigates and juxtaposes the struggles\, communities\, and spaces of the Palestinian refugee camp and the American Indian reservation. Space of Exception was shot over the course of three years in the West Bank and Lebanon\, as well as in Arizona\, New Mexico\, New York\, and South Dakota. The film is an attempt to understand the significance of the land – its memory and divisions – and the conditions for life\, community\, and sovereignty. Spaces of Exception features interviews with members of the American Indian Movement\, the Mohawk Warrior Society\, and Diné families resisting displacement on Black Mesa\, as well as Palestinian militant organizations based in the camps\, alongside environmental activists\, autonomous youth committees\, and the families of political prisoners and martyrs. \n_______ \n \nVibrations from Gaza is a short documentary by Rehab Nazzal that offers a glimpse into the experiences of Deaf children in the colonized and confined coastal territory of Gaza\, Palestine. Born and raised under Israeli siege and frequent onslaughts\, Amani\, Musa\, Israa\, and other Deaf Children\, provide vivid accounts of their encounter of bombardment and the constant presence of drones in their sky. \n_______ \n \nVibrations from Gaza and Spaces of Exception will be screening at 12G on Saturday\, January 13th at 2pm. This is an in-person screening. Masking is suggested and masks are available at the venue if needed. 12G will begin its program with an introduction from Matt Peterson\, one of the directors of Spaces of Exception. Tickets are donation-based and you can secure a seat through pre-registration at the LINK IN BIO!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/film-screenings-at-12g-salon-vibrations-from-gaza-spaces-of-exception/
LOCATION:Twelve Gates Arts\, 106 North 2nd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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