Sunday, November 18th 3pm: “As the Veil Turns” Opening Reception @ The Gallery at Harriet’s Alter Ego
As The Veil Turns: Female Pioneers of the American Muslim Community
A photography and video exhibition by Nsenga Knight
OPENING RECEPTION Sunday, November 18, 2007, 3-6pm
ARTIST TALK (with video presentation) Friday, December 7, 2007, 6-8pm
Through Photography, video and oral history, Brooklyn-based artist Nsenga Knight explores the spiritual and community lives of Black women who converted to Islam prior to 1975 and pioneered Brooklyn’s oldest Muslim communities. Visit “As the Veil Turns” on the web follow this link
Exhibition Dates: November 18 – December 31, 2007
The Gallery at Harriet’s Alter Ego
293 Flatbush Avenue (between Prospect Pl and St. Marks)
Brooklyn, NY 11213
http://www.harrietsalteregoonline.com/
Subway: 2 and 3 trains to Bergen, B or Q trains to 7th avenue.
Admission to the gallery is free open to the public
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-8pm and Sundays 12-6pm.
For more information contact:
Laylah Barrayn, Laylah@harrietsalteregoonline.com, (646) 573-2422
Ngozi Odita, Ngozi@harrietsalteregoonline.com, (718) 783-2074
As the Veil Turns is sponsored in part by the greater New York Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural affairs administered by Brooklyn Arts Council incorporated (BAC). This project is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. In Kings County the Decentralization program is administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council incorporated (BAC). Funding and support is also provided by Puffin Foundation Ltd. and the BCAT/ Rotunda Gallery Joint Multimedia Residency.
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