Above: Works on display at "I Contain Multitudes" by Fawzia Khan, Kimberlee Joy Roth and Susan Armington, Ifrah Mansour and Farida Hughes. Photo courtesy of Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
It's never too late to change careers completely.
Aritst Nina Ghanbarzadeh noticed that many of the artists she curated into the 10-person group exhibition "I Contain Multitudes," which features four Minneapolis-based artists, had this experience. The show is currently on view at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design through March 9.
"I wanted to highlight the importance of artmaking and highlight the power that art provides to the female artist," said Ghanbarzadeh. "All of us found our voices through artmaking."
The majority of the artists in this all-female show are also immigrants to the U.S., either by choice or through forced migration. On a daily basis, they'll deal with cross-cultural identity, translation, and code-switching. In fact, Minnesota is home to nearly half a million immigrants, with foreign-born immigrants making up 8.7% of the state's population.
On Thurs., Feb. 7 at 7 p.m., Minneapolis artists Fawzia Khan and Hend Al-Mansour will lead a discussion on the experience and challenges of being a part of two cultures at the Frederick Layton Gallery (273 E Erie St., Milwaukee, WI 53202)
Above: Susan Armington, "Self Portrait," 2012. All images courtesy of the artists and Nina Ghanbarzadeh.
Minneapolis-based painter/mapmaker Susan Armington grew up on the East Coast, but married a Japanese man and lived abroad. Her artwork considers travel, maps and language in relation to a dreamlike landscape.
