Jain, Hindu and Gandhi symposium explores practice of inner peace in a turbulent world

September 27, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

Silhouette illustration of Gandhi, dressed in a white robe with a walking stick on an orange background. Artwork by Albert Haro.

The symposium explores practical pathways to inner and outer peace and harmony through the teaching of Mahatma Gandhi and Jain and Hindu dharma traditions.

Art professor receives international recognition for ‘Controlled Burn’

November 8, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Left: Professor Joan K. Sharma in front of an abstract painting. Right: image "Controlled Burn - Yosemite" shows a forest fire on the Yosemite Valley floor below Half Dome.

“As I photographed the billowing smoke from the prescribed burn with Half Dome in the distance, I knew that it was an iconic image.” ~ Joan K. Sharma

CineCulture presents ‘A Billion Colour Story’ May 4

April 30, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

CineCulture will present “A Billion Colour Story” (2016) at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, in the Peters Education Center Auditorium at the Student Recreation Center (5010 N. Woodrow Ave.). The post-screening discussion will be led via skype by Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy, writer and director of the film, along with Department of Art and Design Professor Joan K. Sharma.