The gallery's Outreach Program offers a number of arts workshops for adults and children, with participants coming from all over Cairo, including those with special needs and from marginalized communities.
Ahmed Askalany, Amal Kenawy, Amina Mansour, Amre Heiba, Basim Magdy, Barry Iverson, Ayman Ramdan, Doa Aly, Hala Alkoussy, Huda Lutfi, Jihan Ammar, Lara Baladi, Maha Maamoun, Martin Mcinally, Mohamed Skarkawy, Nader Sadek, Nermine Hammam, Omar Ghayyatt, Osama Dawod, Rana El Nemr, Rehab El Sadek, Sabah Naim, Scott Baily, Shady El Noshokaty, Susan Hefuna, Tarek Zaki, Wael Shawky, Warren Neidich, Yasser Gerab, Youssef Nabil, Sameh Al Tawil, Mohamed Shoukry In 2000 and 2001, the Townhouse Gallery contributed to the establishment of the Nitaq Festival in Cairo, which was an art festival situated in downtown that aimed to expose the contemporary art scene to the public.
[1] Recent exhibits that have been on display during February and March 2010 in the Townhouse Gallery include "The Girl Splendid in Walking" by Doa Aly and "Making A Man Out of Him" by a Professor at the American University in Cairo, Huda Lutfi.
Regarding Doa Aly's work, the video installation, inspired by Wilhelm Jenson's "Gradiva",[2] includes scenes where the girl was in a room, walking and tracing the sunlight with her feet as it beamed through the window, like she was going after the light.
Negar Azimi, a Harvard graduate student who worked as a curatorial assistant in the Townhouse Gallery, wrote an article in Nafas Art Magazine.
[1] However, it is argued by Azimi that "politics remain intimately tied to the arts" and that it is "undeniable" that the state still plays a role in deciding what is displayed in not only the Townhouse, but other independent galleries and museums.