Jalssa (جلسة) with Ahmed Moneka

Jalssa (جلسة) with Ahmed Moneka

A music and storytelling session with Ahmed Moneka. As We move Away from the Sun' is an apexart intl open call exhibition

By apexart

Date and time

Saturday, May 11 · 6:30 - 8pm EDT

Location

Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory

19 Horticultural Avenue Toronto, ON M5A 2P2 Canada

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About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

A music and storytelling session with Toronto based musician and performer Ahmed Moneka. Audiences are welcomed to sit in proximity and listen to Moneka’s stories about migration and adaptation in Canada. Intertwined with freestyle solo singing, remembering together some Iraqi folklore related to land and plants. 

Bio

Ever since Ahmed Moneka’s arrival in Toronto, Canada from Baghdad, Iraq, he has made significant contributions as a performing artist in music and theater. His Iraqi artistic heritage, including his stories and songs, has been warmly welcomed into the growing cultural narrative of the city's artistic scene.

IMAGE CAPTION: Ahmed Moneka, photo by Ksenija Hotic, 2022

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apexart

Founded in 1994, apexart is a non-profit arts organization in Lower Manhattan that offers opportunities to independent curators and emerging and established artists, and challenges ideas about art, its practice, and its curation. We realize this mission through our exhibitions, fellowships, publications, and public programs.

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