Join us on July 26 at 6PM for a reading of selected works by Spring 2022 New City Artist-in-Residence, Mojdeh Tarighat. This will be a hybrid event, with options to join in-person at Welcome Gallery or online via Zoom. Please RSVP here.
Mojdeh has selected excerpts of the work she created as an artist-in-residence at New City Arts Initiative this year, where she worked on her first novel. Her work explores themes including isolation, academia, and the American South; much of her current project concerns her own experiences in a mathematics PhD program. As an emerging writer of literary fiction, Mojdeh will speak about her art practice and take questions during the reading.
All attendees are encouraged to RSVP. Registration is required for those who would like to attend virtually. A Zoom link will be sent via email prior to the event. RSVP here.
MEET THE ARTIST
Mojdeh Tarighat is an emerging writer of literary fiction and a mathematician. As an artist, Mojdeh explores themes of isolation, shame, and boredom against backdrops including the American South and western academia.
Her forthcoming novel is set in Virginia and questions the myths of this region and the disillusionment it breeds.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Mojdeh received her undergraduate degree in mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. She relocated to Charlottesville to earn her doctoral degree in mathematics. At the University of Virginia, she studies algebraic combinatorics under the guidance of Professor Jennifer Morse. She enjoys sharing her research to wider audiences through talks that knit together basic notions of symmetry, countable sets of discrete abstract objects, and geometry.
The 2022 New City Artist-in-Residence program is supported by the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF).
