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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. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

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THE SAAMI KHAYAL APPRENTICESHIP
Sep 7
THE SAAMI KHAYAL APPRENTICESHIP

Following four successful apprenticeship programs, we are excited to announce the opening of applications for the next chapter, bringing the program to Philadelphia for the first time.

The 5th Saami Vocal Residency arrives this fall: September 8 to October 8, 2026.

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Book Salon: Decolonizing Afghanistan through Art
Sep 16
Book Salon: Decolonizing Afghanistan through Art

Join us for our Book Salon about Decolonizing Afghanistan through Art on September 16th, from 6 to 8PM at Twelve Gates Arts, 106 North 2nd St. Philadelphia, PA.

This event will feature contributors, artists, and curators, Tausif Noor, Laimah Osman, Wazhmah Osman, and Gazelle Samizay speaking on contemporary Afghan art, including photography, prints, multimedia works, and installation art, that engages with questions of borders, (im)mobility, diaspora, family, cultural traditions, colonialism, and war.

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Long Live Trans-Pakistan (trans-Pakistan Zindabad)
Sep 19
Long Live Trans-Pakistan (trans-Pakistan Zindabad)

Umber Majeed's lecture performance uses family archives to explore surveillance, capital & resistance in Pakistan's mega-developments. Stay for the Q&A after the lecture!

September 19, from 2-4 PM

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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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