OXFORD, Miss. – Visitors this week to the University of Mississippi’s J.D. Williams Library can see a unique tribute to the people killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. An Indian folk art painting completed Monday night by a visiting scholar honors the 9/11 victims.
The painting was completed Monday night by Satish Suresh Sarfare, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar from India working with the UM National Center for National Products Research. Showcasing the traditional Indian folk art called Rangoli, Sarfare painted the tribute piece using colored powder.
The work, behind the first-floor stairs near the library’s west entrance, will be available for viewing through Friday afternoon Sept.13).
Sarfare, assistant professor of zoology at the SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Mumbai, India is working at NCNPR through a Fulbright Postdoctral Research Fellowship awarded by the United States-India Education Foundation. As part of the Fulbright program, Sarfare represents his country as a cultural ambassador.
“We are very pleased to be sponsoring this event in the library commemorating the September 11th anniversary,” says Julie Rholes, UM dean of libraries, “This is also a unique opportunity for the university community to learn more about one of the wonderful traditions of India.”
Visitors are asked not to touch the powdered painting while on display. For more information about the project, contact Sarfare at sssarfar@olemiss.edu.
By Misty Cowherd