In-depth processes in which a leading artist in her field guides an artistic process in collaboration with a permanent group of participants from the Kfar Shalem neighborhood.

Over the course of many months, the following processes take place in the community:

In the field of dance, choreographer Anat Aadia led a group of girls studying dance in Neve Eliezer and Beit Barbour. Using improvisational tools, Anat guided the girls on how to create movement materials based on personal texts they wrote that touched on their memories of the Kfar Shalem neighborhood. Throughout the sessions, they created a unique piece, Site Specific, that will be performed in the public space as part of the festival. In this way, a feminist action is created in which the girls dance and perform in the neighborhood public space, in an action that seeks to take back ownership of the public space where girls’ presence is often excluded and their bodies are objectified.

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Multidisciplinary artist Anat Dreamer is leading a SPOKEN WORD writing workshop in collaboration with senior women from the neighborhood. Anat writes: "We would like to find and pour each woman's unique voice into a form that allows us to shine." The meetings created a safe space for the women to express themselves and make their voices heard, to connect with each woman's inner strength through artistic practice in a way that resonates with the many areas of their lives and gives them a sense of meaning, belonging and joy. At the end of the process, the women will perform a live spoken word performance in which they will perform with the texts they wrote. In addition to the live performance, an exhibition will be held in collaboration with the Kibbutzim Seminar College, in which students from the seminar's art department created works of art inspired by the women and the texts they wrote.

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The products of the artistic processes in the community and the exhibition will be presented as part of the 'Meetings in Kfar Shalem Festival' 2021.

These processes are intended to deepen the network of connections between the residents and themselves, thus strengthening their connection to the neighborhood and the community, allowing them to express themselves and their personal voice through artistic practice, to be personally and in-depthly exposed to contemporary female artists in the field of art, and to flood content about their experiences as girls/women within the community and geographical context in which they live.