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MEDIA CONTACT: Carol Lewis 561-297-0245, clewis36@fau.edu
FAU Libraries Host Concert to Celebrate Iraqi Book Exhibition
Performance will Benefit Educational Programs at the Jaffe Center
WHAT: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts is hosting Harmonic Motion Middle Eastern Music Ensemble for a concert to celebrate “Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book Art,” its current exhibition.
WHEN: Thursday, October 23, at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Florida Atlantic University S.E. Wimberly Library Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts 777 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33431
COST: Minimum donation per ticket is $25. Donors who give at least $50 per ticket receive a 96-page color catalog of the Dafatir exhibition.
CONTACT: For tickets or for more information, contact John Cutrone, Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts programs coordinator, at 561-297- 0455 or jcutrone@fau.edu. For more information on the Jaffe Center, visit www.jaffecollection.org.
Harmonic Motion Middle Eastern Music Ensemble’s “Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book Art,” focuses on folkloric and ethnic idioms and cross-cultural projects. It headlined the center’s “Listening to Mutanabbi Street” concert and reading in July. Dafatir, an Arabic word meaning notebook, highlights the flourishing book arts in Iraq and celebrates the persistence of the artistic impulse in a nation troubled by tyranny and war. Proceeds will benefit the education fund of the nonprofit Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts.
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