# Event Details - **Event Name**: Visiting Artist Lecture - Hangama Amiri, Interdisciplinary Artist - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am – Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: WCSU MFA Visiting Artist Lecture with Hangama Amiri, Interdisciplinary ArtistAbout this Event https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/899f3450-f290-11f0-96a0-3f7757038dc0-rimg-w618-h740-dcf5f5f4-gmir.jpg Visiting Artist Lecture withHANGAMA AMIRI, INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTISTMonday, April 27, 2026, 11:00 amVisual & Performing Arts Center, room 144, WCSU, Westside CampusFree & Open to the Public . Limited Seating AvailableHangama Amiri, born in Peshawar, Pakistan, is an Afghan-Canadian artist. She works predominantly in textiles to explore ideas of home and the impact of gender, social norms, and geopolitical conflict on women's lives in Afghanistan and the diaspora. Using a painterly approach to color and materials, she examines how everyday objects, such as a passport, a vase, and celebrity postcards, are imbued with cultural memory and carry political and personal significance.Hangama earned her MFA from Yale University in 2020. She received her BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was a Canadian Fulbright and Post-Graduate Fellow at Yale’s School of Arts and Sciences in 2015-2016. Last year, she was shortlisted for the 2025 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s premier contemporary visual arts prize, in an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.Hangama’s work has been shown nationally and internationally since 2017, with solo shows in the U.S., Canada, Italy, France, Germany, and the UK. Recent exhibitions include the Esker Foundation, Calgary; Toronto Biennial 2024; Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Germany; Aga Khan Museum, Toronto; and Sharjah Biennial 15, United Arab Emirates. In 2023, her solo exhibition A Homage to Home was held at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT, with a published catalog. It was reviewed by The New York Times, and traveled to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City. Hangama is a recipient of multiple grants, awards, and artist residencies, along with work in public collections, including the Denver Art Museum. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/danbury/visiting-artist-lecture-hangama-amiri-interdisciplinary-artist/100001980479671009 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts, performances, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Danbury - **state**: CT - **country**: United States - **location**: Visual & Performing Arts Center - **lat**: 41.3946305 - **long**: -73.49387810000002 - **full address**: Visual & Performing Arts Center, 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Visiting Artist Lecture - Hangama Amiri, Interdisciplinary Artist - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/b29c9df3ebb809e4c76920f73bbb9ab6410ab8ce41ddd1482199d7d15483cc5d-rimg-w1200-h1200-dc10335c-gmir.jpg?v=1768536317 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Visiting Artist Lecture - Hangama Amiri, Interdisciplinary Artist being held? - **A:** Visiting Artist Lecture - Hangama Amiri, Interdisciplinary Artist takes place on Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am to Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm at Visual & Performing Arts Center, 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Visiting Artist Lecture - Hangama Amiri, Interdisciplinary Artist? - **A:** Visiting Artist Lecture - Hangama Amiri, Interdisciplinary Artist is organized by Visual & Performing Arts Center at WCSU. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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