Thanks for clarifying :)
And freefall the museum idea is great.

I also do still believe that we need a space for display of art by Muslim artists - perhaps even a virtual display.

I understood what you meant, we have those for grant proposalas- places to brain storm, present and get feedback on productivity.
that said, I do believe that you can find some people off the Islamic Art village
also - muslimmuseum.org

become a member!

salaams ya'll,

Perhaps i should clarify. This salon is not an exhibition space nor an Islamic Art forum in the sense of traditional art or modern calligraphy. Rather I was hoping to find artists from a variety of disciplines who would be interested in looking at art made my Muslims, explicitly religious or not.

It would be more like a critique group in which people could share ideas about their work.

I am thinking about work like mona hatoum or shirin neshat for example.

The South Bay Islamic Associations Media committee held an Art Exhibit at the 3rd Stree mosque a couple of years ago but not sure if that is the best venue.

The issue is mosque's is that they have board members who disagree on artistic expression.

In Fremont and other places, they have these specific days where people can go to the Artist studios - it's a lot of fun.
Also, there is a place in Fremont, and I am sure in other cities where they will rotate displays etc. You have contact the local Cultural Arts Council or org.

there is a viallage called Islamic Art that really needs come participation. there are some really amazing artists on this website.

Islamic_Art

Hey Ihsan, Salaams. I am tired to write much right now, but I am a muslim artist across an array of media - including industrial steel drums (into which I carved, among other things, the Prayer of Solomon for BM '05,) and created a mystical venn-diagram with the shavings. I am a poet and a designer, along with being a performance artist (music and drums, along with a fire-dance that I do with my flag,) which is a set of distinctions I cannot imagine too many others to be able to match.

Yet I am considering moving down to South Bay, because of a new job that's keeping me down in that area. So I do not know how available I will be. Yet I am interested, and would like to be kept in the loop.

I am glad you asked. I happen to have a few amazing art pieces that I am fostering for lack of an appropriate exhibition space. Any ideas would be precious.

Thanks!