Hub-Bub.com – Artists in Residence

As-salaamu alaikum.  I’m a board member of Hub-Culture Inc., a
non-profit literary arts and creative culture organization in
Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Hub-Culture administers two distinctive but complementary programs:  The
Hub City Writers Project and Hub-Bub.com.  I’m writing to get your help
tospread the word among young up-and-coming Muslim artists about the
Hub-Bub Artists in Residence Program. 

http://www.hub- bub.com/air/  

We earnestly seek applicants from a broad range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
and I would love to see a few Muslims among the list of candidates.
Anyway, please share this info.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Ibrahim
Ibrahim Hanif

hanifi@wofford. edu

Eric Broug’s latest book

My book on islamic geometrical design has just been published.
“Islamic Geometric Patterns (Book and CD-Rom)” is a practical how-to
book that shows the reader how to create traditional geometrical
designs using the same tools that Islamic craftsmen have used for
centuries: a ruler and and a compass. The CD-Rom contains
- animations of the stages involved in creating designs,
- colouring pages
- template pages
- interactive photos
- pc wallpapers
- large photogallery of islamic geometrical designs from all over the
world

Here’s a link to my book on my publisher’s website:
http://www.thamesan dhudson.com/ en/1/97805002872 17.mxs?cd4c8f182 b260582df2cc0916 2b7cff1&0& 0&0

It’s available on Amazon.

Eric Broug

Lesson Plans from the Jerusalem Fund

 

The Jerusalem Fund is investing in the development of timely curricula on topics relating to Arab arts and culture that can be disseminated widely to teachers in schools across the U.S. This will help to meet the immense need for well-developed, well-researched curricula that can better shape students’ understanding of the Arab and Muslim world in a way that dispels negative stereotypes and one-sided discourse on the issues.

Featured Resource! “Mightier than the Sword: Calligraphy of the Sixteenth Century Imperial Courts”

Explore this exciting web-based curriculum unit designed to provide a creative and interactive approach to studying many of the major empires that dominated the world stage in the 15th and 16th centuries.  Using Islamic calligraphy and culture as an entry point, students learn about seven empires: the Songhay, Saadian, Mughal, Safavid, Ottoman, Ming, Tokugawa Shogunate, and the Hapsburg, from historical, literary and artistic vantage points.  The unit is designed for students of World History, Literature, Arts and Mathematics.  It addresses national standards for 9th and 10th grade subject areas.

Dangerous Ideas Tour

Salams All..

 

THE Dangerous Ideas Spoken Word/Hip-Hop tour, in my city of Birmingham, England.  Featuring Amir Sulaiman and others.. see the BBC article below, and be sure to check out the photo gallery and videos too..

 

http://www.bbc. co.uk/birmingham /content/ articles/ 2008/05/06/ dangerous_ ideas_tour_ feature.shtml

Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

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

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ART DISPLAY TOMORROW- NJ

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*

IWA Poetry Contest

As Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatahu

As Salaamu Alaikum

 

The Islamic Writers Alliance announces

The 4th Annual Poetry Contest

Theme: Iman

 

Insha’Allah, please accept this as a personal invitation for you to submit a poem and be part of this artistic expression which brings words of delight and wisdom to our thoughts and emotions.  All writers must submit poems that fall within the theme of “Iman.”  Poets must submit name, address, emailing address, age if under 16, title of poem and category. The categories are:

• Youth to age 16 
• Adult Men & Women
• IWA Member s

Last date for submission is April 30, 2008. Poems may only be submitted by email.  Poems with inappropriate language or not within the theme will be automatically disqualified.

Poems may be any style and must be between 2 and 100 lines long. Poems should be submitted to poetrycontest@ islamicwritersal liance.net. Qualifying poems will be placed on a special poll for our FIRST EVER Polled Judging.  IWA Members will vote and choose the winning poems for each category.  For more information and tips go to our website www.islamicwritersa lliance.net.

 

“Allah is Beautiful and He loves beauty.“

 proclaimed Prophet Muhammad (prayers and peace be upon him).

 

Surely, fine Islamic Poetry is the expression of beauty in the most beautiful manner.  We look forward to your entry.

 

Art and Engagement

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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“Cultural Canvas: Islam Paints the World”

Date: Friday, April 4, 2008 Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm Location: Room 912/914 Kimmel Center Street: 60 Washington Square South City/Town: New York, NY

IN CONVERSATION WITH MOHAMMED ALI

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