THE TRAVELING JERUSALEM CAFE

• A model for multicultural sensitivity programming

• Available to travel to galleries, museums, cultural and educational centers around the world

Simultaneously a multi-sensory immersive art exhibit and functioning café, the Traveling Jerusalem Cafe is being developed in cooperation with East and West Jerusalem cafes. It is a non-confrontational safe environment to encounter Israeli and Palestinian societies beyond sensationalism and stereotypes. It features life size paintings, interviews with owners, sampled sounds, music, fabrics, tastes (including hot drinks and light food) and scents from East and West Jerusalem cafes and a live webcast with cafes on both sides of the city.

The Traveling Jerusalem Café premiered April 2-6, 2006 in Israel at the international conference sponsored by Leslie University of Cambridge, Mass: “Imagine: Expression in the Service of Humanity – Creative Approaches to Dealing With Conflict in Groups”. In May 2006, it was displayed at the Seeds of Peace Center in Jerusalem and at the Vertigo Dance Company of Jerusalem. It will be featured at the Boston Center for the Arts at a later date, to be announced.