Episcopal Diocese of Dallas

A Garden of Delight (The Golden Age of Iznik Tiles of Turkey)

Friday, September 23, 2016 - Saturday, December 31, 2016

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A Garden of Delight: The Golden Age of Iznik Tiles of Turkey Photographic Exhibition by Carolyn Brown In collaboration with The Crow Collection of Asian Art and the University of Texas at Dallas September 23 - December 31 Artist Reception with Carolyn Brown Tuesday, October 25th 6p-8p Artist Talk at 7p Event will be held in the Justus Sundermann Gallery Free Admission and Parking Explore the various connection of early global trade and artistic production that spans a millennium from the Middle East (present-day Iraq and Turkey) to China, Spain, and Mexico with: The Tiled Churches of Puebla (Dallas Museum of Art, Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History and Research Center, Sept 1 - Spring 2017) Image (bottom left) by Carolyn Brown Clay Between Two Seas: From the Abbasid Court to Puebal de los Angeles (Crow Collection of Asian Art, Sept 17 - Feb 12, 2017) Image (bottom right) by MIchael Calderwood, Courtesy of the Archibes of Farzaneh Pirouz A Garden of Delight: The Golden Age of Iznik Tiles of Turkey (St. Matthew's Cathedral Arts, Sept 23 - Dec 31, 2016) Image (top center) by Carolyn Brown  

These three exhibitions examine types of ceramics produced globally thanks to strings of influence and early global connectivity.