Celebration of Persian Art and Culture Begins

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Summary

An evening of Persian music on the tar and sehtar by Dariush Dolat-shahi is the first event in a free, public two-month celebration of Persian art and culture cosponsored by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Foundation for Iranian Studies. Also included in the celebration are calligraphy and illumination workshops, lectures, and an evening of reading from the tenth-century Persian epic poem, the "Shahnama."

Subject

  • Dolat-Shahi, Dariush
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
  • Foundation for Iranian Studies (Bethesda, Md.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1989. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, p. 16.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 16, 1989

Topic

  • Art
  • Lectures and lecturing
  • Calligraphy
  • Music
  • Poetry
  • Art, Iranian
  • Music--Performance
  • Art, Islamic
  • Culture

Place

Iran

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