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Come and meet the artists at the gallery. We hope to see you at the opening reception on Tuesday Oct. 19, 2004 from 4-7 PM. Please distribute widely.

For more information visit www.birwaz.org

SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE
A Premiere Contemporary Art Exhibition By artists of Arab and Iranian heritage October 19 to November 5, 2004.

Rheim Alkadhi, Khalil Bendib, Doris Bittar, Ali Dadgar, Abdelali Dahrouch, Taraneh Hemami, Annemarie Jacir and Haleh Niazmand

Curated by Saná Makhoul

Opening Reception: Tuesday October 19, 2004 from 4-7PM

Symposium: Sunday October 31, 2004 at 160 Kroeber Hall from 1 to 6PM

Hours: Open Tuesdays through Fridays, 12-5PM.
Extended Hours: Saturdays: Oct. 23 & 30; 12-4 PM and Sundays: Oct. 24 & 31; 12-4PM
for more information call 510-713-8715

Open to the general public free of admission and wheelchair accessible.

Worth Ryder Gallery at 116 Kroeber Hall
Bancroft and College Ave.
UC Berkeley Campus
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: 510-642-2582
Web Site: art.berkeley.edu/rev2/wrGallery
Kroeber Hall on UC Berkeley Campus

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Somewhere Elsewhere is an art exhibition that provides a rare opportunity in the Bay Area to view contemporary art production by artists of Arab and Iranian heritage who are living in the United States. This exhibition brings awareness of the impact of stereotypes in general, and vilification of Arabs and Muslims in particular. Misrepresentations are collective definitions imposed by one group of people onto another group of people along religious, cultural or ethnic lines. The stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs has increased significantly after September 11th, yet it is a practice that goes back particularly to the Crusades of the Middle Ages. Arab and Muslim stereotyping is flooding all public arenas, from television and cinema to newspapers and the fine arts. Misrepresentation creates dissonance and conflict within diverse groups in a community and suppresses and impedes the visibility of the creative spirit.

Sponsors: San Francisco Arab Cultural & Community Center (ACCC), The Zellerbach Family Foundation, Center for Middle Eastern Studies at University of California-Berkeley, Arab Film Festival, M Square Software Services, San Jose State University, KPFA - Pacifica Radio 94.1FM, Cultural and Visual Arts Resource/ICWA, and True Identity.