This will be a conversation with the featured artist of the exhibition, The Man Who Talked until He Disappeared. the conversation with Bani Abidi about the work of this exhibition and her work as an artist and experimentor. This conversation will not only cover the material realities of the current exhibition, but the journey into it and beyond...
Given that the art of re-production is one of the conceptual interventions of this current exhibit at BZU Museum, this workshop shall cover the theoretical, aesthetic and practical implications involved in "re-production." We shall attend to the defiance and refusal written into the exhibition's conceptual note and ask: what about re-production...
Birziet University Museum in collaboration with A.M. Qattan Foundation are pleased to announce the opening of our exhibition: “The Man Who Talked Until He Disappeared: Bani Abidi in Palestine”.
Rana Barakat, Director, BZU Museum
With the theme that reality is often stranger than fiction and the...
Birzeit University Museum,Fobzu (Friend of BZU, London) CAABU present
The Second Annual Leila Ingrams Memorial Webinar
Resistance and Education in Palestine: Britain's Colonial Long Shadow
with
Dr Rana Barakat, Director Birzeit Museum and Assistant Professor, Department of History, Birzeit...
BZU Museum in partnership with the Arab Council for Social Sciences Program: New Generation of Social Scientists in the Arab Region are pleased to invite you to a conversation with Rana Barakat, Director of the BZU Museum around the possibilities of “Employing Indigenous Methodologies as a Method of Engaging “Heritage” outside of orientalism....
As a part of our Hakawai Program at the Birzeit University Museum, we are pleased to announce the opening of our Gift Shop.
Please visit BZU Museum where you can purchase exclusively designed items that reflect the rich work and history of the BZU Museum including posters, tote bags, mugs, books and catalogues of previous BZU Museum...
On Monday, March 14, 2022, Birzeit University Museum received a generous donation from Tania Nassir and Vera Tamari. The donated pieces are from their familial collection with items that date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. BZU Museum, along with Dr.Beshara Doumani, president of BZU, welcomed and received these donations with...
BZU Museum with the Arab Cultural Association presents the opening event of the exhibition “Selections of Eternal Rhythms” featured in al Madina Festival for Cultural and Arts featuring selected works of the late Palestinian artist Tawfik Abdul ‘Al. This is one kind of return for the Abdul ‘Al family to their home of Akka and will feature a...
.This a conversation with Hanan Toqan, Himmat Zoubie, and Rawan Sharaf moderated by Rana Barakat where we will discuss the intersections between political economy, the art market and the changing aesthetics of art
To join us please click Here....
BZU Museum recently held a workshop in our series of workshops in "Hawaki al Mahaf"about an analysis of Palestinian embroidery and the methods of stitching as well as the use of these methods as seen through the BZU Museum Textile collection for first year students of the Faculty of Visual Arts, Design, and Music at BZU. We held this workshop...
BZU Museum recently held a workshop concerning the history of jewelry design in the Tawfiq Canaan Amulet and Jewelry Collection for students from the College of Fine Arts, Design and Music at Birzeit University. Specifically, BZU Museum conducted the workshop in the space of the museum for third- and fourth-year students of design from the...
Birzeit University Museum has placed on display a number of pieces from our collections in the Walid and Helen Qattan Building- (New Administration Building). We have helped transform the President’s office as well as the adjacent meeting room and the open spaces throughout the second floor of the building into an exhibition space featuring...
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The Institute for Palestine Studies invites you
In partnership with Birzeit University Museum
To attend a Webinar: Prisoners' Words.. Springs of Speech / For the launch of the 128th issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies (Fall 2021).
Speakers:
Dr.Elias Khoury – Chief Editor, the Journal of Palestine Studies (...
Birzeit University Museum cordially invites you to attend the opening of the exhibition:
“Eternal Rhythms” For the late artist: Tawfiq Abdul- Al
Curator: Nasser Soumi
In cooperation with: Dar El-Nimer-Beirut, Bab i-Deir Gallery-Bethlehem and The Faculty of Art, Music and...
About the book:
The book presents a collection of lectures by Thomas L. Thompson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Copenhagen and Ingrid Hjelm, professor Emerita at the University of Copenhagen. The lectures present a critical revision of the biblically oriented, traditional and ethnocentric...
Birzeit University Museum is pleased to host the exhibition "Past Tense" of the artist Jack Persekian, in the context of urging the community to discuss its present and to explore its future. Needless to say that Jerusalem stands at the top of the challenges that we face.
Jerusalem’s landscape, as...
Birzeit University Museum with Sunbula is very excited to announce the launch of the first ever instruction manual on Palestinian embroidery that focuses on less-known and disappearing techniques. The book is based on the research of the costume collection at Birzeit University Museum and interviews with embroiderers. Arabic-English bilingual,...
