EXHIBITION TIMELINE, 2015
- April 15th: Submission Deadline
- April 20th: Accepted artists announcement and artists notification
- April 26th and 27th, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Artwork drop-off days for hand-delivered artworks
- May 2nd, 5 – 8 p.m.: Opening reception ceremony
- May 2nd to 30th: Exhibition is open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- May 16th, 5 – 7 p.m.: “Art and Design: Islamic Geometric Patterns” workshop with Carol Bier
- June 5th and 6th, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Artwork pick-up days
CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information please email interfaithartexhibit@gmail.com
or visit the sponsoring congregations’ websites:
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California,
We Are The Bridge
The 3rd Interfaith Art Exhibition Biennial
Opening Reception: May 2nd, 2015 from 5 - 8 P.M.
1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA 94612 (2nd Floor, Gallery)
FREE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC: Opening remarks, refreshments, and intercultural music performance by Aswat. View over 100 diverse works of art and discover how artists creatively envision themselves, their culture, faith, community, and art being a bridge from conflict to resolution and reconciliation.
Coordinated and Sponsored by the “Faith Trio”:
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC),
Kehilla Community Synagogue, and
Montclair Presbyterian Church
Exhibition Viewing Hours (free of charge):
Exhibition dates: May 3rd - May 30th
Exhibition is open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Other related events taking place at ICCNC during the exhibition:
* Persian Caligraphy Workshop with Dr. Mohammad N. Bazargan
Two days hands-on workshop of Nastaliqu style of Persian caligraphy
Friday, May 1st, from 6 - 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 2nd, from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
* “Art and Design: Islamic Geometric Patterns” Workshop with Carol Bier
Iillustrated presentation and hands-on workshop with Carol Bier, former Curator
at The Textile Museum in Washington, DC and Visiting Scholar with the GTU
Saturday, May 16, from 5 - 7 p.m.
* Registration rates for workshops vary. Online registration is needed and will be closed one day before the workshop. For more information and to register online visit www.ziyaart or email ziya.art.center@gmail.com.
Acknowledgments
This exhibition was funded in part with support from the San Francisco Foundation’s FAITHS fund, the Alliance of California Traditional Arts (ACTA), and East Bay Community Foundation.
We are honored to announce the list of accepted artists and artworks of the third interfaith art exhibition "We Are the Bridge".
ARTIST: ARTWORK
Abdolreza Hosseini Garekani: Welfare for Others
Abdolreza Hosseini Garekani: The Best Person
Aimee Golant: Lotus Flower Shabbat Candle Holders
Aimee Golant: Pomegranate Sacred Heart Necklace
Alex Madonik: Beer Sheva Bridges
Amirbehnam Tehranifar: Unity
AMOL SARAF: Elements of The Universe
AMOL SARAF: Circle of Life
Arash Shirinbab: Selflessness
Asya Abdrahman: Emerald Way
Asya Abdrahman: Through Distance
Ayesha Samdani: Calligraphy 1
Ayesha Samdani: Calligraphy 2
Azar Vaghefi: Winter
Azar Vaghefi: Spring
Azeem Khaliq: Working Together
Berkeley Jewish Women's Quilting Group/Diane Bernbau: Mikveh: A Bridge to Spiritual and Personal Transformation
Berkeley Jewish Women's Quilting Group/Diane Bernbau: Shiviti Adonoi LeNegdi Tamid
Bill Carmel and Shokoor Khusrawy: I BelieveOne God..
Carolyn Warm Sun: Bridge
Carrie Rehak: Womb of Compassion
Chava Malka: Where to Look (#2)
Claire Sherman: Gesher Tsar Me’od: A Very Narrow Bridge
Dante Kirkman: Credo
dave platford: untitled
Dianne Curtain: JazzMist
Elizabeth Addison: Radical Acceptance
Erum Choudhry: Lady in red playing an instrument of love and peace
Farzaneh Farid Moayer: Love
Farzaneh Farid Moayer: Love and peace
Fateme Montazeri: House of Love
Francesca Borgatta: Tabernacle
Irit Weir: Persian women waiting for a bus.
Jaabir Ahmed: Ahad (One)
Kirk Lumpkin: the bridge
Lea Delson: Mission Dolores Window
Leili Estaki: AND
Leili Estaki: Tile
Lili Shidlovski: The Widower
lori m. rillera: the weaver & the loom
lori m. rillera: peace mirror
Luis Garcia: Conscience'
Luis Garcia: Transmutation
Lynne Prather: Field of Buddhas
Lynne Prather: Circle
Maj-Britt Mobrand: Trosa Bro
Maliha Abbas Abidi: Peace for All
Marsha Haller: Serving Tray: Hamsa
Marsha Haller: Serving Tray: Samovar
Mary Anne Gerhardt: "Diversity"
Maryam Farahmand: Tazhib
Maryam Vesal: Flower and Bird 2 (Gul o Morgh 2)
Maryam Vesal: Shamsee 1
Melahat Pooyan: Conversations
Melahat Pooyan: Sunrise
Miriam Stampfer: Sun Dance Rainbow
Miriam Stampfer: Sun Dance
Mirka Knaster: T'ung Jen - Fellowship/Heaven Over Fire (Hexagram 13 of I Ching)
Mohammad Navid Bazargan: Turquoise
Mohammad Navid Bazargan: Prayer
Murshed Ahmed: Revelation
Nabeela Sajjad: Remembrance (Set of 2)
Nabeela Sajjad: The Reward
Najiba Baig Amini: Peace
Najiba Baig Amini: Refuge
Nasser Arabpour: You are the Freedom (collection of 3 works)
Nathan Yergler: Solitude
Nathan Yergler: Confession
Rahima Wear: Al Fatihah
Rahima Wear: Ya Shafi, The Healer
Randy Dixon: Uji
Randy Dixon: X-STYX-X
Rita SklarInter: connectedness
Rita SklarIn: the Beginning
Robin Bernstein: "Deviation"
Robin Bernstein: "Lamillar"
rubina kazi: Wow- Bonding across faiths
rubina kazi: Hagia Sophia
Said Nuseibeh: "Young Man in Prayer."
Said Nuseibeh: "Light is a ladder even with your eyes shut."
Salam Guillot: Nabi Musa, Jericho
Salam Guillot: Dome of the Rock
Salma Arastu: So That You Know Each Other
Salma Arastu: Unity-Mandala_4
Sara Frucht: I'll See You in the Promised Land
Sara Pisheh: Wake up call
Shafaq Ahmad: Faith and Identity II
Shams Sadat Razavi Nematollahi: Untitled
Shams Sadat Razavi Nematollahi: Untitled
Shira Anisman: Stepping From War To Peace
Sima Moshtaghi: Blue Way
Simone Adair: Amos
Susan Duhan Felix: "Peace"
Susan Duhan Felix: "One Light"
Susan Freundlich: Rabbi Jeremy & The Boys of Shu'fat Refugee Camp
Susan Freundlich: Bedouin Girl
Tamar Raine: if i, would you?
Tamar Raine: Star of David Hamsa
Taskeen Fatehdin: Bridge the Gap
Tom Debley: Villager from Mali Celebra and Columbian Flower Vendor
Tree Gelb Stuber: Hamsa: Protect me from the Evil Eye
Yael Kirsch: Prague
Zubair Simab: Manteca