1 w o n n e t Force Conte In a rare opportunity, presents and North explores W e b A s s o c i a t i o n o f C a n a d i a n Artists (WACA). Vancouver c o n t e m p o r a r y artwork f r o m the M i d d l e East. T h i s u n i q u e a n d s o p h i s t i c a t e d artwork Tehran, city of c o m e s t o us d i r e c t l y the cosmopolitan are from Originally from Iran, Darab i m m i g r a t e d t o C a n a d a in 1996 a n d worked as a volunteer for many capital to Iran. W e fortunate years o n t h e N o r t h Shore. He served on the NVCAC Board and of Directors for as the Chair of the the have a r t w o r k , f r o m 45 m e m b e r s o f the Society of Iranian Painters (a of non-profit i n d e p e n d e n t society V i s u a l C o m m i t t e e at W e s t V a n c o u v e r L i b r a r y w h i l e e s t a b l i s h i n g his art a n d web businesses. Shabahang has nationally and internationally established artists, p r o f e s s o r s a n d a r t m a s t e r s o f past and present generations of established with both numerous local a n d connections international Society of I r a n i a n artists), o n d i s p l a y as a g r o u p s h o w i n g in o u r c o m m u n i t y . Nastaran Shahbazi A g h d a m , Samira Alikhanzadeh, Mehdi Mohammed groups, Including the I r a n i a n P a i n t e r s (SIP). D a r a b s p e a k s L i n d a Feil ( E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r o f t h e NVCAC) host" says she is " h o n o u r e d to with the greatest of Mr. this respect for the Alizadeh, M i r Jacob A m m a m e h p i c h , Farimah Farhatnia, A h m a d Khalili Fard, A h m a d Esfandyari, Bobak Etminani, Nasser A r a s t e h , R e z a J a m u n B a n g i z , members including organization Pakbaz, this e x h i b i t i o n at Art Space. the CityScape She feels value and most comes Ru'in M o h a m m e d Reza Fiozehi, Niloufar Community strongly of art c o - f o u n d e r o f SIP a n d art p r o f e s s o r , from whom Darab gained much Ghaderi Nejad, M a r y a m Ghazianl, Rashin G h o r b i , Farah Hassanpour, J a ' f a r i , H a d i J a m a l i , Ji I la K a m y a b , Ebrahim about to intrinsic cultures of of the art H o u s h a n g Hatefy, M o h a m m e d bridge that one w i s d o m w h e n h e l i v e d in Iran. expresses significant from the Maryam Khazei, Horra Khoshbin, Nemat Lalei, Ramin M a h d i n e j a d , Hossain Maher, Hafez M i r a f t a b i , benefits R u ' i n P a k b a z g i v e s his p e r s p e c t i v e in a n a r t i c l e , Contemporary (Tavoos 1, A u t u m n Mohammed discovery a n d sharing of Art of Iran M e h r d a d Mohebali, M a h t a Moini, Saeed Moslemian, H o m a y o o n Sabeti M o t l a g h , Rafiee Monfared, Nosrattollah c o m m o n a l i t i e s . C o n t e m p o r a r y art in particular form" a c t s as a "universal art 1 9 9 9 : 168-86), w h e r e h e e x a m i n e s t h e e v o l u t i o n of, a n d cultural currents affecting, the contemporary article, he art of Iran. four In this Davoud Mozaffari, Gholamhosain Nami, through which members of Rasouli, Siavash Roshandel, Bijan N e m a t i Shartf, M a n s o u r T a b i b z a d e h , M a h s h i d Rahim Tabrizi, Sadegh Tabrizi, Negar K a r i m Nasr, N i m a P e t g a r , A l i A s g h a r all c o m m u n i t i e s c a n c o n n e c t . L i n d a enthusiastically w e l c o m e d the of hosting this exhibition idea after explores general t i m e periods, f r o m 1911 t o the present, through which a change from the Tahsili, Bita V a k i l i , Hossain A l i Z a b e h i , b e i n g p r e s e n t e d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y by Darab Shabahang, artist and A l i Z a k e r i , a n d Iraj Z a n d . tradition of "Persian miniature painting" to m o d e r n c o n t e m p o r a r y art-forms f o u n d e r of Artpars FineArts and the 20 March I April