This exhibition comes as part of an overall program of showcasing Birzeit University Museum’s ethnographic and art collections. The museum’s collections have been steadily growing and expanding in size and breadth thanks to the generous donations of artists and collectors from Palestine, the Arab World and the world at large...
Wanda Nanibush, a Canadian-based art curator and community activist of Indigenous peoples, presented a lecture titled “Performing Sovereignty” at the Birzeit University Museum on May 2, 2019, an event co-organized by the Faculty of Arts’ cultural committee and the Institut Français du Proche-Orient in Jerusalem.
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As part of the Qalandiya International 2018, the Birzeit University Museum in collaboration with the A.M. Qattan Foundation cordially invites you to attend a lecture “Youth Activism in lydda” on Saturday 24 November 2018 at 2:00 PM at the Birzeit University Museum.
On the lecture: In light of the constant Judaization attempts of...
(Monday, November 19, 2018, at 12:30 p.m.)
As part of the Qalandiya International 2018, the Birzeit University Museum in collaboration with the A.M. Qattan Foundation cordially invites you to attend a Film Screen: “On The Roof” on Monday 19 November 2018 at 12:30 PM at the Birzeit University Museum
On The Roof
Film...
As part of the Qalandiya International 2018, Birzeit University Museum and The A.M. Qattan Foundation invite you to attend a reading from Reja-e Busailah’s resume “In the Land of My Birth: a Palestinian Boyhood” on Saturday 13th of October 2018 at 2:00PM at the Birzeit University Museum “Lydda-A Garden Disremembered” exhibition.
The...
Birzeit University Museum and A.M.Qattan Foundation cordially invite you to attend the opening of the Exhibition: "Cities Exhibition 6, Lydda- A Garden Dis-remembered"
Opening Thursday, 4 October 2018- 1:00 PM
Birzeit University Museum | The Exhibition runs up until 15 January 2019
Cities Exhibition 6, 2018
Lydda – A...
Birzeit University Museum and The A.M. Qattan Foundation invite you to attend the talks programme of Cities Exhibition 6, Lydda – A Garden Disremembered, August 16th, 17:00 at the Foundation’s new Cultural Centre.
CE6 Urban Talks feature a series of conversations with specialists on themes associated with the questions and findings of...
On the 13th of June 2017, Birzeit University Museum will open an exhibition titled “All the Power of Poetic Imagination”. The exhibition will be opened at 11:00 a. m. as part of the 5th edition of /si:n/ Festival of Video Art and Performance 2017. During the opening, “Instant Video” group from France will participate in the Festival with three...
Exhibition Opening: Documentary Drawings of the Kafr Qasem Massacre
On February 2017, Birzeit University Museum is launching a unique exhibition by artist Samia Halaby. Halaby is internationally acclaimed for her rich contribution to the art scene and distinctive mark on contemporary abstract painting, which she believes is an extension...
As part of Cities Exhibition 5th Edition, Birzeit University Museum screened the films programe as below:
- November 9 , 2016 / 2:00pm / "To my Father’".
- November 16 , 2016 / 2:00pm / "The Garbage" .
- November 23, 2016 / ...
14:00Birzeit University Museum.Main Gallery.
As part of Cities Exhibition 5th Edition, Birzeit University Museum screened the film “To my father’” by director Abdel Salam Shehadeh.
In collaboration with Ramallah Cinema Club.
As Part of Cities exhibition 5’ events, Birzeit University museum has screened the film “five minutes from home” by the director “Nahed Awwad”.
In collaboration Ramallah Cinema Club.
Birzeit University Museum has organized on October 29, 2016, under the curation of group28, a talk titled “Somewhere near the future” this talk was On what is lost during the process of constructing new realities and reconfiguring existing ones in Gaza. Speakers : Dana Erekat & Tawfiq Hadad.
Speakers: Dana Erikat, Tawfeek Haddad...
A s part of Cities Exhibition 5th Edition, the Museum screened the film “Infiltrators” by the director Khaled Jarrar.
In collaboration with Ramallah Cinema Club.
On the dynamics of knowledge production concerning urbanization in Palestine and the impact of its scarcity outside the context of immediate spatial colonialism. Curator : Group28 (Lana Judeh & Yara Saqfalheit). Participant lecturers : Anjad Hithnawi & Samir Harb.
As part of Cities exhibition 5th edition, the Museum screened the film “Home” by the director “Amos Getai” Curator : Salim Abu Jabal. Partnership : Ramallah Cinema Club.
As part of Tawfik Kanaan’s activities, a seminar was held to discuss the "Holy Places and Shrines in Palestine and Australia's Ongoing Conflict on Land Ownership and Land Boundaries, and the Sovereignty of Aboriginal Australians".
