Chutzot Hayotzer: Jerusalem's international arts fest
It's that time of year again, when hundreds of artists and craftsmen from around the world descend on Jerusalem for the annual Chutzot Hayotzer, Jerusalem's highly anticipated arts and crafts fair. The fair is one of the major highlights of any Jerusalem summer, with its eclectic mix of art, music, dance and food.
Israelis who missed out on the now ubiquitous post-army trip to South America or the Far East can now fake it with a visit to the Chutzot Hayotzer, which has its fair share of stands offering the work of artist from India, Nepal, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and many more backpacker-friendly lands.
This year, the foreign artists that are a mainstay of the fair will be joined by a special Israeli pavilion, featuring the work of established Israeli artists as well as students from Jerusalem's Bezalel School, who will be hawking their wares with the best of them. In another first for the fair, this year the Sultan's Pool will be decked out in a whole new set of fancy lights, many taken from the light show that graced Jerusalem's Old City in recent months.
In addition to the local and international arts and crafts on offer, the festival includes an international food court, featuring ethnic dishes from across the globe, as well as plenty of live musical entertainment including performances by Israeli superstars including Mosh Ben Ari, Aviv Gefen, Meir Banai, Ivri Lider, Sarit Hadad, Shlomi Shabat, Yehudit Ravitz and David D'or.
For the younger set, there will be a special children's pavilion featuring a "treasure island," where children search for buried coins, an enchanted forest and a gingerbread house.
Located at Jerusalem's Sultan's Pool, opposite the Old City walls, the fair, which begins on August 3rd and runs for two weeks, will be open nightly from 18:00 to 23:00, excluding Fridays, and Saturday nights from one hour after the end of Shabbat until midnight.
Photograph of a Hebron-based glass-blower, practicing to man a glass-blowing booth at Chutzot Hayotzer, courtesy of the Jerusalem Municipality.
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