Lunch & Learn with Guest Speaker / Artist: Pouran Lashini

Lunch & Learn is a free monthly in-person program, held the first Tuesday of the month, from 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. at Irving Arts Center.  Pouran Lashini will join us Tuesday, April 7 from noon to 1:30PM as our featured guest speaker.

Pouran will discuss her exhibition currently on view at Irving Arts Center, Touch My Soul: Paintings by Pouran Lashini. In this curated selection of artworks, she explores traditional forms rooted in her cultural identity, reimagined through a contemporary lens. The exhibit is on view through July 11 in the Carpenter Hall Gallery at Irving Arts Center.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Dr. Lashini is a Dallas-based artist who was born in Teheran and trained in Persian miniature painting and calligraphy from a young age. It is from this tradition where she developed a deep appreciation for detail, symbolism, and storytelling visual art. Her work has since evolved from the precision of miniatures to an emotional depth that embraces abstraction and contemporary elements – including the use of words as a visual and conceptual layer. Centered on color, her paintings explore contrasts of light and darkness, traditional and innovation, silence and expression – using layered pigments and movement to evoke emotion and spark dialogue.

About Lunch & Learn

Since 2014, this informal art education program for adults has provided fun and informative enrichment opportunities as well as a lively discussion forum for exploring current exhibitions at IAC and other art-related topics.

Irving Arts Center’s Lunch & Learn program is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch or snack.

For more information, please contact Marcie Inman, Curator/ Director of Exhibitions & Educational Programs at minman@cityofirving.org or 972.252.7558, ext. 1225.