Wonders of Creation Symposium at the SDMA | What’s happening in San Diego

Wonders of Creation Symposium at the SDMA


*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 11/01/2024
The San Diego Museum of Art is pleased to welcome world-renowned and distinguished scholars in the histories of Islamic visual culture, science, and craft, as well as prominent contemporary artists whose works appear in the special exhibition Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World.

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Symposium speakers include Dr. Silke Ackermann, Director of the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford; Dr. Omniya Abdel Barr, architect and Head of Development, Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation; Dr. Moya Carey, Curator of Islamic Collections, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; Sherin Guirguis, artist; Pantea Karimi, multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and educator.

Convened by Dr. Ladan Akbarnia, Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, The San Diego Museum of Art, and moderated by Carol Bier, Research Scholar Center for Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological Union; Hannah Kemal-Hyden, Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Art of the Islamic Worlds, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Mai Kolkailah, Research Assistant for South Asian and Islamic Art, The San Diego Museum of Art.


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Location:

1450 El Prado Balboa Park
San Diego, CA, 92102
United States

Phone:

619.232.7931
Contact name: 
San Diego Museum of Art
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
11/01/2024
Time: 
10 am - 2:30 pm
Price: 
Free for Friend-level members and above | $15 members and students | $25 seniors and military | $35 nonmembers

Ages

All Ages Adults without kids