Dear World
Well, well, well - there are many developments taking place here in Egypt (please read the personal ARC blog for details - link to the left) but we continue to be here and shine as we can.
It was a joy having Monika Nguyen stay for the week and now we are preparing for:
4 new creative writing courses starting next week at Diwan and Darb 1718
the next Up On the Roof open stage night on April 7th at Darb 1718 (the last one on March 3rd was a fabulous success and received a great review in one of the notable papers here)
working with several private students on novels
collaborating with film maker Marouan Omara and creating poetry films
a birthday tea with two octogenarian writers from Cornwall who will revisit Cairo sixty five years after they celebrated their 21st birthdays here!!!
I am also waiting to hear about funding for my trip to Romania in May for an International Poetry Festival - here's hoping!
About Me
- ArtHome
- ArtHome is the first step of ARC. *Please read All About ARC page for all info. The residency is also my home and intended as a heart centre for developing artistic work, providing a landing mat for those seeking to absorb Cairo and hear its many stories as well an opportunity to be linked in with the art scene. Downtown is bustling with creativity; artists and writers gather in the numerous coffee houses and bars and radical and exciting work can be found in the galleries and venues. The city is full of paradoxes of old and new, traditional and contemporary. ArtHome is a bohemian, vegan/vegetarian place accommodating up to 3 artists at any one time. I am interested to help create links between artists locally and internationally and with venues and centres. I am a writer and poet www.lindaclearypoetry.blogspot.com and I also work with film and audio to create performances and installations. It is intended that ARC will blossom into a larger venue; accommodating more artists at one time and providing larger workspace in-house. I look forward to sharing ARC with you. Please email: lindawildfire@hotmail.com
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