Gazala Projects

02/07/2026

"Trail Markers" will be going on the road to Dayton, Cincinnati, and Cleveland in near future, please save the dates and plan on attending! These film screenings are made possible in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

01/30/2026

Exhibit opens January 30th at the Dayton International Peace Museum. “Ordinary Lives" imagines Palestinian existence as an unbroken continuum—a lineage of care, memory, and everyday beauty that stretches from ancient ritual to the present moment. Across the gallery, Mona Gazala’s photographic works and George Harb’s intimate family archive come together to affirm that Palestinian life is shaped not solely by survival, but by an enduring inheritance of joy, dignity, and deep interior worlds.
In Gazala’s images, ancestral echoes surface through gestures and objects that bridge archaeology and lived experience. Portraits that invoke ancient forms of veneration and photographs that draw on the quiet symbolism of archaeological fragments work in concert to honor the overlooked, the ordinary, and the deeply rooted. Whether reimagining the visual language of early ancestral practices or elevating humble shards as vessels of story, these works collectively underscore a truth that stretches across millennia: what persists is reverence—reverence for family, land, and the accumulated layers of Palestinian life.

11/26/2025

Remarkable writeup in Matter News about the current 2-artist exhibit! So great to see the ways in which these two Palestinian-American artists interpret their identities in bold and contrasting styles.

‘It kind of feels like we’ve known each other forever. And that kindred spirit is something I haven’t always felt being in an art show. It just feels right.’

10/11/2025

Save the date - November 8 - we're partnering with North Star Coffee Station in Piqua to bring you a book/zine fest, including a poetry workshop with Ty Williams. Everybody is welcome! Interested in tabling? Send us a dm.

08/22/2025

Your LAST CHANCE to catch a free screening of "Trail Markers" is in just over a week.
When: Saturday August 30, 1 -2:30 pm.
Where: Dayton Library Miami Township Branch, 2718 Lyons Rd.
This film is a tapestry of artist autobiography, historical documentary, and western Ohio communities, all set against the backdrop of the current genocide. I can't believe it's still "current," with the film a year and a half in the making.
Ohio folks, grab your friends, colleagues and students to join us for the screening. A discussion with the artist will follow.

07/01/2025

Looking to expand your art library? We got you.

06/10/2025

"Trail Markers" is screening at the Troy Main Library on Saturday, one of only 3 screenings in central/western Ohio this summer, and it's free. Bring a friend and learn about the obscure connection between Darke County and the current state of affairs in Palestine.

05/28/2025

A little kinetic sculpture today. Road signs and symbols ubiquitous in the rural Ohio landscape, but through new eyes, take on a hidden significance.

03/29/2025

"Bint" is a series of collage panels in the front window this month. Swing by and take a closer look.

03/04/2025

Books. Books. Books.
1) The Giver by Lois Lowry. A quick-reading dystopian novel about a world in which sameness and polite pleasantness are highly prized...but at what cost? $5
2) The Case of the Baited Hook. A delightfully retro 1940 novel in which private eye Perry Mason and sidekick Della Street solve a murder mystery. $6
3) Ask the Night for a Dream - Palestinian Anthology NEW! $25
4) The Battle for Justice in Palestine $17
5) Against the Wall : Art of Resistance in Palestine $20
6) Forward Together: from the Collection of Donna & Larry James (Black/African contemporary art) $15
7) More Philadelphia Murals - from Jane Golden and the socially-engaged Mural Arts Program $10