Delta State University’s Fielding Wright Art Center Gallery is currently hosting “Muslim/American, American/Muslim,” an exhibition by New York photographer Robert E. Gerhardt. The exhibit explores the Muslim experience in America.
In the spirit of Gerhardt’s project, the Department of Art and the Quality Enhancement Plan have partnered to present a series of events that provide a forum for dialogue. The series, free and open to the public, continues Dec. 3 at 5 p.m. with a public screening of the film “Arranged,” which centers on the unlikely friendship between an Orthodox Jewish and Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year, they learn they share much in common — including both going through the process of arranged marriages.
A group discussion will follow the screening, which will be held at the FWACG. Refreshments will be provided by Cleveland’s Adath Israel Synagogue.
Gerhardt’s exhibition will be open through Dec. 11. The gallery is open Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed weekends, holidays and during semester breaks.
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