Anila Quayyum Agha is the A&O Artist of the Year 2014
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By TAHLIB
INDIANA---The 2014 Alpha Omega Prize for Artist of the Year goes to Anila Quayyum Agha for her Islamic art installation, "Intersections." Since 2008, readers of Alpha Omega Arts have voted annually to honor one artist for their promotion of religious dialogue. Last month, Pakistani-born, Anila Agha, who now lives in Indianapolis also won the grand prize last month at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The work reminds me of the cube-shaped Ka'aba, the holiest place in Islam, which will be washed from the inside by sacred waters this month of the Day of Ashura (Arabic: عاشورا).
By TAHLIB
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| "Intersections" at ArtPrize 2014. Courtesy of the Grand Rapids Art Museum |