Left: Esther Elia, Rug 1: Hiding, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 25 inches | Right: Misha Zehra Abbas, Wooden Blocks, 2018, Plywood, Dimensions Variable
Left: Esther Elia, Rug 1: Hiding, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 25 inches | Right: Misha Zehra Abbas, Wooden Blocks, 2018, Plywood, Dimensions Variable
Special Event
1275 Minnesota St / INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED UNCERTAINTY / GALLERY 211 + LOUNGE
Sat. Aug 10 3:00PM to 6:00PM
08/10/2019 3:00pm 08/10/2019 6:00pm Public Events | Handed Down

INSTITUTE OF advanced UNCERTAINTY is pleased to present HANDED DOWN, a double residency + exhibition featuring Misha Zehra Abbas and Esther Elia. Alongside textile examples from their individual practice on view, the pair are engaged in a collaborative weaving project using hand-dyed yarn and a loom produced by the artists. Organized by Kathy Zarur. On view in Gallery 211 through August 17th, and with three upcoming public events:

COMMUNITY DINNER | Saturday, August 10 | 3 – 6 pm | MSP Lounge: Abbas and Elia invite you to gather in community and share a meal of Pakistani aloo gobi, pakoras and Assyrian dolmas. “Bring a story of your family history and share foods that represent ours.”

TEA TUESDAY | August 13 | 12 – 3 pm | Gallery 211: Artists Abbas and Elia invite the public to come by for a glass of tea and to witness their unique collaborative engagement, the weaving of threads, cultures and histories, and the development of an artistic relationship.

ARTIST TALK | Thursday, August 15 | 4 – 6 pm | Gallery 211: Kathy Zarur, organizer of HANDED DOWN, in conversation with Abbas and Elia about their double residency and collaborative work. 

 1275 Minnesota St America/New_York public
Tue. Aug 13 12:00PM to 3:00PM
08/13/2019 12:00pm 08/13/2019 3:00pm Public Events | Handed Down

INSTITUTE OF advanced UNCERTAINTY is pleased to present HANDED DOWN, a double residency + exhibition featuring Misha Zehra Abbas and Esther Elia. Alongside textile examples from their individual practice on view, the pair are engaged in a collaborative weaving project using hand-dyed yarn and a loom produced by the artists. Organized by Kathy Zarur. On view in Gallery 211 through August 17th, and with three upcoming public events:

COMMUNITY DINNER | Saturday, August 10 | 3 – 6 pm | MSP Lounge: Abbas and Elia invite you to gather in community and share a meal of Pakistani aloo gobi, pakoras and Assyrian dolmas. “Bring a story of your family history and share foods that represent ours.”

TEA TUESDAY | August 13 | 12 – 3 pm | Gallery 211: Artists Abbas and Elia invite the public to come by for a glass of tea and to witness their unique collaborative engagement, the weaving of threads, cultures and histories, and the development of an artistic relationship.

ARTIST TALK | Thursday, August 15 | 4 – 6 pm | Gallery 211: Kathy Zarur, organizer of HANDED DOWN, in conversation with Abbas and Elia about their double residency and collaborative work. 

 1275 Minnesota St America/New_York public
Thu. Aug 15 4:00PM to 6:00PM
08/15/2019 4:00pm 08/15/2019 6:00pm Public Events | Handed Down

INSTITUTE OF advanced UNCERTAINTY is pleased to present HANDED DOWN, a double residency + exhibition featuring Misha Zehra Abbas and Esther Elia. Alongside textile examples from their individual practice on view, the pair are engaged in a collaborative weaving project using hand-dyed yarn and a loom produced by the artists. Organized by Kathy Zarur. On view in Gallery 211 through August 17th, and with three upcoming public events:

COMMUNITY DINNER | Saturday, August 10 | 3 – 6 pm | MSP Lounge: Abbas and Elia invite you to gather in community and share a meal of Pakistani aloo gobi, pakoras and Assyrian dolmas. “Bring a story of your family history and share foods that represent ours.”

TEA TUESDAY | August 13 | 12 – 3 pm | Gallery 211: Artists Abbas and Elia invite the public to come by for a glass of tea and to witness their unique collaborative engagement, the weaving of threads, cultures and histories, and the development of an artistic relationship.

ARTIST TALK | Thursday, August 15 | 4 – 6 pm | Gallery 211: Kathy Zarur, organizer of HANDED DOWN, in conversation with Abbas and Elia about their double residency and collaborative work. 

 1275 Minnesota St America/New_York public

Public Events | Handed Down

INSTITUTE OF advanced UNCERTAINTY is pleased to present HANDED DOWN, a double residency + exhibition featuring Misha Zehra Abbas and Esther Elia. Alongside textile examples from their individual practice on view, the pair are engaged in a collaborative weaving project using hand-dyed yarn and a loom produced by the artists. Organized by Kathy Zarur. On view in Gallery 211 through August 17th, and with three upcoming public events:

COMMUNITY DINNER | Saturday, August 10 | 3 – 6 pm | MSP Lounge: Abbas and Elia invite you to gather in community and share a meal of Pakistani aloo gobi, pakoras and Assyrian dolmas. “Bring a story of your family history and share foods that represent ours.”

TEA TUESDAY | August 13 | 12 – 3 pm | Gallery 211: Artists Abbas and Elia invite the public to come by for a glass of tea and to witness their unique collaborative engagement, the weaving of threads, cultures and histories, and the development of an artistic relationship.

ARTIST TALK | Thursday, August 15 | 4 – 6 pm | Gallery 211: Kathy Zarur, organizer of HANDED DOWN, in conversation with Abbas and Elia about their double residency and collaborative work. 

Related Exhibitions
Handed Down: Misha Zehra Abbas and Esther Elia