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Covid19 AiR Interview: Alina Akbar Malik

“Grace your creative space with care and attention”

In this interview with Pakistani miniature painter Alina Akbar Malik you can hear her wisdom on caring for her soul and studio at home during confinement. Alina’s work pulls together meaning and symbol in finely brushed drawings and paintings. She was part of the first Convergence residency in 2016 and has continued to travel as artist since…

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Covid19 AiR Interview: Tyler Voorhees

Honoring those working through the pandemic with his art

We are excited to share this interview with Michigan based artist Tyler Voorheesso you can hear his perspective on making art at home during confinement. Tyler spent 6 weeks at Green Olive Arts in 2019 making paintings about Jobs of Morocco, as well as a large mural to honor the weaver and his bobbin-loading wheel, the ‘naowra’. This post…

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A Workshop with Leather Artisan Layachi Azajjal

The Leather Artisan Stands Out in an Industrialized World.

Today machines might well be dominating every industry. Yet artisans in Morocco are doing their best to stay in constant competition with the massive industrial imitation that is imported from numerous countries. What was once the primary market for hand made objects for daily use in homes has now been filled with mountains of cheap…

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Tetouan Workshop with Leather Artisan Layachi Azajjal

The Leather Artisan Stands Out in an Industrialized World

Today machines might well be dominating every industry. Yet artisans in Morocco are doing their best to stay in constant competition with the massive industrial imitation that is imported from numerous countries. What was once the primary market for hand made objects for daily use in homes has now been filled with mountains of cheap…

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A Leather Workshop with Layachi Azajjal

The Artisan Stands Alone!

Today machines might well be dominating every industry. Yet artisans in Morocco are doing their best to stay in constant competition with the massive industrial imitation that is imported from numerous countries. When I was living in Tetouan, as I mentioned in my previous article Why I Love Tetouan’s Medina, I was lucky enough to get to know one of Tetouan’s most skilled…

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A Walk Up Bouanane

Come, Enjoy A Walk Up Bouanane

By Roqaya El Guiri

The city of Tetouan has a great location, it is surrounded by mountains and gigantic hills to the north and the south. One cannot visit the city of Tétouan without taking a detour up to Ain Bouanane, the famous spring and woods on the south side of the city. This area is very popular for its solitude, its greenery and its fresh water springs.

When…

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Studio View - Artist Interview with Rachel Pearsey

Green Olive Arts director and artist Rachel Pearsey invites us into her new home studio. We interviewed her about what she’s been doing and learning during the Covid19 lockdown. Read the full interview on our blog!

Around the world, artists have had to make changes to their art practice and studio use, due to the global pandemic of Covid19. For many, this season has meant NOT being able to go to studios outside the home to make work. In Tetouan, Morocco, art residency directors and artists Jeff McRobbie and Rachel Pearsey are among those. Because of Covid19, Green Olive Arts had to cancel the Spring and…

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Studio at Home - Artist Interview with Jeff McRobbie

Studio at Home – Artist Interview with Jeff McRobbie

Maintaining an art practice in these times means ‘pivoting’ Around the world, artists have had to make changes to their art practice and studio use, due to the global pandemic of Covid19. For many, this season has meant NOT being able to go to studios outside the home to make work. In Tetouan, Morocco, art residency directors and artists Jeff McRobbie and Rachel Pearsey are among those. Because…

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Tetouan and Art Residency in Covid19

Art Residency in Covid19 Lockdown What does it look like at Green Olive Arts?

Quiet and empty with a hope-filled dose of waiting.

Such is the status this global pandemic has forced upon the entire art residency world right now under Covid19. Many art residencies are really struggling to survive. It’s having a huge impact on the practice and plans of artists, with exhibitions off the table,…

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The Secret of Couscous

Happy Couscous Friday! Green Olive Arts is excited to introduce the first of a series of articles written by Roqaya El Guiri. From the Middle Atlas mountain city of Midelt, Roqaya has worked for GOA for the last 2+ years as a Residency Assistant, helping artists in their residencyexperiences. She has interests in the work of Moroccan women artists and bridging cultures as an ambassador of her…

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UPROOTED Convergence 2019 Residency Highlights

As the October 4 extended deadline to apply for the Convergence 2020 RESONATE artist residency is upon us, we are remembering last year’s UPROOTED Convergence residency and the rich experiences and community and art that emerged from the convergence of these 6 amazing artists!

As we prepared for this residency, we knew that the UPROOTED theme would be intense. It was a call for these artists to…

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A Convergence of Artists in Community

Convergence residency — artists in community

If one thing has become clear over the past four years of Convergence residencies at Green Olive Arts, it is that artistic practice is strengthened within community.The word “community” itself is layered with meanings. There is the creative community found in a group of international artists sharing studios, meals & ideas AND there is the surrounding…

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#Artists in Community #Collaboration #Convergence #Tetouan

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