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Gallery Ovissi and International Council for Women in the Arts welcomes
Zahra Almufti and Fay Afaf Kanafani: Arab Women Artists of the East Bay
Gallery Ovissi and the International Council for Women in the Arts is proud to present the works Zahra Almufti and Fay Afaf Kanafani. This exhibition honors and commemorates the lives of two very diverse and committed artists who have developed inspiring relationships with their creative process and their art.
Please join us for an opening on
Saturday, August 26, 2000 from 6 -9 p.m.
ZAHRA ALMUFTI
Zahra is an accomplished artist who primarily paints with acrylics on canvas. Her paintings have been likened to stained glass windows, enamel paintings and jewels. Zahra is inspired by infinite pattern that lead to the external. Painting, for her, is the embroidery of different states of being, a visual record of the exquisite patterns of our spiritual essence.
" My paintings are a log of the ecstasies, the celebration of our boundless spiritual nature revealing itself in physical form. Painting is metaphysical happiness in physical awareness" Zahra Almufti
FAY AFAF KANAFANI
Now in her 80s, Fay is far from slowing down. She has been using art as a means of expressing her unique spirit. Born in 1918 in Beirut, Lebanon, Fay moved to the U.S. in 1995. She has taught herself one of the most difficult mediums, digital computer technology. She says, "it is exciting to discover the computer as a free-hand art tool". The three categories of art currently showcased at the Gallery will be her floral, landscape and figure series.
Mrs. Kanafani has also written her autobiography "Nadia, Captive of Hope, Memoir of an Arab Woman", which she will read from on Saturday, September 16, 2000 at 8 p.m.
Please join us for an opening for Zahra and Fay
on Saturday, August 26, 2000 from 6 -9 p.m.
Gallery Ovissi
1425 Park Avenue Emeryville, CA
510-601-6874 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
galleryovissi@hotmail.com
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