This Virtual Artist Salon series was designed to showcase and advance the 2020 Kresge Artist Fellow's creative practices, provide space for an exchange of ideas and perspectives among all participants, and further the connection between Kresge Artist Fellows and the wider arts community.

Mike Khoury is a Palestinian-American composer, improviser, and curator focused on experimental music, social research, and the Palestinian diaspora. Khoury’s focus has been on the establishment of the Arab-American avant-garde–documenting the movement’s intellectual heritage through presenting his own work, publishing on the topic, and presenting other artists’ work. Khoury has engaged in community building through his curation of the Entropy Studios space in Hamtramck (1998-2001) and Redford (2014-present), and the Entropy Stereo record label publishing artists such as Faruq Z. Bey and Wendell Harrison.