About the artists:

YASMINA SAADOUN

Grew up in Skikda, Khroub and Constantine, Algeria. Semi-figurative native Algerian Painter that works on the edges of various traditional Algerian art forms and specializes in the issues and feelings of the Algerian woman.

Education :

1989 : (C.E.A.G) Certificat d’Etudes Artistiques Générales, Option peinture.

1990 : Diplôme d’Etudes des Beaux-arts, Option : peinture.

1994 : (D.E.SA) Diplôme National d’Etudes Supérieurs Artistiques, Option Peinture.

1995–2002 : enseignante à l’école des beaux-arts de Constantine.

1993-Present-Expositions: Both Individual and Collective-Throughout Algeria, Rennes, Paris and Saint-Tropez, France, Masquât, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Mataro, Spain, and the Dubai, Sharjah, UAE.

Teaching :

Professeur à la cité Universitaire jeunes filles à Alger

Professeur de dessin à une école privée à Alger

Professeur de dessin à l’école des cadres de Constantine

Professeur de Peinture sur soie au Centre Culturelle de Constantine

Professeur de Peinture sur soie à la maison de jeunes de Constantine

Professeur à l’école des beaux-arts à Constantine

Professeur de Peinture sur soie au palais de la culture

HALA HOAGLAND

Born in Chappell, Nebraska, USA in 1972. Grew up in Wyoming and Colorado before moving to Constantine, Algeria in 2004, as well as, living in Atlanta, Georgia off and on.

Poet-Writer since age 7. Professional Editor since 1995.

Freelance Business and Communications Consultant 2001-2004- Primary project- helped reopen and revitalize an NPO called SCCC (Somali Community Center of Colorado).

Freelance Work Included:

Intercultural Mediation, Transcription, Interviewing and Journalism, Writing in various genre and purpose, including professional ghost writing. Student assistance-tutoring, book summaries, requests as needed.

Professional Teaching:

Teaching Assistant- University of Colorado at Boulder-1999-2001

Tutoring -SCCC-Somali Community Center of Colorado)-Denver, CO-2001-2004

ESL, American Culture, Writing, Art, Film and Literature Review and Critique-Universal Learning Center-Constantine, Algeria (Secondary Program w/ULC-worked as the English Program Director for ULC with the Middle East Peace Initiative ACCESS PROGRAM with US Embassy at Algiers)-2004-2007

Awards:

Excellence in Debate and Presentation, National Council on US-Arab Relations, Washington, DC.

PHI ALPHA THETA, National Historical Honor Society

Golden Key Honor Society

Education:

University of Colorado at Boulder- B.A. - History- specialized in North African and Middle Eastern Culture-1998

University of Colorado at Boulder-M.S. -Interdisciplinary Telecommunications-specialized in Speech and Written communications for Business Consultation-2001