Change – the point of new beginnings – is inspired by the concept of everything rotating on a circle. The art in this exhibition explores the relevance of CHANGE, focusing on the expression of a significant event or reality. It is not the change itself, but the series of events caused by the change, that are of significance and invite the viewer to engage and participate. BC-member artists of Ismaili Artists Canada show the humanistic approach of Islam, and share their experiences of everyy changing world through a range of works including paintings, photography, and ceramics. Participating artists are Aziz Dhamani, Jalal Gilani, Yasmin P. Karim, Azmina Kassam, Sher Nasser, Alia Noormohamed, Shahira Patni-Tejpar, Alnoor Ramji, Taslim Samji.
via Surrey Art Gallery Exhibitions :: The City of Surrey, British Columbia.
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Zahida Pirani is an independent filmmaker who studied nonfiction filmmaking at Columbia University as a Charles H. Revson Fellow. Her work is informed by her many years of experience as a community organizer on immigrant and worker rights issues in New York City. She is the former Director of the New York Civic Participation Project, a labor-community collaborative project of La Fuente, Inc. that works with various immigrant rights organizations and labor unions in New York and surrounding areas. Zahida has taught as an adjunct professor at CUNY’s Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. She holds a Bachelors degree from U.C. Berkeley and an M.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the New School for Social Research. Her film, Judith: Portrait of a Street Vendor, screens April 26.