Speakers : Baha AlJubeh, Mrs. Freya Carmichael.
Partnership : Al-Ma’mal...
On material and immaterial destruction, construction, and reconstruction. Participant lectureres : Viviane Sansour & Abaher Al-Saqa. Partnership : Birzeit University Museum. Curator : Group28( Lana Judeh & Yara Saqfalheit ).
On the 10th of October 2016, in a parallel activity to “Cities exhibition 5’ " Birzeit University Museum organized a lecture by Asef Bayat, the Catherine & Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies. Bayat teaches Sociology and Middle East Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research areas range...
Chapter I: Research from afar. A student based research on the Re-construction of Gaza was given to students in specialized classes by both the IAAP and BZU - Department of Architecture. Interested students and researchers explored the possibility of remote investigation through the research they have conducted on Gaza and its confined...
Chapter III – An Eye from Outside is a group exhibition showcasing the works of 7 artists and collectives. It is a forum for film screenings, discussions and readings situated in a social space amidst the artworks. The exhibition evokes the ongoing conversation about Gaza amongst the audience. The discussions address the issues raised in the...
Birzeit University Museum inaugurated the 5th edition of Cities Exhibition: “Cities exhibition 5th edition: Gaza-Reconstruction”, The Exhibition constitutes an inquiry into the recurrent notion of destruction and re-construction as a systematic reinstitution of societies and subjugation of local modes of resistance. Gaza- Reconstruction, re-...
The exhibition features unique photos for the internationalist figure Che Guevara, reading in the most unexpected and cruel scenes and the role of reading, and the knowledge has accumulated over the years of his life. The exhibition tackles the impact on his views regarding the revolution and issues of liberty, justice and human dignity and its...
The Birzeit University Museum opened Daraj Gallery in the beginning of June of 2016 as a space for experimental and educational exhibitions for young artists and curators, empowering them to showcase their cultural productions and offering them an open platform to show their projects & to have discussion with their colleagues and audience....
Birzeit University Museum held a graphic design workshop for Architecture Students taking the “Landscape” course, in order to explain the process of producing the artworks related to Wild Flowers of Palestine Exhibition for the artist Louise Nakhleh using contemporary digital methods. The Workshop was lead by the Museum’s production manager;...
Science students benefited in particular from the expertise and experience of Louis Nakhleh in learning methods to draw wild plants.
Participant : Students from the “Plant Physiology” course with Dr. Jamil Harb.
Curator : Lois Nakhleh.
An Installation by the students of the Department of Architecture, Birzeit University inspired by ‘The Palestinian Wild Flowers’ Collection by Lois Nakhleh & Joan Musgrave.
Participant : Architecture students department of Birzeit University : Duaa Mustafa, Ahmad – Nakhala, Sama Snaf, Ibrahem Abo Alwalya, Shaymaa...
In the framework of the exhibition Unlike Any Spring, the Birzeit University Museum organized on Saturday, March 26, the seminar “Acquiring Art in Palestine”. The event revolved around the current and future trends of art acquiring in the Arab region and Palestine. Ms. Inass Yassin, the Museum Director, opened the seminar, welcoming the...
Within the activities of "Unlike Other Spring", the museum have screening program for new acquasition in the video art collection:
Suha Shoman, “Bayyaratina”,2009
Taysir Batniji, “Transit”, 2004 -
Jumana Manna," A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch's Last Masquerade)", 2012.
Birzeit University Museum organized on the 19th of March 2016 an art exhibition entitled Unlike Other Springs, in commemoration of more than twenty years for the establishment of its art collection. The collection was gradually formed by the generous contributions of visual artists and University friends from Palestine, the Arab countries and...
n a parallel activity to "Unlike Other Springs", Birzeit University Museum is organizing a program of video art screenings curated by Emily Jacir. The videos in the program are part of a video art library, which Emily Jacir collected exclusively for Birzeit University as part of the First International Video Art Festival in Palestine that she...
Concept: An elderly Palestinian couple has a final standoff against Israeli authorities to maintain their natural lifestyle in Roshmia; last natural valley in Haifa.
Curator: May Odeh
Partnership: May Odeh
Concept: In 1975, 10yearold Amar lives in a village in northern Morocco with his violent uncle, waiting for the unlikely return of his mother, who has left for Belgium. He finds a friend in Carmen, his neighbor, who is a Spanish exile and who works as an usher at the village cinema. Carmen helps him...
Concept: Two Bedouin brothers embark on an epic journey across the Arabian Desert, for a mighty adventure as the events of WWI shatter their former peaceful existence.
Curator: May Odeh
Partnership: May Odeh
Concept: The nature of the pictorial language is not something we find defined in book in the way that artists understand it and seem to keep it as knowledge passed among themselves verbally rarely being able to successfully define it in written words. Drawing is part of the pictorial language and serves it...
