Pulp Printing in Handmade Paper course at Paper & Book Intensive 2023. Paper and Book Inten­sive is an annual work­ing sab­bat­i­cal in the book arts, paper­mak­ing, and con­ser­va­tion for sea­soned prac­ti­tion­ers and moti­vated begin­ners. For more than thirty years, par­tic­i­pants have gath­ered together from around the world for two weeks of daily work­shops to pro­mote unusual lev­els of exchange, knowl­edge and inspi­ra­tion.

Al Mudhif – A Confluence is an outdoor art installation by Sarah Kavage & Yaroub Al-Obaidi and an accompanying gallery exhibition at the Schuylkill Center that explore notions of belonging and healing amidst the current moment of careful reconnection. Al Mudhif provides a welcoming space for intercultural encounters at the Schuylkill Center that equally offers a critical perspective on global migration of plants and people.

24 June – 31 October 2021

Curated by Tina Plokarz

The installation Al Mudhif is accompanied by a communal exhibition in the Visitor Center reflecting on belonging and sanctuary. Through the lenses of creative voices of art and activism, war experience, and indigenous resilience from Iraq to the Delaware River watershed, the exhibition offers a place for reconciliation across cultures and countries. The exhibition features artworks by Drew Cameron of Combat Paper, Meridel Rubenstein, art collective Justseeds, Tailinh Agoyo, Tchin; audio recordings by U.S. veterans, Iraqis, and Native Americans reflecting on war and sanctuary (including Moral Injury of War project); and documentary photography by Rob Zverina, Sarah Kavage, and Raad Habeeb Al Asadi, and other participants during Al Mudhif’s construction.