The Muslim Women’s Art Festival will be heading to the Whitworth Gallery next month. Part of the larger Muslim Arts and Culture festival - aka MACFEST - it starts on March 4, and encompasses more than 20 events, running up until June.
Launch day will be packed with activities, including calligraphy workshops, henna painting, hijab styling sessions, card making workshops, face painting for kids and marble painting. There will also be a host of art exhibitions, from local artists including Atefeh Seifi, Natalia Stefurak, Ashfia Ashrif, Rahela Khan, Sheba Arts, Asuman Dokuzlu and Yaran North West Manchester.
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