Home of Memories وطن الذكريات

These portraits and stories give us a complex and intimate portrayal of what home was, is, and what it can be. Banfill-Locke invites visitors to reflect on the theme of home by bringing a photograph to be collectively displayed on a journey wall along with a shared memory. 

Gallery Hours
Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm or by appointment
Closed November 24-28 for Thanksgiving
Opening Day Reception: Oct 10 1-4 PM Featuring Iraqi music and refreshments
Virtual Tour: www.banfill-locke.org

Covid-19 Precautions
In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, a virtual exhibition, including a 3-D walkthrough, is available. The BLCA is limiting visitor capacity in the building to 25% and taking extra sanitization precautions in the galleries. Masks are required. In conjunction with the exhibition, attendees will be able to join virtual discussions with the artists, curators, and storytellers. Additional programming details to be announced on IARP and BLCA websites.

Iraqi Voices is a collaborative arts storytelling lab that pairs Iraqi-Minnesotans with professional artists to share their stories through an artistic platform. Since its start in 2012, the lab has produced 9 books, 15 award winning short documentary films and the groundbreaking theater production Birds Sing Differently Here premiering at the Guthrie Theater. This year’s lab invites participants and photographers to look both inward and onwards as they explore home. Home is being on stage. It is a river, teaching in front of one’s students, and sewing. To some, home may only exist in memory. The storytellers Lafta Abduljabbar Jassim, Rasol Albayati, Eynas Alnabi, Zena Khalil, Dr. Benkin Khalil Abdullah, Ronak Ali, Dhafer Abdulla, Abir Majid, and Hazha Las come together to compose a beautiful and intricate tapestry of home.