Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, 2020.

Azzah Sultan on using her art as a tool to disassemble stigmas and stereotypes of Muslim people.

“What does it mean to be Muslim in America?”

Sultan is a celebrated artist, having received her BFA from Parsons School of Design, and received an MFA from Washington State University. Born in Abu Dhabi, and a Malaysian native who grew up in Malaysia, Saudi, Finland, and Bahrain, she has spent six years living in America working on her artistic practice.

About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.