By SALINA POST
Themes of heritage and family histories are the focus of the latest exhibition at the Salina Art Center.
Forms of Relation by Spring Artist-in-Residence Ghazal Ghazi runs until May 21 at the Salina Art Center, 242 S. Santa Fe Avenue. The exhibition is open to the public at no charge; donations are welcome.
The gallery is open from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday; and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.
Additionally, the public is invited to an opening reception with the artist from 5-7 p.m. Friday as a part of Salina Downtown's First Friday, according to information from the Salina Art Center. Brief remarks will be made at 6 p.m.
A Lunch & Learn via Zoom and Facebook Live with Ghazi presenting an artist talk is scheduled for May 18.
About the artist from the Salina Art Center
Ghazal Ghazi is a Tulsa-based multidisciplinary artist born in Tehran, Iran. Her artwork addresses themes of heritage and family histories. Manifested through painting and ceramic, these works continue her Monumental Miniatures series, where she investigates collective memory and cultural intervention.
Paintings from this body of work illuminate contemporary issues facing the Iranian-American and broader SWANA (Southwest Asian North African) and Muslim communities within the context of diaspora, migration, state violence, and the trans-generational transmission of culture.