A Community between Two Worlds:
Arab Americans in Greater Detroit
The photographs in this exhibition celebrate the cultural and historical complexity of southeast Michigan's Arab American community. Arabs have been coming to Michigan and the United States for over a century. Detroit has one of the oldest and most diverse Arab communities in the nation. Now numbering approximately 250,000, it is also the largest Arab community in America. A Community between Two Worlds examines how life in Arab Detroit has changed since immigration to Michigan; shows how Arab American culture is part of American culture; explores the role traditional artists play in maintaining an Arab American identity; and traces the many links that tie Detroit to the Arab world.
Developed and curated by the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) (Dearborn, Michigan) and the Michigan State University Museum, the exhibition includes 59 historical and contemporary photographs. A Community Between Two Worlds is based on an earlier photographic exhibition by ACCESS and the National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian Institution.
Schedule
Brody Gallery, Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
August 31 - May 15, 2012
This exhibition has been displayed at the following sites: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA; Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba, MI; Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI; Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI; Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY; National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Meeting, Detroit, MI; Sloan Museum, Flint, MI; Lorenzo Cultural Center, Clinton Twp., MI; and New Americans Museum, San Diego, CA.
This exhibition is eligible for funding through the
Michigan Humanities Council's Arts and Humanities Touring
Program. For more information, click
here.
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Rental Fee:
(12-week period) : |
$2,000, plus shipping |
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Number of pieces: |
58 photographs |
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Running feet required: |
300 ft. |
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Insurance Value: |
$17,000 |
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Security requirement: |
Lockable, limited access display area; temperature and light controls; fire protection according to local ordinances
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Additional materials available: |
Press materials; educational materials; related publication available for resale |
Arab Americans in Metro Detroit
and other merchandise is available from the Michigan
Traditional Arts Program Store.
This traveling exhibition is an ACCESS/Michigan State
University Museum, Michigan Traditional Arts Program activity
made possible by the financial and in-kind support of the
National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ruth Mott Fund,
the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program
administered by The Fund for Folk Culture and underwritten
by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, the Michigan Council
for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Michigan Humanities Council,
Terry Daoud, Yehia Shousher, ACCESS, the Michigan State University
Museum, Detroit Historical Museum, the Arab American Advisory
Committee, and the Arab American Arts Council.
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