Adiafa/Diyafa: Gifts of Exchange 15 October 2011 - 12 November 2011 The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia

exhibition
Tags: The Cross Art Projects
Title
Adiafa/Diyafa: Gifts of Exchange
Date
15 October 2011 - 12 November 2011
Place
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia
Description

Gifts of welcome and hospitality are common ground to the artists’ Arabic- and Spanish-speaking family worlds. Adiafa is a Spanish word originating from the Arabic word diyafa meaning hospitality.

This collaborative exhibition of contemporary textile works explores the making of textiles and craft objects as a process and as a theme of welcome or departure in many other cultures.

Event type/s
exhibition
Tags
The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/151-adiafadiyafa-gifts-of-exchange