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Open Studio with JTHAR artists Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed & Rachael Delaney
Saturday, October 1st 2022 4-6PM
8321 Via Rocosa Rd. Joshua Tree, CA
JTHAR is excited to support the work of multi-media artist Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed & fiber artist Rachael Delaney. Join us at the JTHAR ranch on Saturday, October 1st from 4-6PM to learn more about the research and art projects created while in residence.
Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed is a political strategist, storyteller, and artist based in Los Angeles. She creates at the intersection of counternarratives and culture-shifting as a South Asian American Muslim 2nd-gen woman. The writing and mixed media art she created at the residency explores the age-old orientalism in the Mojave Desert, using locally found paper ephemera. Growing up in Southern California, finding representation as a Muslim American was hard. But every time she would visit the desert, she noticed the date trees imported from Morocco, the cities named after places like Mecca and Bombay Beach and the Moorish Revival architecture. The contradiction between the two thoughts – negative anti-Muslim hate and positive oriental fantasy – existing side by side is an area Tanzila explores.
Rachael Delaney will share research and progress on new work investigating invasive and endemic plants of the Mojave Desert. The thread drawings created during the artist residency attempt to address the importance and need for biodiversity in a quickly changing environment. The artwork will educate visitors about the importance of invasive plant species and water conservation in the environment. Rachael is an educator and fiber artist based in Denver, Colorado.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 4-6PM
8321 Via Rocosa Rd. Joshua Tree, CA
JTHAR is excited to support the work of multi-media artist Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed & fiber artist Rachael Delaney. Join us at the JTHAR ranch on Saturday, October 1st from 4-6PM to learn more about the research and art projects created while in residence.
Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed is a political strategist, storyteller, and artist based in Los Angeles. She creates at the intersection of counternarratives and culture-shifting as a South Asian American Muslim 2nd-gen woman. The writing and mixed media art she created at the residency explores the age-old orientalism in the Mojave Desert, using locally found paper ephemera. Growing up in Southern California, finding representation as a Muslim American was hard. But every time she would visit the desert, she noticed the date trees imported from Morocco, the cities named after places like Mecca and Bombay Beach and the Moorish Revival architecture. The contradiction between the two thoughts – negative anti-Muslim hate and positive oriental fantasy – existing side by side is an area Tanzila explores.
Rachael Delaney will share research and progress on new work investigating invasive and endemic plants of the Mojave Desert. The thread drawings created during the artist residency attempt to address the importance and need for biodiversity in a quickly changing environment. The artwork will educate visitors about the importance of invasive plant species and water conservation in the environment. Rachael is an educator and fiber artist based in Denver, Colorado.
