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*IAMCC 2020-21 Series: Crafting Conversations* Dear IIS subscribers,

The Islamic Art and Material Culture Collaborative (IAMCC) monthly series*, "Crafting Conversations: Discourses on the Craft Heritage of the Islamic World - Past, Present and Future", continues this month with OmarJoseph Nasser-Khoury on Saturday Nov 21.

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Saturday 21 November, 11am EDT *Embroidery from Palestine: Disciplining the Past to Craft the Future * OmarJoseph Nasser-Khoury, anti-fashion designer, East Jerusalem, Palestine Co-hosted with Ruba Kana‘an, Assistant Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga REGISTER HERE https://utoronto.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e18a3f99ef140d5f37ed4250&id=6d37ffc532&e=dd12053a9e

*This series is generously funded by the Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto with institutional support from the Royal Ontario Museum and the Aga Khan Museum. We're happy to share the video from our conversation with Dr. Omniya Abdel Barr on Mamluk Minbars. Catch it below and subscribe to our channel for more videos. https://utoronto.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e18a3f99ef140d5f37ed4250&id=6972729e58&e=dd12053a9e The full program for our Crafting Conversations series is as follows (please consult the IAMCC webpage https://utoronto.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e18a3f99ef140d5f37ed4250&id=f1a01c7084&e=dd12053a9efor any updates for future events and registration links. Details are correct at the time of posting but may be subject to change):

Saturday 19 December, 11am EDT *Embroidery in the Age of Corona: Documentation and Practice from Iraq, Jordan and the Netherlands * Fatima Abbadi, embroiderer, collector and photographer, Capelle aan den Ijssel, Netherlands

Saturday 30 January, 11am EDT *Two Sides of the Same Coin: Is There a Difference between Islamic Art and Craft?* Parviz Tanavoli, artist, collector and scholar, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Marcus Milwright, Professor of Islamic Art & Archaeology and Chair of the Department of Art History and Visual Studies, University of Victoria, BC, Canada

Saturday 27 February, 11am EDT *The Museum’s Role in Amplifying and Sustaining Craft and Making* Leslee Michelsen, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design (Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art), Honolulu HI, USA

Saturday 27 March, 11am EDT *From Craft to Art: Egyptian Appliqué-work in Light of Local and Global Changes * Seif El Rashidi, Director of the Barakat Trust, London, England Co-hosted with Heba Mostafa, Assistant Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Department of the History of Art, University of Toronto

Saturday 24 April, 11am EDT *Deconstructing the Code: Craft Collaborations in Morocco* Sara Ouhaddou, artist, France and Morocco Co-hosted with Mariam Rosser-Owen, Curator, Middle East Section, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Saturday May 29, 11am EDT *Design for a Nomadic World: The Future Heritage Lab* Azra Aksamija, Director of the MIT Future Heritage Lab and Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA Co-hosted with Ulrike Al-Khamis, Interim Director and Director of Collections and Public Programs, Aga Khan Museum

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