Paper

2009.03

May Hariri Aboutaam

Gift

Gift of Mary Hariri Aboutaam

2008

15 in

20 in

Re-interpreting the Middle East II: Artists Re-thinking Today's Terminology (2009)

Cultural/Historical Context

Heather Muise received her B.F.A. from the University of Windsor, Canada, and her M.F.A in printmaking from the University of Tennessee. Her work has been exhibited in over 80 shows across four continents. She has been teaching printmaking and foundations courses at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates for the past five years where one of her main areas of research is creating bridges between Arab and Western artists and cultures through the printmaking media. She co-organized the Fertile Crescent Portfolio, the first print exchange between artists in the Middle East.