Zahidah Zeytoun Millie donated ‘The Self’ to the Sharjah American International School in UAQ

On July 7, 2021July 6, 2021 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

Zahidah donated her artwork The Self to educate children in local schools about the mangroves through art-activism. She explains her work here:

The Self, ‏ acrylic, resin chopped tree, mask (my face and hands) heavy knife used to chop trees, wire, wood, plaster, leaves, cardboard, inner shoe, 2017.

This art work talks about my feelings toward the daily destruction of the mangroves, which I witnessed daily while going kayaking or running in Umm Al Quwain in the UAE. I had a period of time when I felt I was one of those mangroves trees especially when I painted or sketched them. I spent a long time with the mangroves and I feel I know them very well! I felt their pain too!

I faced waves of difficulty while working to protect the mangroves, and yet so much support, too.

For this art work I borrowed the myth of Daphne turning into a laurel tree! There is a certain satisfaction and a beauty, I feel, of becoming a tree! I wish I could be a tree!

The Self is located at the Sharjah American International School in Umm Al Quwain.

Listen to our podcast! Masainakum Masoonah

On July 5, 2021July 4, 2021 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

Mangroves from the Water curator, team leader and artist Zahidah Zeytoun Millie runs a podcast called Masainakum Masoonah – an Arabic saying meaning “Good evening to you, Good evening to us”

Zahidah in her radio studio at Pulse FM, Geelong Australia

In this week’s episode, Zahidah chats to Jacqui Dreessens from their kayaks in Barwon Heads!

Jacqui is a dancer/choreographer participating with a much anticipated performance at the Mangroves from the Water exhibition, 26th July in Geelong.

Listen to the podcast here:
https://anchor.fm/zahidah-zeytoun-millie/episodes/Masainakum-Masoonah-ee1gjq/a-a2s1ktq

Happy International Mangroves Day!

On July 26, 2020 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

‘Mangroves from the Water’ is a group multimedia art exhibition that would have been opening today in Geelong, Australia, to celebrate the Mangroves Day 26 July, https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/mangroveday.

Due to the Corona virus pandemic the exhibition has been postponed to 26 July, 2021.

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In celebration of the upcoming Mangroves Day, ‘Mangroves from the Water’ committed International artist Stephanie Neville has designed our poster.

In collaboration with the Mangroves Fosters Community, Ocean Tree Studio (Maya Greven) in Florida who have designed a poster for the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem.

Mangroves from the Water artists and quest speakers are artists are:

Alexis Gambis, Nicola Cerini, Enrico Santucci, Deb Taylor, Richard Collopy, Jacqui Dreessens, Geraldine Chansard, Helen and Peter Martin, Malcolm Gardiner, scientist Oskar Serrano and Zahidah Zeytoun Millie

We are all excited to share this special day with fellow international eco-warriors passionate about the preservation of the mangroves!

Zahidah’s interview on The Sustainable Hour, 22 July

On July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 By Stephanie Neville2 Comments

In the run up to the International day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem (26 July), please tune in on Wednesday, 22 July to The Sustainable Hour, at 11 am, to listen to an interview with our curator Zahidah Zeytoun Millie!

Details: The Pulse 94.7 FM, Geelong, Victoria, community radio, at 11 a.m.

You can find the podcast here!

The Sustainable Hour:

By Anthony Gleeson, Jackie Matthews, Colin Mockett & Mik Aidt: The Sustainable Hour is a weekly podcast from Geelong, Australia, out at 11am on Wednesdays – for a green, clean, sustainable Geelong. We talk about how we make our houses and apartments, gardens and streets, our city, neighbourhood or village greener, cleaner, more beautiful, nicer to live in, healthier, more economical, connected and resilient while having fun with it too. Available in iTunes and Stitcher. More on http://www.podcast.climatesafety.info

Schedule of events

On April 7, 2020February 17, 2021 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

Here is the schedule of talks, events and performances during our exhibition:

Mangroves from the water

Gordon Gallery, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

26 July – 15 August

The exhibition will provide viewers with a range of media to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The artists also hope to see discussions occurring throughout the exhibition in a series of colloquia.

The artists are:

Alexis Gambis, Nicola Cerini, Enrico Santucci, Deb Taylor, Richard Collopy, Jacqui Dreessens, Stephanie Neville, Geraldine Chansard, Peter & Helen Martin, and Zahidah Zeytoun Millie.

The exhibition event will open on International Mangroves Day, 26 July, and end on 15 August 2020 during National Science Week (15-23 August). Workshops on weaving, printing and painting will run during the multimedia exhibition and guest speakers will present related talks on mangroves and the Barwon region.

Guest speakers:

Date/Time

Guest Speaker

Location

Title

15 Aug,

1000-1100

Oskar Serrano

Deakin University

Coastal wetlands as weapons for climate change mitigation and time capsules of the human past

15 Aug, 1100-1200

Peter Martin

Deakin University

For the Beauty of the Earth

Workshops schedule:

Date/Time	Presenter	Workshop	Location	Materials
31 Jul, 1000-1200 14 Aug, 1000-1200 7 Aug, 1000-1200	Zahidah Zeytoun Millie	Kayaking/water colour sketching.	Barwon River, Barwon Heads Hovells Creek	Water colours, sketch book, kayak (self provided)
1 Aug, 1000-1600	Helen Martin	Eco printing	Point Lonsdale
2 Aug, 1000-1200	Deb Taylor	2 hour collage and paint workshop	Project Space Gallery
26 Jul, 1400-1500 8 Aug, 1400-6500 22 Aug, 1400-6500	Jacqueline Dreessens	Environmental Dance Interpretation	The Project Space Gallery Hovells Creek School theatre TBC
15 Aug, 0930-1230	Nicola Cerini	Interpreting the mangroves: printing on plywood	The School of Lost Arts