Link to the Show / Show NotesThis ART+ Interview discusses the world famous Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Center's (RWW) London Tapestry Exhibits and the book Landscapes of Egypt which Celebrates the 50th Anninversary of art and life at the RWW Art Center.The RWW Art Center received the prestigious Aga Khan Architecture Award in 1983. It is world famous for its hand made, museum quality tapestries. The tapestries are made from natural materials dyed using natural dyes, whose plants are grown on the grounds of the Art Center. In this interview, Ikram Nosshi described the dye makingprocess for Indigo, Weld and Nila, which date back to the Ancient Egyptian andCoptic Era.In this podcast, Lady Hilary Weir gave a retrospective of the Art Center and described the exhibits that were held in Britain for the Art Center, the last exhibit in 2006, commemorated the 50th anninversary of the Center. Barbara Heller discussed the books that were published about the Art Center since 1961. Suzan Wissa Wassef describedhow the RWW Art Center changed the life of its weavers over the past half a century.
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