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SUMMARY:Close to Home
DESCRIPTION:CALIFORNIA\n\nA collaboration of AANM and the\nLebanese America
 n Foundation - House of Lebanon\nPRIVATE OPENING RECEPTION for sponsors an
 d guests\n5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.  Sunday May\, 31\nHouse of Lebanon\n322-96
 5-8000\n4800 Wilshire Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA 90010\nPUBLIC VIEWING HOURS
 \n10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday (call ahead to confirm hours)\n11 
 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday\n1-5 p.m. Sunday\n\nWhen the Arab American National M
 useum (AANM) opened its doors 10 years ago\, its inaugural exhibition In/
 Visible presented the works of Arab American artists addressing concepts 
 of identity and place. We are now pleased to bring this ongoing conversati
 on between art and Arab identity to southern California with Close to Hom
 e: Celebrating California’s Arab American Art as part of the Museum’s
  10th Anniversary Year.\n\n\nPresented in collaboration with the Lebanese
  American Foundation – House of Lebanon\, this exhibition is the latest 
 in a series of cultural programs the AANM has sponsored in southern Cali
 fornia with the Southern California Friends of the AANM.\n\nThis collabor
 ation to promote the art of talented Arab Americans based in southern Cali
 fornia – John Halaka\, Doris Bittar\, and Olfet Agrama – is another
  opportunity to shine a spotlight on the many contributions of our communi
 ty.\n\nShowcasing an artist’s insight into Arab American identity is a p
 owerful gateway in opening up people’s minds to the larger Arab American
  culture. Your support of Close to Home will allow the Museum to continu
 e to be a significant venue and collaborator for the presentation of nota
 ble Arab American artists. More importantly\, it will ensure that the work
 s of these artists are preserved and shared.\n\nJoin the Southern Californ
 ia Friends of the Arab American National Museum in supporting this exhibi
 tion. Several levels of sponsorships are available.\n\nClick the SPONSOR N
 OW button for further information and to purchase sponsorships online.\n\n
 CLOSE TO HOME ARTISTS\n\nJohn Halaka is a painter\, documentary filmmake
 r and professor of visual arts at the University of San Diego\, whose work
  explores issues of exile\, resistance and identity construction. His Lan
 dscapes of Desire collection was on exhibit in 2013 at the Arab American 
 National Museum in Dearborn\, Mich. Halaka\, who received his M.F.A. from 
 the University of Houston\, is a Palestinian American who was born in El M
 ansoura\, Egypt\, in 1957.\n\nDoris Bittar is a multi-disciplinary artist
  who closely follows history and intertwines it with pattern and decorativ
 e structures. In part\, her art tests a pattern's veracity to see if it ma
 y act as an identifying unit of culture\, which she calls cultural DNA. B
 orn in Baghdad\, Iraq of Lebanese parents\, Bittar received a Masters of F
 ine Arts at the University of California\, San Diego in 1993\, and began t
 o exhibit\, teach and write. Bittar currently teaches in the Visual Arts d
 epartment at California State University\, San Marcos.\n\nOlfet Agrama wa
 s born in Cairo\, Egypt and lived there for the first 25 years of her life
 . At the age of 14 she started taking private lessons in art from an Itali
 an academic artist. Leaving Egypt\, she immigrated to the United States an
 d earned a master's degree in English Literature from the University of Ca
 lifornia. Agrama lived in Lebanon for four years\, in Italy for eight year
 s\, in England\, and Spain. At the moment\, she divides her time between L
 os Angeles and Paris. She just published her first novel entitled At Th
 e Crossroad.\n\n
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