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JUST IMAGIN YOUR ADVERTISMENT HERE!!!!    IranSara's Bulletin Board Use the search engine below to find events listed on IranSara or the web. IranSara or NetCiti are not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided below. For accurate information please contact the individule/s listed as the contact person for each event/announcemnet. Dear Artists and Friends: Evolving Perceptions, the annual exhibition for Iranian and Iranian American artists, is holding its 4th annual exhibition in Washington DC at 505 Gallery in the DC Gallery District. Please read below for information regarding EP and the Call for Artists. Please encourage all the artists you know you participate!!! Maryam Ovissi 4th annual Evolving Perceptions 2000: Call for Artists We are proud to announce the 4th annual Call for Iranian and Iranian-American artists for this year&Mac226;s Evolving Perceptions exhibition in Washington DC. Jurors will be Mahin Ghanbari, the former Art instructor of University of Florida, researcher, lecturer, and the gallery owner in Chicago, Susan Babaie, Metropolitan Museum of Art Curator and Hengameh Foulavand, Executive Director of Center for Iranian Modern Arts, New York. We are inviting you to participate in EP 2000 exhibition. This year&Mac226;s theme will focus on Peace. Peace may be approached from a personal perspective or from a global point of view. The usage of the theme "peace" may relate to the internal and/or external struggles of achieving peace and harmony within one's life and with the outside community. Title of the exhibition will be announced after the work has been selected.<<< Evolving Perceptions is an artist run organization committed to exposing and cultivate Iranian and Iranian-American artists, based in Washington DC Dear artists please submit the following information for consideration: · 5-10 slides or photographs, labeled w/name, title, medium, size, direction indication and wholesale prices · $25 non-refundable entry fee (check payable to Evolving Perceptions · Filled out entry form (see below) · Self-stamped envelope with return address · Artist&Mac226;s resume and biography · A statement to describe the thought behind your artwork and its relation with the exhibition theme, „Art for Peace". Also, if you are going to create work to reflect this theme, please briefly describe your vision and send slides of current work. Please send all above items to: Mahin Ghanbari 9460 Tobin Circle Potomac, MD 20854 Due by July 15st, 2000 A showcase of Iranian and Iranian-American artists Opening: September 9, 2000, Washington DC Please note that number of selections depends on the total number of participants. ENTRY FORM: Art for Peace Evolving Perceptions 2000 4th annual exhibition Name: Address: Phone: Fax: email/ web site: Have you participated in any EP event? If yes, please describe: Have you ever heard of Evolving Perceptions? How did you hear about this opportunity? Are you a full time artist? Yes No Have you enclosed the following items: ____slides/photographs ____$25 entry fee ____resume & biography ____artist statement ____SASE Please mail the above items to: Mahin Ghanbari 9460 Tobin Circle Potomac, MD 20854 For more information please contact Saghar at: 301.610.5260 or Maryam 510-601-6874 Please make a copy of this for yourself! Thank you and we look forward to receiving your submission. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* A little bit of history: Evolving Perceptions (EP) was founded in 1996. The mission of EP is to serve as a support organization for Iranian and Iranian-American artists. The first EP exhibition took place in Reston, Virginia, at Ovissi Studios, the following one (1997)was at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The first two exhibitions were supported by the Iranian American Cultural Association of Washington DC (IACA). Last year&Mac226;s exhibition (1999) took place at 505 Gallery on 7th street, Washington DC. 2000 will mark EP&Mac226;s 4th Annual Exhibition. Volunteers of EP have worked hard with supporting organizations and artists to keep EP alive. Currently, EP is under the leadership of Saghar Barzmehri, a Washington DC based artist . Saghar along with other artists in the steering committee have been working together to create important and much needed support. The Vision for the Future First of all, we are looking to have EP be a gathering point for Iranian and Iranian-American artists in the Washington DC area. Monthly gatherings, gallery and museum visits have been organized already and we would like to provide more opportunities for Iranian and Iranian- American artists in the Washington area to gather and network as well as create collaborative projects to benefit and educate the entire community at large. Secondly, EP is trying to develop opportunities to provide scholarships and exchange programs with artists from Iran. From this perspective, EP is collaborating with galleries in Tehran to bring 150 artworks of 50 famous Iranian artists residing in Iran to go to a tour in New York, California and Washington DC. Contact Info Maryam Ovissi, Founder 510.601.6874 Saghar Barzmehri, Coordinator 301.610.5260 Mahin Ghanbari, Juror & Steering Committee Member 301.767.9435 Atti Vakili, Steering Committee Member 703.750.1632 Sayeh Behnam, Steering Committee Member 703.444.3519 Aylene Fallah, Steering Committee Member 703.455.1666 Amy Sharifi, Steering Committee Member 703.787.7770