Art Heals Refugee Trauma
by Rabhi Bisla As of 12 hours ago, it has been 1 year since I have been working with Syrian refugees abroad as a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Specialist. Every day I am seeing the different sides of this crisis and amazed by what I learn from the stories of...
GAMA Arts and Community Showcase 2018 – “Building the Muslim Narrative”
GAMA (Gathering All Muslim Artists), in collaboration with the Muslim Writers Collective, would like to invite the Bay Area community to join us at the GAMA 2nd anniversary event and community showcase on Sep 9th. We will be “Building the Muslim Narrative” by celebrating and elevating our artists through an...
IRAP 3rd Annual Fundraising Dinner Highlights
On Saturday, June 9th the GAMA NY team helped organize IRAP’s third annual fundraising dinner taking place at Agora Gallery. GAMA artists donated their work for the cause of refugee assistance, from as far afield as California, Michigan, and Oklahoma! ⠀⠀ Proceeds of the benefit auction benefited the International Refugee...
Amplifying Muslim Artists and Their Narratives
Since 2016, our young organization, Gathering All Muslim Artists (GAMA) has experimented with different ways of supporting creatives in our community including transforming Halal restaurants into rotating art galleries, merchandising artists prints, auctioning art pieces, organizing learning workshops, and collaborating with peer Muslim institutions to create spaces for artists to...
Art Grant Opportunity Mental Health in the Muslim Community
GAMA in conjunction with Wellness in Action, is excited to announce a 2018 mini grant to be awarded to visual artists, with the intention to spark discussion amongst Muslim immigrant communities about the importance of mental care and mental health. We will be awarding 3 mini grants of $150 to...
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