Menu:
Events
Breath of Life, Roots of Unity: New Paintings on Canvas by Salima Raoui
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 14, 2009. 4-7 P.M.
Treasure Room Gallery at the Interchurch Center
475 Riverside Drive, New York City
Turning Writing into Art
Artists Talk On Art panel
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 7 P.M.
School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City
Panelists: Fareen Butt
Sumayyah Samaha
Emna Zghal
Moderator: Ayse Turgut
A discussion with New York artists exploring the ways in which Arab, Middle Eastern and Islamic literary, poetic and other texts —ancient and contemporary- inform their work.
Middle Eastern Voices of Change: Artists as Activists
Artists Talk On Art panel
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 7 P.M.
School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City
Panelists: Samira Abbassy
Negar Ahkami
Kinda Hibrawi
Helen Zughaib
Moderator: Ayse Turgut
Reinventing the Miniature
Artists Talk On Art panel
Friday, November 30, 2007 at 7 P.M.
School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City
Panelists: Brian Zegeer
Talha Rathore
Hala Schoukair
Mumtaz Hussain
Moderator: Ayse Turgut
Continuity and Change Exhibit
Saturday, November 17, 2007 program
4–6 P.M. Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Artist Talk: Mumtaz Hussain discusses his work and the art of Islamic calligraphy
Musical Performance: Sitar and Tabla Duet of Anjana Roy and Eric Alabaster
Dance Performance and Workshop: Come learn the whirling dervish and Egyptian folk stick dance with Yasser Darwish.
Conversations with Muslim Women Artists
Artists Talk On Art panel
Friday, October 12, 2007 at 7 P.M.
School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City
Panelists: Sara Rahbar
Asma Shikoh
Shekaiba Wakili
Moderator: Ayse Turgut