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Global Arts Festival

Elisabeth Jones Art Center is delighted to bring you the Global Art Festival! This series of events is part of the International Mural by Mail project. 
The Global Art Festival events is hosted on Zoom, where you can meet the artists that have been participating in the Mural by Mail project, as well as learn ethnic cooking from Chefs, watch dancing, and listen to musicians perform, and we will have a virtual tour of an exhibition at the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art in Lagos, Nigeria. These are a few of the experiences we will have to offer for these events.

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Enjoy the Global Arts Festival - part of the  International Mural by Mail  project.

What are the events about?
The Global Arts Festival includes art, food, and
music for 7 weeks starting  January 21, 2021.

That's a wrap! 
Stay tuned for more events coming this summer!
You can revisit past events below on this page. We'll post more recent videos in the next few days.

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January 21, 2021 Afghanistan
Show has ended

Arif Bahaduri
List of Events:

• A traditional cooking class
• Artist interview with Arif Bahaduri
• A virtual gallery tour of the Afghan 
•   Cultural Center in Kabul
• A live "Attan" dance performance by​  a troupe in Afghanistan. 

february 11, 2021 japan
show has ended

Kaoru Shibuta

• Live cooking class with Chef David Edwards, of Nanban PDX
• Live artist interview with Kaoru Shibuta 
• Museum/gallery tour (pending) 
• Live Japanese folktale storytelling by Alton Chung 
• Live musical performance by Yumi Torimaru, creator of Kotori Japanese Music 

february 25, 2021 - India
​SHOW HAS ENDED

Aravani Art Project

• Live cooking class with Chef Jyoti Veeramoney 
• Live artist interview with members of Aravani Art Project 
• Virtual tour of museum/gallery in Bangalore 
• Live performance of bharatanatyam dance by Sweta Ravisankar 
• Live performance of "Bhishma Duranta" by Vayuvya Samskrithika Kendra 

Event dates and countries

• Jan. 21 - Arif Bahaduri / Afghanistan - Show has ended
• Jan. 28 - O. Yemi Tubi / Nigeria ​- Show has ended
• Feb. 11 - Kaoru Shibuta / Japan 
• Feb. 18 - Geger Boyo / Indonesia - show has ended
• Feb. 25 - Aravani Art Project / India - show has ended
• Mar. 11 - MaryAnn Loo / Singapore - show has ended
• Mar. 18 - Alevtyna Kakhidze / Ukraine - Show has ended

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January 28, 2021 Nigeria
show has ended

O. Yemi Tubi
List of Events:

• 5:30 - live cooking class with Chef Salimatu Amabebe, creator of "Black Feast" 
• 6:15 - live artist interview with O. Yemi Tubi (+ John Teply, Director of Elisabeth Jones Art) 
• 7:00 - virtual tour of the "Making Matter" exhibition at the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art in Lagos, Nigeria 
• 7:30 - live virtual head wrap expo with Zarinah El-Amin, creator of "Beautifully Wrapped" 
• 8:00 - "Yoruba Beyond Borders" film screening, directed by Bola Belo and Tunde Kelani 

february 18, 2021 - indonesia
show has ended

Gegerboyo

• Live cooking class (chef pending) 
• Live artist interview with members of Gegerboyo
• Virtual tour of galleries at Kedai Kebun Forum by Director Agung Kurniawan 
• Live musical performance by Lifia Teguh 
• Live dance performance by the Indonesian Performing Arts of Oregon group (IPAO) 

march 11, 2021 - singapore
​SHOW HAS ENDED

MaryAnn Loo

• Live cooking class with Chefs Pat & Holly, of Sibeiho PDX 
• Live artist interview with MaryAnn Loo 
• Virtual tour of Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Singapore 
• Entertainment

​Past global arts festival events

Visit our past Global Arts Festival events and enjoy interviews, cooking, dance performances, music, and more! 

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 Afghanistan / January 21

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nigeria / january 28

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japan / February 11

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INDIA / February 25

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ukraine

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Indonesia

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Singapore