TOURING EXHIBITION -
http://www.nga. gov/exhibitions/ 2008/afghanistan /index.shtm
Some 228 extraordinary artifacts unearthed in modern Afghanistan—most on view for the first time in the United States—attest to the region’s importance as a vital and ancient crossroads of trade routes known as the Silk Road, which stretched from Asia to the Mediterranean.
National Gallery of Art, May 25–September 7, 2008;
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, October 24, 2008–January 25, 2009;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 17, 2009;
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 15–September 20, 2009
Subject: ART DISPLAY TOMORROW- NJ. Ars Islamica Tuesday, April 15
Islamic Awareness Week at Rutgers University presents:
Tuesday, April 15
Rutgers Student Center - Red Lion Cafe (College Ave. Student Center)
Rutgers Univ. (New Brunswick, NJ)
8:00PM (following Maghrib at the IAW tent)
artwork will be displayed by our very own:
Faraz Khan
Basem Hassan
Mona Abdala
see you there inshaAllah.
*Thanks for SALAM and ISRU’s noble efforts*
Art and Engagement
A special event with world-renowned photographer, Peter Sanders, classically trained calligrapher Soraya Syed, The Radical Middle Way’s Director and veteran journalist, Fuad Nahdi and nasheed group Ashiq al-Rasul.
11th April 2008
7:00 to 9:30 pm
Admission: FREE
Cornerstone Church, Saxon Gate West, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 2ES.
If you cannot see the poster below, please click here.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH MOHAMMED ALI
Date: Tuesday 8th April 2008
Time: 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
Venue: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London, E1 6LA
The internationally acclaimed graffiti and street walls painter
Mohammed Ali (Aerosol Arabic) will be giving a visual slideshow
presentation on graffiti and Islamic art. This will be followed
by the screening of the Bronx film, documenting the mural he
created in New York, which was commissioned by the Arts Council
of England. A subsequent Q & A session with the artist will
close the evening. Admission is free. All welcome.
For more information please contact:
Tel: 020 7613 7498
E-mail: Claire.Nouvel@ richmix.org. uk
of the Craft Research Fund is to advance, expand and support scholarship in the field of studio craft in the United States.
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To support innovative research on artistic and critical issues in craft theory, practice and history
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To explore the inter-relationship among craft, art, design and contemporary culture
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To foster new cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in the craft field in America
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To advance investigation of neglected questions in U.S. craft history and criticism
www.craftcreativity design.org/ research/ reports.php Applicants are encouraged to read the 2004 report for an understanding of the development of the program.This is the fourth year of the grant program with the selection process moved from spring to fall to help administrators who also work with panel selection of the Windgate Fellowships in the spring.. A description of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 Project and Graduate Research Grants can be found on the CCCD website. www.craftcreativity design.org/ research/ grants.php.
Deadline
for application for 2008 Project Grants must arrive no later than 5pm, July 1, 2008
Notification of Project Grant awards will be released September 15 for projects beginning October 1,
Work outlined in the grant request must be completed with a final report within 18 months of the award, with a status report due midway through the research.
Travel Grants of $500
will be awarded to applicants who have been invited to speak at the College Art Association panel in New York from the perspective of U.S. studio craft. Applications must be submitted at least a month prior to the conference and funding will be sent following presentations at the CAA conference.
Application Process
: A letter of request for travel support, a copy of an invitation to participate on a College Art Association panel, and a copy of the session abstract that relates in some way to U.S. studio craft. Support for travel, lodging or other expenses associated with the panel will be reimbursed up to $500. Send application to the above address.
Other opportunities:
th of each year for the James Renwick Fellowship in American Craft. This fellowship is available for research in American studio crafts or decorative arts, and supports independent and dissertation research. Both preand postdoctoral applicants will be considered as well as scholars with equivalent education, experience, and publication history. The stipend for a one-year pre-doctoral fellowship is $25,000 plus research and travel allowances. The stipend for a one-year senior or postdoctoral fellowship is $40,000 plus research and travel allowances. Terms of residency range from three to twelve months; stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months.
www.craftcreativity design.org
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Solomon Muyundo’s mission is more complicated than one peace-loving artist against the mobs. He’s also trying to atone for his role in the violence — a reconciliation many Kenyans will have to attempt as they work to move on from the devastating knowledge that they are capable of killing each other.
