Workshop AC2: Turning Rumi: Verses of Unity & Love

Workshop Code: AC2
Workshop Title: Turning Rumi: Verses of Unity & Love
You will be creating an original cut-out of a Whirling Rumi, a whirling dervish figure, from a stencil. You will then paint this cut-out and write verses from Rumi. The finished product will be for you to take home to hang or display on a table. No previous painting experience required.
Instructor: Salma Arastu
Ticket Price: $30 online / $35 at the door
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012
Time: 1:30 3:30 PM (2 hours)
Materials… Show more provided by Zawaya: 12×12 in. cardboard, scissors, paint, paintbrushes
Materials you need to bring: none
About the Instructor: Salma Arastu has been painting for thirty-seven years since graduating with a master's degree in fine arts from MS University in Baroda, India in 1975. Born into the Hindu tradition in her native India, she later embraced Islam through her marriage. As a woman, a Hindu, a Muslim, and a multi-cultural artist, she sees a unique opportunity to create harmony and world transformation through the expression of The Universal in her art. Please visit www.salmaarastu.com for more information.
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This workshop is but one of 34 workshops that are part of a larger event called "Doorway to Islamic Civilization: Hands-On Workshops on Islamic Art & Culture". To see the complete list of workshops offered, please visit: www.zawaya.org
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Islamic civilization boasts an intellectual, artistic, and cultural heritage that spans continents and centuries. The gradations of shape, color, taste, texture, and sound that exist within and between Muslim peoples and cultures are as rich and diverse as their ideas and attitudes, as well as their languages, races, and ethnicities. Out of this fertile and potent mix of elements emerged artforms and practices that can enrich and beautify our lives.
Zawaya thus launches an original event: "Doorway to Islamic Civilization", a weekend collection of hands-on workshops on Islamic art and culture set against the current social backdrop of Islamophobia. These workshops are meant to give those interested the opportunity to get to know Islam and Muslims by providing a safe space within which to explore and experience the Islamic sense of beauty embodied in art, crafts, music, architecture, and more. In addition to the workshops, there will be a film showing of "Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World" followed by a panel discussion between the filmmaker, Michael Wolfe, and Islamic art and architecture experts. The Mevlevi Order of America will also be present to offer a Dhikr (a devotional act) by Mevlevi musicians and dervish turners.
This event is co-sponsored by The Afghan Coalition, The Arab Cultural and Community Center of San Francisco (ACCC), Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), Aslan Media, The Center for Islamic Studies at GTU in Berkeley, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (CLUE CA), Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), Islamic Network Group (ING), and Ziya Art Studio.

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