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Umber Majeed: Digital Handicrafts

Twelve Gates Arts is thrilled to present Umber Majeed: Digital Handicrafts curated by Sarah Burney. This exhibition foregrounds the handmade within Umber Majeed’s digitally forward practice by highlighting her drawings, paintings, mixed-media works on paper, prints, and ceramic sculptures. 

Digital Handicrafts will be on view from August 7th to September 25, 2026 in Philadelphia at 106 N 2nd St.

The opening reception on August 7th will be from 6-8pm. 


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"For seventeen years, this room has held exhibitions, arguments, openings, and encounters that don't quite leave. We're ready for seventeen more — with you."

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THE PHILADELPHIA RESIDENCY

The Philadelphia Residency (Residency) is a three-month career-building and creation module established by Twelve Gates Arts (12Gates) to provide early-career artists with the physical and communal space, resources, and industry knowledge to plant roots and flourish in Philadelphia.

This residency is designed for artists identifying as South Asian, South West Asian North African, (SA/SWANA), Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC), and/or part of the Global South or Global Majority.

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