babylon art & cultural center
babylon art & cultural center was a 501(c)(3) community art center located in minneapolis from 2001-2005. equipt with galleries, a stage, and artist studios, the artwork and social programming reflected the diversity of south minneapolis through thematic exhibits and events inspired by grassroots community participation. as director of visual arts i curated babylon's galleries and shows, as well as coordinating a variety of outreach programming in the community.
in 2003 i began to collaborate on commissioned public murals in minneapolis with iraqi artist haider al-amery and his uncle sabri al-amery, baghdad university professor of art emeritus, both of whom rented a studio at babylon. i later traveled with haider to new york city to paint two commissioned murals, and organized a caravan of artists from the twin cities to live with and paint murals alongside the indigenous people of chiapas, mexico, presenting our work at conferences in mexico city and seattle.
chiapas, méxico 2005
universidad de chapingo, méxico d.f. 2005
new york city and minneapolis, 2003-2004
