September 2024
ArteEast offers a fiscal sponsorship program designed to support institutions and initiatives from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. By acting as an intermediary, ArteEast provides their tax-exempt status, allowing them to apply for grants and receive tax-deductible donations. For any questions or inquiries on fiscal sponsorship opportunities contact us at info@arteeast.org ArteEast…
Karin Chien Karin Chien is a producer, educator and distributor committed to championing independent voices. Karin is the recipient of the inaugural Cinereach Producers Award, the Independent Spirit Producer’s Award and the producer of 10 independent feature-length films. Her films have won over 100 festival awards, premiered at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, been…
Livia Alexander Livia Alexander is a curator, writer, and Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Montclair State University. Her work is focused on examining the relationship between art infrastructure and artistic production, urbanity, cultural politics of food and art, and contemporary art from the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Her numerous art…
Ginou Choueiri, Executive Director Ginou Choueiri is a Lebanese born interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker and curator. Her artistic research, she looks at how complex and often conflicting histories can be reinterpreted, and alternative futures imagined through new forms of storytelling. Her creative documentary film “Rhythm of Forgetting” premiered at DocLisboa, and won several awards such as…
ArteEast is led by a dedicated board that brings a range of professional expertise to the organization, including nonprofit, arts, banking, business management, marketing and law. Board of Directors Hazem Gamal, President Born in Cairo to an Egyptian father and American mother, Hazem spent the majority of his youth between Cairo and Beirut. Frequent travel…
August 2024
MISSION Since its founding in 2003 as a NY-based arts collective specializing in Middle Eastern film programming, ArteEast has become a leading organization advocating for and supporting artists from the South West Asia North Africa (SWANA) region and its diaspora, engaging with New York, U.S. and international audiences and arts communities. Independently and through strategic partnerships, ArteEast…
