Faraz Khan
Artist-in-Residence, Spring/Summer 2015
Faraz Khan, the ACP’s Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence from April 26 – October 31, 2015, explores universal values of love, life, faith, prayer, beauty, and the divine through his work. In a world filled with mistrust and hatred, through Faraz Khan’s residency, the ACP hopes to promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation.
Faraz Khan, an artist of Pakistani heritage, seeks to synthesize feelings and pictograms through Arabic lettering. In his words,
“I express my intellectual longing for creative ideas through Islamic art by fusing colors, lines, dots, and words together to inspire a meaning worth imagining…I construct new modes of expression based on Arabic writing to first envision and then create a style that is exclusively modern Western, including graffiti elements. My work incorporates ink and acrylics on paper or canvas with vibrant nontraditional colors and calligraphy styles.”
Faraz Khan’s residency will commence with an interactive public project during Communiversity ArtsFest on April 26, 2015, and will culminate in an exhibition during October 2015. The Arts Council of Princeton established the Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence Program in order to annually provide select artists with opportunities to conceptualize new works while providing the community with opportunities for creative interaction with artists in all disciplines.
RESIDENCY EVENTS ORGANIZED BY FARAZ KHAN
Arabic Calligraphy Art Project for Communiversity ArtsFest 2015
Sunday, April 26, 1-6pm
Palmer Square Green
Lecture: The Canticle of the Birds
Thursday, May 21, 7pm
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts
Speaker: Michael Barry, Lecturer in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Read and be Read
Friday, June 26, 1-8pm
Princeton Public Library
Arabic Calligraphy Workshops
Saturday, July 11, 1-3pm
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts
Calligraphy Workshop
Thursday, August 20, 5:30pm
Princeton Shopping Center
Light Art Calligraphy Performance
Thursday, September 10, Time: TBD
Princeton Art Museum Lawn
The Making of an American Script
Faraz Khan, exhibition
Taplin Gallery
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts
October 1-31, 2015
Opening Reception TBD