Discussion: Wearing a Hijab – Garment and Symbol

When artists Elizabeth Stone and Nour Bishouty exchanged thoughts about the image Woman in a Burkha, a painting by Stone in the exhibition Dialogue with a Collection: Elizabeth Stone - Embodied/Disembodied, both realized that they had entered intellectual territory that required a respectful and thoughtful conversation beyond the casual comments during a museum visit.

On Thursday, November 8, Nour Bishouty, MFA candidate’14; Hind Mari, Ed. D., Director of the Women of Color Leadership Network- Center for Women & Community; and Elizabeth Stone, artist, will meet to discuss the complexities of the subject matter, Western mainstream perceptions, political and religious superimpositions, and the experiences of women wearing Hijab.