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<div><div class="im"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jesseca Ferguson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jferguson@mindspring.com" target="_blank">jferguson@mindspring.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM<br>Subject: al-Mutanabbi Street Starts here - part 1 (of 3) opens Monday January 14, 2013<br>To: Jesseca Ferguson <<a href="mailto:jferguson@mindspring.com" target="_blank">jferguson@mindspring.com</a>><br>
<br><br></div><div><div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#c00000">You are cordially invited to this exhibition & related events. On December 28, 2012, <i>The Economist</i> reviewed the project. Please click this link to read “A Literary Bridge to Baghdad”: </span><span><a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2012/12/al-mutanabbi-street-starts-here" target="_blank">http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2012/12/al-mutanabbi-street-starts-here</a></span> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#c00000"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#c00000">Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here</span><br>
<em><span style="font-style:normal">A three-part exhibition of artist books and broadsides </span></em>January 7 - June 21, 2013<br><br><span>Exhibition PART I: </span><br><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">January 7 - February 28, 2013</span></span><br>
<br><span>Opening Reception: Monday, January 14, 2013 at 6:00-8:00pm</span><u></u><u></u></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="432" height="595" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDEFD7.9F0F4E80" alt="CAC-invite-PART-I.jpg"><u></u><u></u></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span>CAC Gallery at the Cambridge Arts Council</span><br><span>City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor, Cambridge, MA</span><u></u><u></u></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:8.0pt">On March 5, 2007, a car bomb exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street, the ancient street of booksellers, poets and writers, located at the literary and cultural heart of Baghdad, Iraq. <br>The attack killed 30 people and injured scores more. As part of an international response to this event, the Cambridge Arts Council presents "Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here," <br>
a three-part exhibition of 261 artist books made by 260 international artists from 24 countries. This exhibition events aims to bear witness to the events <br>on Al-Mutanabbi Street, and to collectively affirm that the right to a free exchange of ideas and culture in public space is never to be taken for granted.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="http://www.al-mutanabbistreetstartshere-boston.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://www.al-mutanabbistreetstartshere-boston.com/</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Books/2012/Oct-13/191225-artists-honor-baghdads-al-mutanabbi-street.ashx#axzz29TJnKxPj" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Books/2012/Oct-13/191225-artists-honor-baghdads-al-mutanabbi-street.ashx#axzz29TJnKxPj</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/mainmut12/gallery1.htm" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/mainmut12/gallery1.htm</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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