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Now, for the first time, Blum’s work will be on view at the Art Museum in her hometown of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

January 18 through April 23, 2015
Free Admission Tuesday through Saturday 10-4 Sunday 1-4

Laurie Blum: My Inner GardenLaurie Blum’s “Inner Garden” comes to life in this enchanting exhibition of gouache paintings of the natural, and sometimes fantastical, world, as it exists through the eyes and soul of the artist. In 2003 and 2004, Blum made three trips to Iran, where she discovered a profound connection with the Bagh-e Eram Garden (Garden of Paradise) in the city of Shiraz. The garden was the living embodiment of the paradise imagined by Blum during her youth, her “Inner Garden;” and so she put the brush to paper, painting a world both rich in color and feeling. Since finding and painting the Garden of Paradise, Blum’s inner and outer worlds have become one, and her art is a testament to the beauty of both. In 2007, Blum’s paintings of Iran were exhibited at the United Nations Secretariat Building and The National Arts Club in New York City.

The Conference of the Birds is a play by Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carriere based on the poem by Farid ud-Din Attar. This production by the Brandeis Theater Company was inspired by the same poem that inspired Laurie Blum's painting.

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Across Borders

Connecting the West and the Middle-East through Art

Dialogue Among Civilizations
http://www.shabahang.org/

Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Time: 8:00 PM

Shiraz, City of Paradise- Dialogue Among Civilizations
A talk and slide presentation by Laurie Blum, internationally known artist, writer and speaker

Some of Laurie's work

Laurie Blum's Persian Garden
نقاشی هاي لوری بلوم از حافظيه و آرامگاه سعدي

Rosemont College
Lawrence Hall
1400 Montgomery Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA