Open University - Georgia: A Journey  through the Ages

Monday, June 1st, 2009
The Open Gallery, The Open University Campus,
1 University Rd., Raanana
(Entry to parking through Weizmann St.)
 
Exhibition
Georgia:
A Journey through the Ages
Photographs by the Artist Dror Maayan
 
Reception at 5:00 p.m.
Walking through with the photographer Dror Maayan
Opening of the Exhibition
 
Greetings:
Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, President of the Open University of Israel
His Excellency, Mr. Vakhtang Jaoshvili, The Ambassador of Georgia
Dr. Mati Meyer, Exhibition Curator, The Open University of Israel
 
The exhibition will be open from 1.6.2009 through 20.8.2009
Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.;
Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
 
 
Symposium on the Topic
Politics and Art in Georgia
 
The Symposium will follow the opening of the exhibition, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
 
Chair: Dr. Ron Weidberg, Head, Department of Literature, Language and
the Arts
 
Opening Remarks:
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wolf, Director of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut
 
Dr. Baruch Gur-Gurevitz, Department of History, Haifa University
Georgia Today: Culture and Politics
 
Dr. Emma Maayan-Fannar, Art History Department, Haifa University
Belief and Art in Georgian Culture
 
David Tsitsiashvili
Musical selection
 
Participation is free on a pre-registration basis:
www.openu.ac.il/georgia or phone no. *3337