Covid19 Interview-Salma Arastu

Oakland Asian Cultural Center has released an online exhibition of my paintings ” Memory Vignettes and Poem Painting series” and an interview in my studio recorded last week. The original paintings exhibition opened in the center in March but was shut down due to shelter in place order from 15th March. Sharing the links for the interview and online gallery. https://oacc.cc/virtual-galleries/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJIDJcbeKhM

East Bay Community Foundation has awarded Individual artist grant for my project “Our Earth: Embracing All Communities.” Feeling blessed as now I can focus on my project which is in fact response to our current situation. We know deep in our hearts that we have arrived here because we have over consumed our resources, ill treated our mother earth and other living communities. My project