Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Anila Agha to exhibit at New Harmony, lecture at USI

Anila Agha When Words Aren't Enough 2008 52"x 44" Mixed Media on Paper Photo Credit: Photo Provided HI-RES | WEB RELATED VIDEO:  RELATED AUDIO:  Contact for more information: Erika Myers-Bromwell Director of New Harmony Gallery of Comtemporary Art 812/682-3156 email In the exhibition, "And Red Is the Earth," artist Anila Agha explores the impact of gender roles, cultural multiplicity, mass media, and global politics on her native Pakistan. The exhibition will run March 26 through May 7 at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. A reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 26, during the New Harmony Art Stroll, and is free and open to the public. During the reception, Agha will be available to answer questions about her work. The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is sponsored by the University of Southern Indiana. Agha will also offer a free public lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in Room 101 in the Liberal Arts Center on the USI campus. Agha creates her multilayered mixed media drawings by combining text and media images with traditional South Asian techniques of embroidery, dyeing, wax, and beading. To complete one of these pieces takes countless hours of painstaking needlework, a task which, in many cultures, is believed to be exclusively designated for women. It is this high level of craft which draws the viewers in to reflect on gender roles in our multicultural world. Agha was born in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in textile arts at the National College of Arts in Lahore and her Master of Fine Arts degree in fiber arts at the University of North Texas. Her work has exhibited nationally and internationally in more than 10 solo shows and 40 group shows. In 2005-2006 she participated in two artist-in-residencies in Houston, Texas. For three years she taught at the college level in the Houston area. Since 2008 she has been assistant professor of drawing at Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. The New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art is located at 506 Main Street in New Harmony, Indiana and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call 812/682-3156 or visit www.nhgallery.com.

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