Afro-Arab-Asian artistic exchange | IOW doorways + inscriptions | Associate curator global textiles, Art Institute of Chicago | Art historian | Visiting Lecturer, University of Chicago 🌍 | Fulbright alum 🇹🇿 | Global citizenhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3lqevuv3aks2uSo so happy to see my beautiful friend Hebba in beautiful Abha! 🇸🇦🌴🩵☕️🥐 #explorearabia #butterbakery_sa #abhasaudiarabia #أبها30 May 2025 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqevuv3aks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3lq6k7jke7k2zThis peaceful little moment in lovely, lovely Al-Balad, Jeddah Historic District 🌴🩵🐦 #albaladjeddah27 May 2025 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6k7jke7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3lprvzjkeos2wPlease check out how stunning the view is from this little corner of the Islamic Arts Biennale (opened at Western Hajj Terminal in Jeddah on Jan 25 and closes May 25).   This is the 2nd edition of the world’s first biennale dedicated to the Islamic arts. Impressive #islamic_arts_biennale ✨✨22 May 2025 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprvzjkeos2whttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3lnh3iqmnvk2aEarth Day every day 🌱🌎 #EarthDay202523 Apr 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnh3iqmnvk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3lmn7rlfvec2rBlue sky days in Chicago 🩵 #architecturelove #chitexture #downtownlife #sweethomechicago #pritzkerpavilion #millenniumpark12 Apr 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmn7rlfvec2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3llmd5rpmw22rThank you HALI Magazine for inviting me to contribute this short little ditty: a spotlight feature on African textiles exhibited in “Narrative Wisdom and African Arts” at St. Louis Art Museum! Find it at: https://hali.com/issues/hali-222/ 🪡 HALI 222 Issue XX special issue on the Silk Roads. #africantextiles30 Mar 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llmd5rpmw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3linbp3nkys2iAfrican weavings, embroidery, dress in the “Kings and Queens of Africa: Forms and Figures of Power" exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi. #africantextiles #africandress #artsofafrica20 Feb 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3linbp3nkys2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3lgwxjdtx722rLast Satdoorday in northern Qatar 💚❤️ #alshamal These painted metal doors became popular throughout the Arabian Peninsula in the 1970s/80s, replaced the carved wooden doors I study (seen as old-fashioned) #satdoorday #doorsofarabia #qataridoors #visitqatar #architecturelove #doors #dohadeco #باب30 Jan 2025 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgwxjdtx722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3lgiid3ucn22yBlue sky day for a BlueSky post from Doha 🩵 #miaqatar Blubsky.app #qatarmuseums #museumarchitecture #blueskyday #dohadays24 Jan 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgiid3ucn22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social/post/3lgamyjjmec26This desert rose-inspired design never gets old 🤍🇶🇦 #mondayatthemuseum #nationalmuseumofqatar #doha @visitdoha.bsky.social21 Jan 2025 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:on5rgpgq4cksntnjs4cizuoc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgamyjjmec26