Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 4 p.m. EDT
Blue Like Me: The Art of Siona Benjamin
A Conversation between the artist Siona Benjamin and art historian Ori Soltes
Online conversation via Zoom (link to be sent out 1 day prior)
Join us for a conversation with Siona Benjamin, an Indian-American Jewish artist originally from Mumbai now residing in the United States, about her compelling art, which crosses multiple cultural boundaries, and a film about her art and the Mumbai Jewish community, Blue Like Me: The Art of Siona Benjamin, available on Amazon Video. Siona Benjamin's transcultural Indian-Jewish art received praise in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe, Art in America, Art New England, Art and Antiques, ArtNews, Moment Magazine, The Times of India, The Mumbai Mirror, Marg Magazine, and other publications.
Ori Z. Soltes is Goldman Professorial Lecturer in theology and fine arts at Georgetown University and the author of many books including the forthcoming in October Tradition and Transformation: A Comprehensive Exploration of Three Millenia of Jewish Art and Architecture.
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