Past Event
Special Series

Live Demonstration of "Calligraffiti" with street artist el Seed

Open to the Public

Join a demonstration by Tunisian street artists el Seed as he creates a work of "calligraffiti" on Harvard's campus.

Live Demonstration of "Calligraffiti" with street artist el Seed

About

Join a demonstration by Tunisian street artist el Seed as he creates a work of "calligraffiti" outside the Science Center on Harvard's campus.  El Seed draws on the legacies of Arabic calligraphic art to create street and studio art.  He is featured in the new book Arabic Graffiti.  See more of his work here and here. The demonstration will be followed by a reception with light refreshments from 5:00-6:00pm at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies Outreach Center, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program.