Concept: One day for student’s tutorial, meeting Samia Halaby in individual discussion.
Participant: Samia halaby, student of art college and architecture college
Partnership: Birzeit University Museum
Concept: The Speed Sisters is the first women's race car race in the Middle East, topped by headlines and eye-catching on the impassable race tracks across the Occupied West Bank. These five women have made their way into the hearts of the male-dominated Palestinian car races. Their lives were linked to...
Concept: Samia Halaby spoke of her experience in writing her book, “Liberation Art of Palestine”, published in 2003, for which she interviewed nearly 50 Palestinian artist between 1999 – 2003. According to her research, Halaby says that drawing during the intifada was relied on many sources, including...
Concept: One day for student’s tutorial, meeting Samia Halaby in individual discussion
Participant: Samia Halaby, students
Partnership: Al- Najah National University
Concept: A lecture by painter Samia Halaby presents to the students how painting related to its sources in the pictorial arts of the ancient land of the Arab world, medieval Islamic abstraction, the Mexican Mural Movement and other revolutionary arts of the 20th century, as well as on the popular thought and...
Concept: Floating Free, is the first solo exhibition for the internationally renowned Palestinian British-based artist Bashir Makhoul in Palestine. This exhibition comes over twenty years after Makhoul—originally from the Galilee—became a UK resident, and hence marks a return of some sort. This exhibition...
Concept: The project “Introduction to Research: From the Art Collection”, which is a part of BZUM’s endeavors to foster research-based projects and knowledge production, particularly in connection with its Art and Ethnographic Collections and investigating their relation to the Museum and to the University as...
Concept: Lecture
Artist: D. Peter Wilson
Participant: Public invitation
Concept: The exhibition “On journey – Spanish architecture in the Arab world” is offering (39) posters that present architecture projects in several Arab countries many of them have been implemented and some are under construction.
This Exhibition organized through a coordination between the “Arab...
Concept: Selling Roses at BZUM, which were bought from Tulkarem.
Participant: Student of “Environmental Club- Birzeit University”, students of Contemporary Palestinian Art, Birzeit University students.
Concept: A film of sprouting from Cities Exhibition: Jericho, in 2012. ‘The Logic of the Birds’ was inspired by early 20th century photographs of Palestinian processions showing people moving freely across the land, as well as a 12th century Sufi poem in which a group of birds go in search of a leader only...
Concept: A film of sprouting from Cities Exhibition: Jericho, in 2012. ‘The Logic of the Birds’ was inspired by early 20th century photographs of Palestinian processions showing people moving freely across the land, as well as a 12th century Sufi poem in which a group of birds go in search of a leader only...
Concept: A film of sprouting from Cities Exhibition: Jericho, in 2012. ‘The Logic of the Birds’ was inspired by early 20th century photographs of Palestinian processions showing people moving freely across the land, as well as a 12th century Sufi poem in which a group of birds go in search of a leader only...
Concept: A film of sprouting from Cities Exhibition: Jericho, in 2012. ‘The Logic of the Birds’ was inspired by early 20th century photographs of Palestinian processions showing people moving freely across the land, as well as a 12th century Sufi poem in which a group of birds go in search of a leader only...
Concept: A film of sprouting from Cities Exhibition: Jericho, in 2012. ‘The Logic of the Birds’ was inspired by early 20th century photographs of Palestinian processions showing people moving freely across the land, as well as a 12th century Sufi poem in which a group of birds go in search of a leader only...
Concept: Urban histories, in particular that of the modernist era in Palestine, fell out from the political definition of what ‘Palestine’ is. Instead, archeological sites and primordial and religious identities become the sole fetish in forging the reference of what is the ‘national’; such as the Roman...
Concept: Brainstorming session and discussing the strategic planning.
Participant: Birzeit museum teem and friends: Inass Yassin, Ala’ Jadallah, Ziyad Hajj ‘Ali, Ayman al-Shweki, ‘Asma’ Hreash, Yara Samara, Faris Shomali, Mira al-Far, Roger Heacock, Vera Tamari, Rawan Sharaf, Mirvat...
Concept: Training student on how to take care of Roses crops and wild plants
Artist: Agricultural engineer: Mohammed Said al-Lahham
Participant: Student of “Environmental Club- Birzeit University”
Partnership: Environmental Club- Birzeit university, Ministry of...
The Romantic Boycott is considered an artistic experience connected to agriculture; it included planting the area located behind the Museum as a method of connecting between the concept of boycott and art through an artistic production in which roses are considered the door to opening questions about the concept of boycott in the framework of...
As part of the students’ exhibitions activities, “If I Were A Patriot” Exhibition offers students from different academic levels a unique learning and critical thinking experience.
