Hamboussi, Anthony, Brooklyn, New York, will travel to Egypt to visit Coptic Christian sites, gathering knowledge and establishing networks through intensive research and conversations with many Monks, Scholars, and common Egyptian citizens regarding Christianity in the land of the Pharaohs. Hamboussi is a Coptic Christian Egyptian whose family has been living in exile for many years. The trip will feed his ongoing aesthetic interests but also give him a deeper understanding of his identity as an artist. In addition to exploring questions that will help with the content of his work, he will focus on making connections with other artists who might be collaborators.