Second Fez International Artists Gathering Explores Art's Role In Times of Crisis

The 2017 gathering from January 12-14 in Fez, Morocco includes a group exhibition and conference panels exploring more typical topics like 'photography and documentary films' or 'art in education' but also a more timely one like 'art, islam, and extremism'. 

Pascual Jordan, of Werkstatt Galerie in Berlin, and photographer Evi Blink, who participated in last year’s edition as a panelist, after undertaking a photographic research project on Moroccan women, will curate the group exhibition. The duo work closely with Omar Chennafi, founder of the event.

The 14 artists come from Morocco, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the US, each of them dealing with themes of political or personal crisis in their work. The curators explain: "We open this exhibition for an existential discourse about identity, poverty, war, freedom, and art." via ArtNet