To Tie A Knot
THE 2025 Linda Lee Alter Exhibition
An EXHIBITION curated by Sarah Trad / Batikh Batikh
FEATURING WORK by Naz Khoury
On View October 2 - 19 Opening Reception Saturday, October 4 from 4 - 7 pm Tatreez Circle & Workshop Thursday, October 16 from 6 - 8 pm Closing Reception and Artist Talk Sunday, October 19 from 12 - 2 pm
About the exhibition:
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To Tie A Knot will be on view in Gallery 1 at Da Vinci Art Alliance October 1 through October 19 with an opening reception on October 4th from 4-7pm.
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ABOUT THE Curator
Sarah Trad is a Lebanese-American artist working in film, photography, curation, computer art and photography, whose practice focuses on Arab history, queerness, disability, climate justice, and alternate realities. Raised in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, Sarah can trace her interest in land stewardship back to her great-grandmother and aunts, who used vacant suburban lots to farm Levantine produce after immigrating to the United States. Trad is a recipient of Syracuse University’s Engagement Fellowship, the PlySpace Residency Fellowship, Velocity Fund and Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant. She has collaborated with organizations such as Spectacle Theater, Asian Arts Initiative, Twelve Gates Arts and Sharjah Art Foundation. Her work has been screened at the Antimatter Media Art Festival, Everson Museum of Art, Burlington City Arts, and Currents New Media.
Batikh Batikh (BB) is a nomadic pop-up cinema and gallery that rents spaces to bring SWANA cinema to Philadelphia and exhibit solo exhibitions of local emerging women and LGBTQ+ artists. Based on a decolonial and anti-capitalist art model, all art is free to the public and featured artists are paid. Founded in 2022 by Lebanese-American filmmaker and curator, Sarah Trad, BB addresses the lack of SWANA programming and anti-zionist policies in the art sector. BB’s mission centers providing resources and representation to SWANA audiences, by giving back to the community through mutual aid, centering marginalized women and queer narratives and fostering the practices of local emerging creatives.
ABOUT THE FEATURED ARTIST
Naz Khoury is a mixed-media artist from the millenia-old cedars of Lebanon. He received his BA from Tyler School of Art in 2025, and continues to reside in Philadelphia, PA. With a strong interest in the legacies left by memory and archive, he plays with hot glass, neon, various moldmaking processes, fibers, and sculpture. Naz is a 2025 Horn Scholarship recipient from the Penland School of Craft and a 2022 Creative Arts, Research, and Scholarship (CARAS) grant recipient from Temple University. His work has been shown at the William Way LGBT Center, Temple Contemporary, Stella Elkins Gallery, and Off The Wall Gallery.
ABOUT The Linda Lee Alter Track
Created to honor Lee Alter, a renowned Philadelphia artist, collector, philanthropist, and founder of the Leeway Foundation, the Linda Lee Alter track annually provides an opportunity for one queer artist/curator each year to create an exhibition and related programming that explores connection, transformation, liberation, and LGBTQ+ narratives.