The University Of Haifa, Israel: Halifax

Bachelor Of Fine Arts Degree Dept: Margarita Fainshtein, who now lives in Halifax, studied find arts in the Ukraine and finshed her bachelor of fine arts degree at the University of Haifa, Israel, according to The Chronicle Herald. Says Fainshtein: Being twice an immigrant and speaking four languages, I was looking for my home for years. I wished to have a place where I could build my identity, which would form my art style. A Ukraine-born video artist and a Halifax photographer will display their works this month at the Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth. Her mutimedia and video installation, titled Identity: The Voices in my Head, is made up of four videos and a collection of T-shirts with linocut images of fairy tale characters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.