March 13-22, 2021
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Washington, DC, United States
Art workshops, panel discussions, and performing arts
Celebrate Nowruz: A Persian New Year Celebration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. Enjoy free virtual workshops, talks, and performances.
Program Details include:
Workshop: Celebrate Persian New Year: Painting with Natural Colors
Saturday, March 13, 1–3 pm
Join the Curator: A Conversation with Artist Nazgol Ansarinia
Tuesday, March 16, 12:00 pm
Talk: Tea and Conversation: Persian Culinary Traditions for Nowruz
Wednesday, March 17, 6–7 pm, Zoom
Storyteller Xanthe Gresham: Simorgh and the Conference of Birds
Starting Thursday, March 18, 10 am
Stream from the museum’s YouTube channel: [link to come], 7 min.
Enjoy this modern adaptation of a classic Persian poem about the mysterious creature all the world’s birds seek as their new leader.
Performance: Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic
Directed by Hamid Rahmanian
Free online screening
Thursday, March 18 through Monday, March 22
View Trailer.
This program is part of the event series Nowruz: A Persian New Year Celebration and is made possible by the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Persian Cultural Celebrations Fund.
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