Participant : Yazid Anani, students from the Department of Architecture, students for the PACA and Al Quds Bard College of Arts and...
Modern Times film addresses the potential of the industrial revolution in Britain and the social transformations amongst the workers and the poor. The Museum selected this film to be screened as a parallel event to “If I Were a Patriot” exhibition, as both the film and the exhibition revolve around the same issues of work and factories. ...
Birzeit University Museum in cooperation with Goethe Institute and the Palestinian Museum, organized a workshop the management of Collections over the course of the 9th and 10 of July 2014. Participants from different museums attended the lecture at the Museum and visited Dr. Tawfiq Canaan Hall.
Participant : Ziad Haj...
Fullfilling the values of BZUM which appreciate the collective & accumalated work by many collegues in the university departmetns, this activity was initiated by Ala Jadallah the activities coordinator,to show gartitutde to work the university community, particualarly who are involved in the procedural work of the museum in many departmetns...
Artist : Rula Halawani and Kai Wiedenhofer.
"White Oil is a film about the quarries in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The film unfolds narratives around colonialism, expropriation of land and mobility through the day-to-day lives of the quarry owners, workers and security guards by including their personal histories and experiences, as well as, the changing landscape and...
This is a fashion design exhibition that focuses on the display of costumes, fabric material, history, cultures and identity politics. Birzeit University Museum invited designer Omar Yousef Bin Dina for the production of this exhibition. The exhibition depicts the Museum’s critical perspective towards the notion of “Cultural Heritage”. Worth...
Birzeit University Museum conducted a full training course dedicated to the design and installation of exhibitions, through direct practical implementation conducted by the team of Birzeit Universtiy Museum, and under the supervision of Designer Omar Yousef Naser, to produce the Ceremonial Uniform Exhibition.
The training course...
Following the discussion that was held on November 26th and tackled the role of artists in the domain of cultural politics in people resistance initiatives under the Occupation of 1967. The key speaker in the seminar were the two Palestinian artists Suliman Mansour and Nabeel Anani, and anthropologist at Birzeit University Ala Alazzeh.
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As part of the activities carried out during the “Political Posters in Two Private Collections” exhibition, the Museum’s team showcased a film by Lebanese artist Rania Stephan featuring an interview with Syrian writer and activist Samar Yazbek. Yazbeck talked about writing and exile, life and death, love and images in the time of Revolution....
The second discussion was in November 26th and focused on reviewing the role of artists within cultural politics in people resistance initiatives in the areas that have been occupied by the Israel since 1967 during the 1970s and 1980s. The discussion’s participants were: the two Palestinian artists Suliman Mansour and Nabeel Anani, and...
In November 20th, the museum organized a talk on the experience of producing the Palestinian political posters abroad which addressed the role of Palestinian Liberation Organization and the offices of political parties since 1960s until 1980s in formulating a visual discourse which represented a specific understanding of the national identity....
Myrtle Winter-Chaumeny (UNRWA), members from Campus In Camp Initiative, Shurouq Harb, Issam nassar, Stephanie latte.
This activity comes as part of a cultural program examining questions around Palestinian displacement. The first event looked at visual representation and archives. The session began with historical review for images...
This visit comes within the exhibition activities, as the museum works to integrate Birzeit University students and other students in the museum’s work and the exhibition concept and themes. Art Teacher Oraib Towqan came with 7 of fine art students. They went in a tour in the exhibition and discussed the displayed posters’ topic and types. Then...
This visit comes within the exhibition activities, as the museum works to integrate Birzeit University students and other students in the museum’s work and the exhibition concept and themes. Cultural studies professor Dr. Tawfiq Dwani came with 38 of cultural studies students. They went in a tour in the exhibition and discussed the displayed...
This visit comes within the exhibition activities, as the museum works to integrate Birzeit University students and other students in the museum’s work and the exhibition concept and themes. Arabic professor Dr. Kareem Abu Khashan came with his 42 Arabic course students. They went in a tour in the exhibition and discussed the displayed posters...
Fine art professor Tirard from Al-Quds university came with his students who went in a tour in the exhibition and express their admiration and reflections about the displayed posters.
BZU Museum opened the first edition of the "Political Posters in Two Private Collections” exhibition, where it presented about 160 Palestinian political posters vary in topics and visual representations that reflect different themes such as refugees, the first intifada, the closure of Palestinian universities, martyr, political parties, student...
Birzeit University Museum announces its first workshop for craving and printing, which offers the University’s students a chance to learn about the methods of design, carving and hand printing using Linoleum. The Workshop will continue for a duration of six weeks, with three hours per week. Students will be assisted in order to be able to...
