Check out the latest studio improvements at GOA With the successful conclusion of our first crowd funding campaign in the Spring, we were able to make some big studio improvements this Summer in how we serve artists in our Tetouan studios. We’re eager to share these studio improvements with YOU … and the rest of the …
This past month we launched our campaign for the funds needed to outfit the Green Olive Arts studio with a printmaking press, gallery lighting, and a sound system and projector for our exhibition space. Words can’t express how grateful we are to everyone who has contributed so that more artists can experience Morocco and create their art …
Here’s a little peek into the first steps in making our new Green Olive Arts embossed leather bookmarks, which we are designing and then having local Moroccan artisans create for us. Be sure to check back in for future posts about the rest of the process. And if you would like one of these custom bookmarks …
If you are thinking of entering your artwork, installation or performance into the 6th edition of Morocco’s Marrakech Biennale 2016, you have a couple of weeks left to apply The call for MB6 OFF project entries, is currently open and runs until 31 May 2015. The theme of the Marrakech Biennale 2016 is “TRACES,” drawing on the divergent …
The Green Olive Arts team is super excited to announce our first crowd funding campaign with indigogo.com … it’s a community thing, come on in and join the excitement! We are going to add a printmaking press and related equipment to the studios so that printmakers and other artists in residence can experiment and explore beyond …
Although one of the smallest of the Moroccan medinas, Tetouan is unquestionably the most complete and it has been largely untouched by subsequent outside influences. – UNESCO (whc.unesco.org) Tetouan, Morocco is a jewel of a city that lies off the well worn paths of big tourism and commerce. Situated in the North of Morocco, on the …
Thank you to all who came out to our first Tetouan Drum Circle at Blanco Riad! It was a beautiful pre-spring evening in the garden cafe of Blanco Riad when the rhythm began. Overall, 12 percussionists played for about as many who came just to enjoy, clap and tap their feet. Enjoy a quick snippet …
Green Olive Arts, in partnership with Blanco Riad and the ALC Tetouan*, is excited to be hosting world percussionist Paula Jeanine Bennett for an evening of drumming with Tetouan’s local rhythm talent. Where: Blanco Riad … Zenka d’ Zaouia, Tetouan When: Tuesday evening, 18:00-21:00 Who’s invited? Drummers, percussionists and guitarists from the Tetouan region The …
Rhythm an unheard conversation and other reflections from Poet and Fiber Artist in Residence Carrie Mixon. Re-posted from her blog with permission… Thanks Carrie! There are many things you don’t imagine yourself doing in a certain span of time like this. Watching Turkish historical dramas is one for me. The sound of Arabic and stringed instruments from …
AiR Carrie Mixon was invited by the American Language Center of Tetouan to participate in the commencement ceremony of its ACCESS* students on Sunday 15-February as a guest poet. It was standing room only in the auditorium of Tetouan’s Dar Taqafa (Culture House) of the Ministry of Culture Sunday night. Guests were treated to musical numbers …