“Teaching Art of the Middle East and the Islamic World” conference, November 4 – 5, 2017, de Young Museum and San Francisco State University. This conference brings together educators, curators and makers from the Muslim world to discuss the opportunities and challenges of teaching and curating this material in the United States. It combines the didactic expertise of San Francisco State University, the curatorial knowledge of the de Young and the creative brilliance of internationally renowned artists. This event takes place in advance of the de Young Museum’s highly anticipated fall 2018 exhibition, “Muslims and Fashion Now.”

Presented by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco State School of Art and San Francisco State Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies.