Celebration of Calligraphy

 

Sacred Words in Art - Including words of Quran, Hadith, and Rumi

Saturday, April 8th, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
MET Community and Educational Center: Al-Madinah Hall
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, OR 97223

The Art of Salma Arastu

The Muslim Educational Trust (MET) is pleased to invite you to MET's Monthly Forum and Potluck Dinner on Saturday, April 8th, 2017 at the MET Community Center: 10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, OR 97223. Our Keynote speaker will be Salma Arastu, Calligrapher and Artist. Salma will share her art and talk about her exhibit "Celebration of Calligraphy: Sacred Words in Art." Please join us for an engaging presentation followed by a potluck dinner.

About Salma Arastu

Salma Arastu was born in Rajasthan, India and she has been creating and exhibiting her paintings internationally since graduating with a Masters degree in Fine Arts from MS University, Baroda, India in 1974. Her work with continuous and lyrical line is influenced by her native culture and her residence after marriage in Iran and Kuwait before coming to the US in 1987.
Born into the Sindhi, Hindu tradition in her native India, she later embraced Islam through her marriage. At birth, Ms. Arastu was given the life-defining challenge of a left hand without fingers. Seeing the unity of an all-encompassing God, she was able to transcend the barriers often set-forth in the traditions of religion, culture and the cultural perceptions of handicap. She has almost 40 solo shows to her credit, won several awards including East Bay Community's fund for artists in 2012, three works in public places and three books published with her poems and paintings.
She has been invited to Germany twice, first on artist residency in 2000andIn 2011, Westphalia Wilhelm University in Münster, Germany invited to publish her paper "Art Informed by Spirituality" in the publication on the International Symposium: 'God Loves Beauty: Post Modern Views on Religion and Art.
Shortly after arriving in the United States, Salma became an entrepreneur with the creation of Your True Greetings, a successful greeting card company that uses her paintings and calligraphy to serve the needs of Muslim communities in the United States, Canada, Japan and Great Britain.