Within the framework of Diyar organizing the seventh international Palestinian identity conference in Bethlehem. Because of the advantage of preserving Canaan collection at Birzeit University Museum, Dar Al-Kalima College of Art and Culture coordinate with the museum to hold a conference dealing with Dr. Tawfiq in Birzeit University context....
Birzeit University Museum in collaboration with Al-Rozana Association organized Birzeit Festival- 6th Heritage Week. The objective of the event was to shed light on the Palestinian rich, cultural and touristic heritage. The Museum opened its doors for visitors and tourists throughout the three days of the festival from 17h00 to 19h00. Visitors...
The exhibition Mustafa Hallaj: Diasporic Meanings held at Birzeit University Museum, is organized in cooperation with Al Hoash Gallery. The latter is running an annual program where works of pioneers of the Palestinian plastic art movement are exhibited. The series of exhibitions explores the artistic expedition of the making of plastic art in...
Birzeit University Museum invited the president of the University and members of the Administration to attend the opening of the new Ethnographic and Art Hall "Canaan Station". The event included presenting the Museum’s programs, and an exhibition tour of Cities Exhibition "Jericho – beyond the celestial and terrestrial". The establishment of...
Catherine Laing, Outreach Assistant at the Glasgow Open Museum in Britain, gave a presentation on how to employ the Museums’ collections in community activities, both in the vicinity of the Museum and in public spaces. The objective of this attempt is to promote the activities of the Museum, and to bring the attention of the public to the...
The lecture comes as part of the activities of the 4th edition of Cities Exhibition - Jericho – Beyond the Celestial and Terrestrial held and organized by Birzeit University Museum. Wafa al-Kazimi, Assistant Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Arab Development Society, delivered a lecture on the experience of the Arab Development Society...
One of the objectives of the Museum is to motivate students at the University to engage in the activities of the Museum, and encourage their participation in the cultural domain. One of the activities carried out by the Museum in this context is the Basar Training program. The program is designed to train students to work in the field of...
Birzeit University Museum in collaboration with Palestinian Art Court- al Hoash and the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at Birzeit University organized a lecture titled Learning Museums and Active Citizenship delivered by lecturer Ida Brændholt – Senior Advisor at Danish Agency of Culture. Brændholt discussed the importance of...
A meeting was organized with artist Naser Soumi to learn about his new project The Memory of Indigo. The artist explored the various components of the indigo plant that used to grow in Palestine, particularly in Jericho area up until the beginning of the 20th century. He demonstrated the different functions of the coloring plant, most...
The fourth seminar of Cities Exhibition was moderated by artist Iyad Issa at the Danish House in Palestine. Issa discussed the main theme of his project which tackles modern Jericho, and takes part in the 4th Cities Exhibition: Jericho- Beyond the Celestial and the Terrestrial. The discussion tackled the current reality, the dynamics of urban...
The third seminar of Cities Exhibition was facilitated by Samah Hijawi. Members of the community in Jericho along with the mayor, a number of the students from Birzeit University, and faculty member and sociologist Abaher al Saqqa attended the meeting and participated in the discussion. In this project, the artist tackled the following...
The third phase of the 4th edition titled Jericho- Beyond the Celestial and the Terrestrial was launched at Birzeit University Museum. The curator in this exhibition worked with five artists. They transformed the space of the museum into a political space where artworks are employed as agents instigating continuous discussions and dialogue with...
BZU Museum held its second seminar on Jericho project at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah as part of the 4th edition of Cities Exhibition. A number of artists and visitors of the Museum attended the seminar. The session was titled A re-imagined Landscape for British artist Sarah Beddington. The artwork depicts the historical and...
BZU Museum held its first seminar on Jericho project at the International Art Academy in Ramallah as part of the 4th edition of Cities Exhibition. Several artists, journalists, students and teachers from the Academy attended the seminar. In the beginning, the curator of the exhibition, Yazid Anani, welcomed the attendants and participants, then...
The museum organized with 6 students from the marketing department taking “Marketing Management” course in the university under the supervision of teacher Omar Omran the final event of the First Student Exhibition “this is me, they are us, you are here”. The event continues from 11:00 a.m till 2:00 p.m in which it considered as student...
Pariticipating teachers presented the research material they collected from their students, as well as a detailed explanation of their work. After that, participants were divided into groups to work collectively, and to discuss and develop their research and ideas with the facilitator of the workshop, Tina Sherwell.
“Beyond Aesthetics” Seminar presented by the curator Omar Yousef in the museum in 11-12-2012, which was a student initiative by sociology student named Asma Al-Mzayin within Basar Training Program in the presence of her teacher Abahir Al-Saqqa and sociology class, in addition to Teacher Tawfeq Dwanni from the cultural studies department and...
