Levantine Cultural Center hosts a salon on Iran to discuss the recent elections, ensuing public protest and goverment crackdown on freedom of speech and assembly. The format is a public conversation with artist/activist Amitis Motevalli and author/musician Mark LeVine, followed by an open forum where your perspectives are welcome (meanwhile, post your thoughts here). Amitis Motevalli is an Iranian American mixed-media artist, activist and educator who just returned from a trip to Iran. She will offer her eyewitness report. Mark LeVine has frequently traveled to Iran in his work with Iranian musicians, and blogs on the situation in Iran for the Huffington Post.
Amitis Motevalli was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to the US in 1977. In 1995 she received a BA from SFSU in Art with a minor in Women's studies and in 1998 an MFA from Claremont Graduate University. Her work as an artist incorporates a combination of near-eastern aesthetic with a western art education. Motevalli states, “Being an immigrant in the US shows in my work a duality of culture, both natural and learned. In all of my work, I create a dialogue that critiques dominant views of oppressed people and culture in general.”
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