Multicultural Visions Promotes Interfaith Peace Through Art

ENTERPRISE PILOT
By Cynthis Paulis

Portrait artist Manu Kaur Saluja explained complexity of
identity standing between two portraits of her brother, a cardiologist,

NEW YORK---On a crisp November evening, more than 200 people arrived at Chelsea Mansion in East Norwich for the Long Island Jewish Community Relations Council Holiday Party, "Multicultural Visions, Artists Exploring Identity." There was Stanley Covington, an African American artist from Hempstead; Paul Kolker, a Jewish doctor, lawyer, and artist from Westbury; Rene Efi Hakimian, a Persian Jew from Great Neck; Simon Zareh a Jewish Iranian art collector from Rosyln; Lisbeh Herrera, a Nicaraguan American artist from Bayshore (her husband and children were present but not the artist); and Manu Kaur Saluja, a Sikh artist from Old Brookville now living in Queens. Each artist addressed the audience and talked about their art and how it reflects their individual identity as a Jew, A Sikh woman, a Latino woman and an African American man.  [link]