Released on = June 22, 2007, 11:13 pm

Press Release Author = ARTplusradio.org

Industry = Apparel & Fashion

Press Release Summary = This podcast includes a discussion of half a century of art
and life at the RWW Art Center. The guests interviewed for the podcast included Lady
Hilary Weir and Barbara Heller, who are trustees of the RWW Exhibition Trust in
London and Suzan Wissa Wassef and Ikram Nosshi who run the RWW Art Center in Cairo.



Press Release Body = The RWW Art Center received the prestigious Aga Khan
Architecture Award in 1983. The Art Center is world famous for its hand made, museum
quality tapestries. The tapestries are made from natural materials dyed using
natural dyes, whose plants are grown on the grounds of the Art Center.

In this interview, Architect Ikram Nosshi discussed the Art Center's architecural
developments over the past 50 years. He also described the dye making processes used
at the Center, some of which date back to Ancient Egypt and the Coptic Era.

In this podcast, Lady Hilary Weir gave a retrospective of the Art Center which she
has known and lectured about for the past 30 years. Lady Weir described the exhibits
that were held in
Britain for the Art Center, the last exhibit in 2006, commemorated the 50th
anninversary of the Center.
Barbara Heller discussed the books that were published about the Art Center since
1961. The last book 'Egypitan Landscapes' was published in 2006 to commemorate 50
years of life and art at the RWW Art Center.

Susan Wissa Wassef talked about how weaving has changed the lives of the weavers who
started at the Art Center as children. She described how the Art Center takes pride
in teaching, nurturing and mentoring these young children until they become world
famous tapestry artists.

For more information, please visit the RWW Art Center web site
http://www.wissa-wassef-arts.com

The podcast is available on iTunes at
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id

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