<div>Greetings, </div> <div>This Thursday night 6:30pm, a free lecture will be hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, in conjunction with the exhibit on <U><EM>Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600-1900</EM> and <I>Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur´an.</I></U></div> <div><EM><U></U></EM> </div> <div>The lecture 'Islam - what is it? And how is it expressed in Art', will be held on Thursday night, Jan 17th. Admission is free and open to the public. A reception follows the program. </div> <div>The location is American General Conference Room, the Audrey Jones Beck Building <BR><I>Where is the AG Conference Room? Go to lower level of Beck Building. <BR>Look for a sign near Café Express that points the way. Or, ask a member of staff.</I> </div> <div> </div> <div><STRONG>Dr. B. Jill Carroll offers a lively, one-hour introduction to the fundamentals <BR>of Islam and how those ideals are expressed in
art. <BR><BR></STRONG><I>Dr. Carroll is Executive Director of the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement <BR>of Religious Tolerance at <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1200442403_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Rice University</SPAN>, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1200442403_1 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Rice University</SPAN>. Well-respected for her work promoting religious tolerance, she teaches widely in the Houston area and is the author of numerous articles and three books, including <B>A Dialogue of Civilizations: Gulen´s Islamic Ideals and Humanistic Discourse</B> (The Light, Inc., May 2007) and <B>The Savage Side: Reclaiming Violent Models of God</B> (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002).</I> </div> <div> </div> <div>Don Christoforo has seen the Islamic Calligraphy exhibit and recommends it. </div> <div> </div> <div>I'm
planning to be at the museum for the lecture, and will meet others in the underground at Cafe Express between 6-6:30pm. The lecture hall is nearby. Parking is free across from the older museum building but fills up quickly; there is also paid parking in the new museum building. </div> <div> </div> <div>If you are interested in attending, please let me know, so I'll be on the lookout for you. </div> <div>Regards, Hillary<BR><BR><BR></div>