Let me teach you the techniques to draw 

Sunday August 15th, 2010 3-6 pm

3 Hours workshop with “Touka Neyestani” an award-winning iranian cartoonist.

for more information and RSVP for the workshop please call 416 361 6045

Come join us on Sunday August 15th, 2010 3-6 pm to meet Touka in his first one day workshop in Toronto.

It’s dead interesting what Touka is doing. He’s one of the most successful in Iran at what he’s doing now. Any kid can learn it!

to find out more about Touka please check Queen Gallery Artist page.

Sponsored by: Queen Gallery and Shahrvand Publications Art Beat Group Presents: Rana Farhan Live in Toronto

Saturday Sep. 25th, 2010 The Opera House 735 Queen Street E. Advance $35 / Door $45 Doors: 8:00pm Show: 9:00pm Tickets available at: -Queen Gallery, 382 Queen E. -Pegah Book Store -Pars Video -X-O City -Super Tehran -Saraye Bamdad Book Store(Shayan) -Tickets online:                    19+( Photo I.D. Required )

Listen to mix sample CDs are available in stores: Pegah Book Store, X-O City, Pars Video

A DISCUSSION OF THE MANY FACES OF JEWISH COMMENTARY ON SACRED TEXTS

Along with Oscar Wolfman’s photography exhibition

Thursday July 8th, 2010 7:30-9pm
Limited space is available, Please email us to RSVP at info@queengallery.ca

Dr. Goldberg is an Assistant Professor in the Humanities department of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University, specializing in the area of Religious Studies, specifically women and spirituality. As well, she is the spiritual leader of Congregation Shir Libeynu, an unaffiliated, liberal and inclusive congregation in downtown Toronto. (more…)

By Gholamhossein Nami

1963 Graduated, BA from the school of Fine Arts, Tehran University

1980 MFA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

Museums, Collections and Publications

Several paintings, drawings and sculpture pieces in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran

Two Paintings in the Museum of Kerman, Iran

One Painting in the Permanent Collection of International House of Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A

One Painting in the art collection of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A

Two paintings in the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wis. U.S.A

Two paintings in the art Museum of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wis. U.S.A

Gholamhossein Nami selected works “1963-1994″ Iranian Art publishing, 1996

Visual Communication, Tus publishers, Tehran, Iran, 1993

Pen and Ink Drawing, Tus publishers, Tehran, Iran 1985

Basic Design, Textbooks Organization of Iran, 1975

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Thursday May 20, 2010; 6-9 pm,

Aida Ahadiany
Born in 1978, Tehran – Iran. Living in Toronto – Canada. Graduated from IKIU in Material Engineering in 1999. Started writing and taking writing and Litretury school in 1998 by working with Shahriar Mandanipour, Mohammad Charmishir and Reza Seyed-Hosseini. Moved to Canada five years ago. Started publishing her short stories and translation in iranian.com, Davat, Toronto Shahrvand Magazin and her own blog “Piaderou“. Shahr-e Barik (Narrow City – Afra publishing, spring 2009) is her first book, A Collection of 18 short stories and Touka Neyestani’s , Iranian well know cartoonist , illustrations.

Nazila Fathi (Photo by John Rieti)
a reporter for New York Times who was based in Tehran from 2001 until July 2009.

Sina Salimi
Sina Salimi was born in 1981 in Tehran. He started playing the Santur at the age of 10. His family migrated to Canada when he was 15. Living in a multicultural city like Toronto brought the opportunity for him to work with musicians from different backgrounds and inspired him to dwell into other realms of music.. He has had numerous solo performances in Toronto and has also performed with other bands during the last few years; one of which was the Winter Nowruz that was broadcasted live from CBC radio.

Along with Group Photography Exhibit By:

Ali Kamran; Kamelia Pezeshki; Afra Pourdad; Lida Shanechiyan (more…)

Thursday May 6th, 6-9pm

@ 7:00; Bob Carnie,

CONTACT 2010

Title of lecture: Tales from the Darkroom

The topic… fine art printing transition from analogue to digital wet hybrid work flows

@ 8:00; Paul Sanderson, Lawyer (more…)

by Davood Mantegh

April 24, 2010

Saturday April 24, 2010, 1-5 pm

Drawing and painting doesn’t need extravagant or professional tools, it’s enough if you just start with a simple pen, and use your heart, feelings and emotions. A pen is like a boat and the lines it makes are like the waves. Go sailing on the waves! (more…)

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