ART AS A HEALING FORCE / Symmetrical Reflections: Keynote speaker at International Symmetry Society (International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry) conference: The Logic of Image: Visualization, Iconicity, Imagination and Human Creativity, Santorini, Greece – July 24-30, 2016

EMANATION, RADIANCE, GLIMMER: Gilah Yelin Hirsch solo exhibition, Art Factory, Santorini, Greece – July, 2016

ART LAB: interdisciplinary residency, Civitella d’Aglioni, Italy – August 19-31, 2016

INTERNATIONAL PAINTERS’ SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION: Slovak National Gallery, Dunjaska Strede, Slovakia – September 11-25, 2016