Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown Arts Center is hosting Caravanserai, as the community is invited to discover the musical Soul of Morocco’s Heartland.

A public performance is set for Thursday October 11, 2012, at 7:30-p.m., at the Jamestown High School, theater. Tickets at the door, only, are $10 for adults, $7 for Arts Center members, and kids will be admitted, free.

On Wednesday’s (Sept 26, 2012) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Taylor Barnes said the caravan arrives in Jamestown in October, and is planning future Jamestown vistis, through April of 2013.

She said, Caravanserai is a place where cultures meet, with an artistic exchange program, meant to show the diversity of contemporary Islamic societies through their art, and enhance mutual understanding of out cultures.

The traveling group will be at various Jamestown locations including schools from October 7-14, 2012.

The artists will be engaged throughout the week, working with students at Jamestown Middle School, High School, and Jamestown College, and meeting with several community groups

Caravanseai is produced by Arts Midwest, on behalf of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, with leadership support from the Building Bridges Program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

Major support is provided by Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.

The project is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and MetLife Foundation All-in: Re-imaging Community Participation Program.

Additional assistance has been provided by the lead Moroccan partner, the Essaouira Mogador Association, and program partner, the Festival Gnaoua et Musiques du Monde.

For more information on line, visit:  http://www.caravanserai-arts.org/