March 12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Nicole Lockwood
(805) 756-1112
Student Supervisor of Marketing
UU Gallery Hosts Student Art Exhibit on Peace Movement
SAN LUIS OBISPO - ASI Events will display Cal Poly art and
design student Sabiha Basrai's
artwork from April 12 to April 30 in the UU Gallery, with a special opening
night reception
is Monday, April 12, from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
The event will provide participants with free refreshments and the opportunity
to speak with
the artist herself. The exhibit will run with free admission from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday.
Basrai grew up in the San Francisco Bay area with Muslim parents
from India who inspired her artistic abilities since her childhood. She
studied art at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco before
attending college, Basrai became involved with environmental
conservation, and is in constant search to combine her love of art and
design with her passions for social justice activism.
At Cal Poly, Basrai has joined the Progressive Student Alliance to
work on humanitarian relief for Iraq. "I feel compelled to both educate
people about the true effects of the war in Iraq, as well as express my
frustrations artistically," said Basrai.
The exhibit will be a collection of anti-war posters as well as
illustrations and paintings that went into creating them. According to
Basrai, "visual communication is the best way to promote an anti-war
and peace movement messages. I want the purpose of an anti-war posters
to reflect the victims of war in Iraq, and to question the motives of
our leaders."
For more information about Sabiha Basrai's artwork or the UU
Gallery show, contact Natalie Mathews, student supervisor of UU Gallery,
at 756-6119 or uugallery@asi.calpoly.edu.
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