Haji Noor Deen: Postcards to the Beloved Community
About this Event
This experience invites participants to study Sini calligraphy script under the masterful stewardship of world-renowned artist, scholar, and professor, Haji Noor Deen. Reflecting on IMAN’s vision of a Beloved Community, this workshop offers the ink and brush as a tool for sacred storytelling which becomes an act of powerful advocacy in the face of cultural erosion, family separation, and spiritual adversity. Each participant is guided to craft a postcard dedicated to the voice of communities under fire, and is invited to contribute it to a public installation honoring the 60th anniversary of the Chicago Freedom Movement as a testament of collective memory and art as documentation and witnessing. Join us for a journey of impactful creative practice in action!
About Haji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang
Haji Noor Deen is a renowned master of Arabic calligraphy. Born in 1963 in Shandong province, China, he brings an immense learning in traditional thought and Islamic art to a modern audience, juxtaposing them in a new calligraphic style all his own, both Eastern and Western. His work has been displayed often as the first Chinese/Arabic artist, and has been acquired for permanent collections, such as The British Museum, San Francisco Asian Museum, National Museum of Scotland and Harvard University Art Museum.
Where is it happening?
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USD 28.52
