Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project

For up-to-date information on the show, click here.

Two Iraqi artists participating in the show will be at the Minneapolis Aquatennial on July 18, 2010. Come to welcome them and see their work!

IARP is excited to announce the opening of The Art of Conflict: Identity in War and Displacement on July 29 at Tarnish and Gold gallery in Minneapolis. The juried art show will bring 15 pieces by Iraqi artists and 15 pieces by American artists together in dialogue on the effects of war and displacement. Two Iraqi artists will travel from Iraq to Minneapolis for the exhibit.

Art has a unique power to make “indescribable” experiences real. This show will enable artists, including U.S. veteran and Iraqi artists, to make experiences of war and displacement real for Minnesotans.

Programming at the gallery will include a film screening of The Unreturned, an award-winning documentary about 5 Iraqi refugee families produced by a Minnesota native; an arts therapy group; talks by veterans, refugee groups, and others with experience of war and displacement; and letter-writing to Iraqis.

Please consider making a donation to make this show possible and bring together Iraqi and American art.

Stories are made real only in the telling…

…We will tell our stories of war and displacement through art

We sincerely appreciate your support of our work for reconciliation between Iraqis and Americans. A donation for the art show will:

• $2500 will cover airfare and visa expenses for an Iraqi artist to travel to the U.S. and talk to Americans about her or his art and personal experiences with war and displacement
• $500 will cover the costs of bringing Iraqi artists’ original pieces to Minneapolis and preparing them for the show
• $200 will allow us to reach out to underserved Minnesotan communities, such as refugees and veterans, to engage them in the show
• $100 will bring a refugee or Iraq War veteran to present on their experiences with war and displacement during the show
• $25 will provide a meal for the visiting Iraqi artists

To read about sponsorship opportunities, click here (coming soon).

This activity funded, in part, by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.