Palestinian artists, Suheir Hammad and Jackie Salloum are among 23 international artists to be selected for a grant administered by Art Maters, New York, to artists from around the world.
Hammad received support for travel and research for "Translate a Nation", a performance about language and identity in the cities of Ramallah and Lod, including interviews in Ramallah with local artists and the AM Qattan Foundation, and DAM, a Palestinian rap group in Lod.
Salloum received support for the creation of concert video projections created in collaboration with Palestinian hip hop groups, DAM and PR, and Waleed Zaiter, an Arab-American graphic animator. These will accompany the release of Salloum’s feature length documentary, "Slingshot Hip-Hop: The Palestinian Lyrical Front".For more information: www.artmattersfoundation.org/recent_grantees
Some of Jackie Salloum work:
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Some of Suheir Hammad work:
