CULTURUNNERS collaborates with artists and institutions to produce change-making campaigns, tours, film projects, exhibitions, publications, and artworks.
Featured Project
As part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization, Healing Arts is a call-to-action to address global health challenges through the arts.
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The Jameel Arts & Health Lab, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), is a global initiative leveraging scientific evidence to drive the integration of the arts into mainstream healthcare.
The Yazidi Cultural Archives project aimed to improve the mental health of female Yazidi survivors through participation in a series of artist-led workshops and a multi-media digital archive of Yazidi cultural heritage at risk.
Facilitating urgent cooperation between artists, cultural institutions and United Nations Agencies to accelerate implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
A multi-year cultural diplomacy initiative connecting Saudi Arabia and the United States; incorporating a 10 city US exhibitions tour and artists residencies in New York, Detroit, Memphis, Salt Lake City, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dhahran and Abha.
In 2014, amid rising anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiments in the U.S., Edge of Arabia launched CULTURUNNERS to connect Arab and American artists. The project, involving institutions like MoMA and the Smithsonian, included a 30,000-mile RV journey. It supported over 200 artists and engaged 800,000 visitors, offering new perspectives through major media platforms.
A short film documentary series following ten Middle Eastern artists on the road across the United States in 2016-2017. Produced in partnership with the Guardian.
Ahmed Mater's multi-year documentary project exploring unofficial histories behind the mass expansion of the holy city of Mecca.
A grassroots public art project, spearheaded by Matthew Mazzotta, that re-imagines abandoned and failing American main streets; mobilizing communities to restore a human connection to their physical and symbolic town centers.
