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Corinne Whitlatch

A Quaker craftsman in a church-window production shop in Des Moines, Iowa, taught artist Corinne Whitlatch the traditional skills of making stained glass windows in the early 1970s. Her series of wall and window pieces reflects images and narratives drawn from her 30 years of employment related to the Middle East. She is inspired by the shards and artifacts gathered on my travels across the region - from Morocco east to Iran and Turkey. Found objects, ceramics, pressed plants, minerals and mosaics are joined with glass and hammered and pierced brass. Her designs are influenced by the study of Islamic ornamentation and of Middle Eastern cultures, history and political struggles.

She taught at the Des Moines Art Center (then directed by Jim Demetrion who later became director of the Hirshhorn), participated in the NEA’s Artist-in-the-Schools programs through the Iowa Arts Council and did commissions and art work. In 1985 she moved to Washington and laid aside her art ambitions while she was Executive Director for 22 years of Churches for Middle East Peace, a nonprofit involved in Middle East peace activities. This was preceded by six years of part-time work as Middle East Peace Education staff in the north central states for the American Friends Service Committee.

In 1998 she spent a two month sabbatical in Bethlehem teaching local women to make new items for the tourist market using broken window glass, bottles and scrap from the glass-blowers of Hebron. A student’s success was a topic of “Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble” by Lutheran Pastor Mitri Raheb of Bethlehem.

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The Jerusalem Fund Gallery
Contemporary Middle East and Arab American Artists

Since 2000, the Gallery has been the sole full time area showcase for the exhibition of contemporary art by Arab-American and Arab artists. The Gallery specializes in the work of Palestinian artists, with an additional emphasis on the work of contemporary artists whose art centers on issues of the Arab and Islamic world. The gallery exhibits work in a full range of media including painting, sculpture, photography, film and mixed media.

The cultural activities at The Jerusalem Fund Gallery, located in Washington, D.C., are made available to a wider audience through our website.

Gallery Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, or by appointment

For more information about the gallery or individual artists, please contact
Dagmar Painter, the Gallery Curator: dpainter@thejerusalemfund.org

Exhibition Inquiries

The Gallery welcomes inquiries from artists wishing to exhibit in our space. Please send an email with a short resume and several digital samples of your work to the curator. The Gallery reserves the right to review all work for appropriateness, space and schedule considerations. Please note that we program a year in advance.

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