This workshop presented the idea of trials as stage of producing cities exhibition and each artist presented her research and the experience she had in the city. For example, Sara Beddington discussed her research “the logic of birds” , Susanne Bosch and her project “Crossing Jericho” and Shuruq Harb and her research titled “ when Rehab...
Lecture for the Education Department within “Social Education Methods” with teacher Mahmoud Abu Shamma. They were inspired by the museum space and its ethnographic and art collection in general, and Tawfek Kan’an’s amulet collection in which they discussed many topics linked society, ethnography and history with education and development, in...
The fifth and last trial of Jericho retells the story of Rehab, the Canaanite woman who hosted and hide two of Joshua spies. The trial began in Tel Al-Sultan where tour guide Nasri Hamail took the audience in a tour defining the archeology of that area. Participants then moved straight to Mount Temptation restaurant where they met archaeologist...
Birzeit University Museum continued Jericho’s five trial with artist Sarah Pedington. She was inspired by the idea of the trial from Sufi poetry in book titled "Birds logic" by Farid al-Din Attar. The trial began in Al-Auja region moving towards the mountain and the channel there, including a presentation by Ashtar Theatre artists who wore...
The third trail started from “Aqbaet Gaber” refugee camp which included a welcome speech by the owner of Sami hotel. Then the jeeps loaded participants went to Jericho desert "Area C". The trail stopped there to take photos and interrupted by a speech of the legions team leader. After that, the participants went to Jericho rest station in which...
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The second trial of Jericho started at 7:00 pm from Ain Duke region where the artist met the trial’s participants before starting the trial which includes walking on foot for three hours, passing by Ain Duke channel down to Tel Sultan where they took their first break. Then the silent trial continued to the main square of Jericho...
First Jericho trial of the 4th edition of Cities exhibition took place in the central square of the city, where the artist spoke with people from Jericho and Ramallah about their dreams and future visions regarding Palestine. The dialogue began with the artist presenting herself and her research then asked questions to the audience, who in...
AlphThe launch gathers the artists participating in the exhibition, BZU museum staff and the audience together in the backyard of the Othman court in Ramallah, it started with a speech by the museum director Inass Yassin and the curator Yazid Anani then the Mayor of Jericho, Followed by the five artists talking about the researches they did in...
Birzeit University Museum introduces the first student exhibition. One of the museum programs that encourages students from different Palestinian Universities to contribute to the production of critical contemporary art practices. Most of the work bares concepts of social and political protest unraveling issues of power relations, body and...
This is the second workshop about the fourth edition of cities exhibition, in which it started (edit by najeh report)
BZUM Director Inass Yassin, project coordinator Najeh Abu Shamsieh, Cities Exhibition curator Yazid Anani, Artist Sarah Beddington, “Seat of the Muse” Exhibition curator Omar Naser, and 17 art school teachers.
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The workshop began with introducing the participants to the world of Palestinian Fashion, both in its historical and contemporary contexts. The curator introduced the participants to the design, fashion, craft industry and their ability to trespass traditional confined structures such as the interior of the Museum. The introduction was...
The second edition of Framed-Unframed: Women Representation in Palestinian Art Practice. The exhibition presents a number of artworks that tackle the various representations of women in the works of Palestinian artists. BZU Museum produced this edition in cooperation with the faculty of Fine Arts at An-Najah National University as part of...
This is the second workshop in the series of activities carried out as part of the forth edition of Cities Exhibition. The workshop included explaining the trails of the exhibition. Curator Yazid Anani introduced the concept of the (notebook) and Sarah Beddington presented parts of her previous works, in addition to a brief introduction to her...
Birzeit University Museum hosted American researcher Dan Walsh who gave a lecture entitled “A Pixel is Worth a Thousand Verbs: the Contemporary Palestinian Poster”. In this lecture, the artist talked to the audience about the Palestinian Poster Archive Project. He explained during the lecture the objective of his project, and he referred to...
This workshop comes as part of the Art for Schools program. Thirteen teachers participated and discussed the concept o the fourth edition of Cities Exhibition taking place in Jericho.
Participant : 13 participants of teachers of Fine Arts.
Artist : Tina Sherwell.
Birzeit University Museum in collaboration with the French Cultural Center presented the premium for the film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni by Lebanese director Rania Stephan at Al Kasba Theatre and Cinematheque in Ramallah, as part of the Franco-Arab Film Festival.
Artist : Al Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque.
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Mvsevm-Seat of the Mvse is the second exhibition in the Beyond Æsthetics programme at Birzeit University Museum. This comes as part of the Museum’s activities for 2012 which aim to bring the contemporary visual arts program closer to the University’s local community and society at large. The Museum also cares to provides a space for artisitic...
The launch of the 4th edition of Cities Exhibition took place at Birzeit University Museum. The activity brought together interested artists and participants along with Birzeit Univeristy staff and faculty members. The objective of this activity was to introduce the main concepts of the new exhibition, its directions and importance. The...
