New Mexico Artist Series
Edie Tsong
Thursday, January 28, 2021
1-3 PM
Santa Fe artist Edie Tsong will lead a virtual live presentation/workshop "Love Letters to the World," that engages regional artists in dialogue about the many ways they build resilience and amplify positive outcomes through innovative approaches to their art forms. The artist will talk about her work and its connections to place and story and then collaborate with students and faculty to develop a public works piece that encourages and gives voice to individual interpretation of story and place. The final work product (participants limited to WNMU faculty and students only) will be on public view in downtown Silver City mid February. This event is in collaboration with WNMU Expressive Arts.
WOMEN IN MUSIC: HOUSE CONCERT SERIES
Featuring Farah Siraj and Kiran Ahluwalia
Thursday, February 11, 2021
7:00 PM
WNMU Cultural Affairs new virtual series, Women in Music, will take advantage of current circumstances to allow for a more intimate conversation with artists via Zoom. In the first of our "House concert" style series, we will meet, listen to, and talk with two trailblazing artists, Farah Siraj of Jordan and Kiran Ahluwalia of India. There will be opportunity to ask questions. Please feel free to submit questions in advance.
Kiran Ahluwalia is a modern exponent of the great vocal traditions of India and Pakistan which she honors intensely yet departs from in masterful, personal ways. Her original compositions embody the essence of Indian music while embracing influences from Mali and Western blues, rock, R & B and nuances of jazz. Ahluwalia creates boundary-breaking songs that invite us to explore the human condition, transcending the self by losing ourselves in a trance of groove and melody.
Farah Siraj balances a career that spans the United States, Europe and the Middle East. She has performed at the United Nations, Nobel Prize Hall, and The Kennedy Center. She represents Jordan annually on United Nations World Peace Day. Farah’s musical releases include her albums, Nomad, the Arabian Jazz Project and Dunya, with songs in English, Arabic and Spanish. As a humanitarian, Farah focuses on raising awareness about the consequences of war and violence, and advocates for women's rights, refugee rights and animal rights.