Artist Fellow, Exhibiting
Joumana Altallal is an Iraqi-Lebanese poet, educator, and Zell Fellow at the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program. Her work explores her family's journey fleeing Iraq, their arrival to Charlottesville, and the subsequent loss of family archives.
Bio courtesy of artist.
Join us for a virtual Generative Poetry Workshop with New City Arts May 2021 Fellow, Joumana Altallal, on Tuesday, May 25 at 7:00PM. Registration is required for this free, virtual event. Sign up here. This workshop is open to participants who are high school age and up and is open to poets with any level of experience, including first-time writers.
On May 23, 2021, WHAT TERROR by Joumana Altallal opens with New City Arts at Welcome Gallery featuring work Joumana created during her New City Arts Fellowship.
The 7x7x7 Series asks 7 questions to 7 Charlottesville artists and is published once a week for 7 weeks. This interview features Lou Haney.
