Hutzot HaYotzer

Hutzot HaYotzer, known in English as the Artists' Colony,[1] is an arts and crafts lane in Jerusalem, Israel, located west of the Old City walls.

In biblical times, the land where Hutzot Hayotzer is located was part of the valley referred to in Biblical Hebrew as Gei ben-Hinnom or Gei ben-Hinnom, which later evolved into "Gehenna", an area used for worship rituals.

Between 1948 and 1967, the area was a no-man's land between the Jordanian-held Old City and the Israeli-held West Jerusalem.

In 2011, the artists' collective was threatened with eviction by the East Jerusalem Development Corporation, which owns the buildings.

[5] Many of Israel's leading pop and rock stars have performed at Hutzot Hayotzer [6] During the festival, the artist studios along the lane stay open late and the artists offer public demonstrations of their work.