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    Artful tales: "Kawa the Blacksmith"

    Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts

    March 18, 2012


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    Artful Tales is a monthly interactive family program that combines the oral tradition of storytelling with hands-on, art-making activities to explore stories and cultures from around the world. This program is part of the Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World exhibition and is funded in...

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    Artful Tales is a monthly interactive family program that combines the oral tradition of storytelling with hands-on, art-making activities to explore stories and cultures from around the world. This program is part of the Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World exhibition and is funded in part by the Nissan Foundation and Publix Super Markets Charities.

    Hear the Kurdish folktale of Kawa the blacksmith and how he overcomes the evil King Dehak then celebrate the Kurdish New Year by creating paper flowers inspired by traditional embroidery patterns.
     

    Image: Sisavanh Phouthavong-Houghton and participants from the Kurdish American Youth Organization. Kawa the Blacksmith, 2010. Encaustic on board, 6 x 5 1/8 ft. Created under the supervision of Peshkout Duski and Rosemary Swain. Photographer: Caitlin Galo


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    Frist Center for the Visual Arts

    919 Broadway
    Nashville, TN 37203

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    Free admission; seating is first come, first seated.


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    Sunday 2:00pm


    Phone: (615) 244-3340


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