PRESENTATIONS & GRANTS

I will be displaying few of my Rumi Poem-Paintings at Stanford University. Here is the link to the catalog forArt Exhibition and Future-spective about “Language”

8:35-9:00: Salma Arastu on “Celebration of Calligraphy and Journeys of Love” Interpreting Rumi’s poetry with paintings and calligraphy… Read more Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous of

The show brings together the works of established and emerging voices of South Asian and Middle Eastern Diaspora to confront the culture of violence through

Salma Arastu will be reading selected poems from Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi’s collections which have inspired her 52 paintings from her series “Turning Rumi: Singing Verses

Songs of the Soul Poetry and Music Festival (15-17 March 2013) presents Salma Arastu Sunday March 17th at 9:10 AM Embassy Suites, San Rafael, California

International Association of Sufism receives $5,000 arts grant Salma Arastu to create 25 poem-paintings of series “Turning Rumi: Singing Verses of Love, Unity and Freedom.”

A Poetry reading of Rumi Poems and a display of paintings inspired by them Sunday January 20, 4 PM At: Mythos Fine Art and Artifacts

Salma Arastu has been invited to present her paper Art Informed by Spirituality, Islamic Values and the Concept of Beauty in Contemporary Culture: By Salma

Mon, Aug 22 2011 – 6:00pm Sacred Heritage: A Merging of Islamic and Hindu Traditions Salma Arastu, Artist; Author Michael Pappas, Executive Director, SF Interfaith

Salma Arastu speaks at Al-Ghazali Center Sydney Australia Heart Soul Space A perspective of feminine creativity in contemporary Islamic Visual Arts Guest SpeakerL Salma Arastu