Farhang Foundation and the Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) present Focus Iran: Contemporary Photography and Video,a juried exhibition organized as a means to identify and expose emerging artists from around the world whose works reflected on aspects of Iranian culture or heritage. The breadth and impact of the open call resulted in 615 submissions from across Europe and North America, Iran, Australia, and Japan.
Special thanks to Presenting Donor Farhad & Nushin Mohit; Lead Donors Mark Amin, Haleh Emrani, and Ali C. & Anousheh Razi; Major Donors Hormoz & Fariba Ameri, Persian Tradition Wine, Printup Press & Graphics, Roshi Rahnama, and Michael & Katy Saei.
Join Kaveh Baghdadchi, photographer and editor-in-chief of Akkasee.com (Iran’s most popular photography site) for a discussion of the history of photography in Iran, from the arrival of the camera in the Royal Court to present day. The program will be followed by a reception featuring Persian tea ceremony and traditional Persian music.
Picturing Home, A CraftLab Workshop: Fun for the whole family!
Using the work of Focus Iran artists as a departure point, we will use images and collage to make portraits of “home” – whether that’s your house, a city where you used to live, or an imaginary home for the future.
A fully illustrated catalog accompanies the exhibition. Catalogs are available for purchase in the CAFAM Shop and online at CafamShop.org.
For more information about the competition, its terms and conditions, and frequently asked questions please CLICK HERE.
Visiting Sunday, May 3rd 2 PM during art weekend LA.
Focus Iran: Contemporary Photography and Video is a juried international group exhibition organized by the Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) in partnership with Farhang Foundation to feature living artists whose works explore Iranian culture. The selected photographs and video works give diverse artistic perspectives into contemporary, intimate life relating to Iran and the Iranian diaspora.
The selected artists: Sohrab Akhavan (USA), Mohammad Amin Nadi (Canada), Amir Behroozi (Iran), Ahmad Belbasi (Iran), Arash Bolouri (Iran), Yasmin Chegini (USA), Jovan Erfan (USA), Ramin Etemadi Bozorg (Iran), Majid Farahani (Iran), Marjan Farsad (Canada), Milad Haddadiyan (Iran), Mehdi Hawaii Sardehaii (USA), Judi Iranyi (USA), Shahrokh Jafari (USA), Morvarid K (France), Saeide Karimi (USA) and Siavash Yansori (USA), Atefeh Khas (Iran), Gelareh Kiazand (Turkey) and Kambiz Safari (Iran), Wawrzyniec Kolbusz (Poland), Samira Kouhi (Iran), Shaghayegh Mazloom (Iran), Ali Mohammadi (Iran), Siamak Nasiri Ziba (USA), Grace Oh (USA), Omid Omidvari (Iran), Sepideh Salehi (USA), Jalal Shamsazaran (Iran), Sheida Soleimani (USA), Fazilat Soukhakian (USA), Ramin Talaie (USA), Marjan Vayghan (USA).
Sponsored by Farhang Foundation at the Craft & Folk Art Museum.
Sundays Admission: Pay what you want!