Collections program in Birzeit University Museum
The Museum participated in the Open Day activities that took place at the University. It carried out an interactive activity pertaining to the transmission of cultural and social concepts that embed in the aesthetic making of traditional dresses. Students were engaged in a discussion...
Photographs: Ahmad Deeb, Ahmad Saad, Randa Abu Ali, A’ahid Izhiman, Ala’ Ghousheh, Firas Mkrkar, Muhammad Aqrouq, Muhammad Al-Aloul, Niven Manareous, Yousef shakarneh.
Artwork: Iyad Sobboh, Rafeeda Sihweil, Rouqia Khames, Salim Awad, Saleem Al-Beik, Diaa’ Misleh, Alaa’ Al-Baba, Muhammad Jahha, Mustafa Al-Khatib, Hind Abu Hasnen.
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Teachers from Art for Schools Program attended the workshop which was facilitated by Tina Sherwell from the International Academy of Art Palestine. Participants discussed illustrations of various modern artistic practices, in addition they worked on designing and planning material for their art classes.
Participants : Group of art...
This guided tour is the first step in Basar Training Course for the students of the University to help them develop their skills and improve their knowledge concerning carrying out tasks at the museum and cultural institutes.
Participants : Raghda Shamali, Ayman Shwiki, Aya Kirrish, and group of volunteer students from birzeit ...
Students were invited to learn more about artistic practice, and to explore the unlimited potentials of interaction and artistic exchange. The presentation tackled an art project’s approach to exploring the multi-layers of collective memory through unfolding the visual and symbolic manifestations in a selection of artworks.
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The workshop was facilitated by Yazid Anani who talked to students from Al-Quds University about the 3rd Cities Exhibition “Between Ebal And Gerizim”, and the artworks that were displayed as part of the project.
Participant : Students from the Departments of Geographic and Urban Studies, and Media Studies at Al-Quds university.
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Tina Sherwel and artist Bashar Al Hroub gave presentations on contemporary art from different perspectives through presenting reviews of models and modern art projects. Inass Yassin explored models for current exhibitions that can be used as mediators or learning material for schools. A number of art teachers from different parts of the West...
This training course comes as part of the Art for Schools Program. It was carried out in four successive intervention sessions held at the Museum. The first was given by Yazid Anani, and it tackled the role of the curator in the production of the exhibition. The second was held by artists Iyad Issa and Sahar Qawasmi who talked to the audience...
The objective of this training course was to provide students with the opportunity to learn about handling cultural and artisitic heritage with openness and profound analysis in order to fully understand its importance and social value. The training course was held at the museum as part of Basar program. It tackled the general background and...
The training workshop provides important learning skills designed to prepare art teachers to be able to create their on educational models for art education in schools. Teachers participating in the workshop work in collaboration with art specialists to produce their original and effective models to be applied in teaching.
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The exhibition displays artworks for the group of young artists who won sponsorship from local cultural institutes in 2010. The exhibited artworks allow students to explore a variety of concepts and mediums used in contemporary art, and assess the contribution of such mechanisms to understand and formulate ‘meaning’. The exhibition is a mean to...
In collaboration with ArtTerritories & A Prior art magazine A workshop was held on aamily archives. Browsing through family and other non-professional photographs, participating artists collaboratively create a photo text piece based on their selection of photographs. The piece was published in the spring issue of A Prior Magazine.
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A lecture by Marc Mercier given during The Second /si:n/ Festival of Video Art & Performance
The second /si:n/ festival of video art & performance launches with a rich and diverse spectrum of video art & performance works by dozens of international, Arab and Palestinian artists. In addition to screenings...
The Cities Exhibition, is a venue for artists to explore the rich history of Palestinian cities. The attempt enables artists to contemplate about occurring changes resulting from social, economic and spatial practices, and their implications on contemporary society.
The Third Annual Cities Exhibition takes Nablus as its site of...
The 3DVM is a three-dimensional virtual space that presents a virtual interactive version of the gallery space at the Birzeit University Museum. The 3DVM aims to provide an experimental interactive space for exhibitions as it allows users to visit the exhibitions electronically, navigate the space online and discuss the...
The Ethnographic and Art Museum at Birzeit University presents the collection of lithographs by Syrian artist Marwan Kassab Bashi. The collection was generously donated by the artist to Birzeit University Museum in 1998 as a gesture of support and appreciation for the Palestinian people. His collection significantly contributed to the...
Planning the Common is the first student seminar on rethinking the use of the building of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Abu Dees. The idea of the project is to engage students in a discussion pertaining to an imagined reuse of the empty building as a new common and public dominion.
The project’s few crucial questions...