Excerpt from the Arab Times

"Art Bridges Many Cultures"
by Nihai Waheed, Arab Times Staff

An exhibition featuring unique works by creative American women artists has been launched in Kuwait with hopes of crossing the broad expanse of distance and culture to forge links with their skilled Kuwaiti counterparts on an artistic level.

The Women Painters of Washington (WPW) was inaugurated Tuesday evening by Information Minister Dr. Saad Bin Tiflah Al-Ajmi and the US Ambassador to Kuwait James A. Larocco....

Larocco expressed his support for strengthening the cross-cultural exchange. "I think this is a good example of art that bridges many cultures. When you take a look at what you see here today -- paintings of people, of horses, of flowers, even of the desert, these are things that when Kuwaitis come and see they will get inspiration, ideas for their own paintings," he told the Arab Times....

Two representatives of the WPW society -- Catherine Gill and Barbara Pitts -- are in Kuwait to meet with Kuwaiti female artists during the course of the exhibition and offer lectures and workshops on the creation of art from an American perspective. The exhibition is being held as part of the Al-Qurain Cultural Festival.....(end of excerpt)