2 p.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021
OR
2 p.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021
YallaSmell! The Scent of Dearborn with Dana El Masri
Outdoors in Dearborn
Starting in the parking lot behind AANM
13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, MI 48126
Museum Members: $10
General Public: $12
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Join artist-in-residence, Dana El Masri and get to know Dearborn through your nose! A fun smell walk that will different parts of Dearborn, through its food, people and spaces. Participants will collect data, based on the “Three categories of smells” in the public smell intro kit, originally created by Kate McLean. The findings of the smell walk will be sent for her Sensory Maps project, adding to a global city database.
This is a chance to discover a city through a totally different medium, staying mindful and paying attention to your sense of smell.
Tickets must be purchased online in advance. Limit 10 individuals per program.
Dana El Masri is a perfumer, interdisciplinary artist, educator and storyteller whose unique perception is inspired by the sights, scents and sounds of our current contemporary landscape as well as her deeply rooted Egyptian-Lebanese cultures and global life experience. She is the owner of Jazmin Saraï, an artisan line of small-batch, unisex perfumes and scented products handmade in Montreal, Canada.
Made possible in part by
Due to the pandemic, we have been closed to the public since March 13, 2020. Closed doors mean that our earned revenue streams have dried up, and corporate funds have been pivoted to assist with COVID-19 relief or for their own financial survival. We are looking forward to the day we can safely reopen, but until then, we need your support.