Uluslararası SOFA New York - Heykel Objeleri ve Fonksiyonel Sanat Eserleri Fuarı, 14 – 17 Nisan tarihleri arasında 14. kez gerçekleşecek. Turkish Cultural Foundation (TCF)’ın desteğiyle Türk sanatçılar Ayhan Tomak, Ebru Döşekçi, Semra Ecer ve Yıldanur Ketenci’nin yer aldığı sergi, New York Park Armory Avenue'da 13 Nisan tarihinde özel bir tanıtım ile açılacak.

Turkish Cultural Foundation’ın bu katılımının özellikle genç sanatçıları desteklemek, çağdaş Türk sanatını dünyaya ulaştırmak gibi önemli bir misyonu üstlendiği görülmekte.

Bu yıl SOFA New York’a uluslararası üne sahip 55 galeri, çok sayıda sanatçı, koleksiyoner ve sanat danışmanının geniş katılımı bekleniyor. Fuarda dünyadaki zengin dekoratif ve görsel sanat mirası yeni ve yenilikçi anlatımlarla tasarım, dekorasyon ve güzel sanatları bir araya getiren örnek eserlerde vitrine taşınacak.

Turkish Cultural Foundation, beşinci kez katılacağı SOFA Sanat Fuarı’nda halen tek vakıf olma özelliğini taşımakta. TCF’nin SOFA standında Türk sanatçılara uluslararası fırsatlar yaratılmasının yanı sıra çağdaş Türk sanatı tanıtılacaktır. SOFA New York kapsamında sanatseverler dört gün boyunca Türkiye'deki çağdaş sanatın çarpıcı örneklerini görebilecekler.

The foundation, which serves to increase awareness of Turkey, exposes teachers to Turkish culture with the hope that they will, in turn, share what they've learned with their American students.

As a part of the program, Nora traveled over 2,050 miles around the nation of Turkey, visiting schools and cultural sites, and learned about Turkey's pivotal role in history, culture, and politics. As an artist, she was especially interested in learning about ebru Turkish paper marbling, karogaz Turkish shadow puppets and calligraphy.

"You carry those experiences with you, and they create memories that change you," said Workman, noting that as the daughter of Austrian immigrants, she was taught from an early age to value experience over possessions.

Workman explained that she will be sharing her experiences with her classes this year, allowing her international studies to enrich her students. She will be sharing her more than 2,000 photographs and notes on her travels with her own art classes, as well as the history, geography and literature classes at Linden Hall.

While the mother and daughter both spent their summer learning new lessons, both at home and abroad, they will be joining up next spring, when Nora Workman takes a group of Linden Hall students to Italy. This time they will be discovering new things together.

"It's one thing to look at pictures on a screen, but when you actually travel, you can smell, touch, and hear a place," said Workman.

Linden Hall School is an independent, college-preparatory boarding and day school for girls. Founded in 1746, it is the oldest girls boarding school in the United States. The Turkish Cultural Foundation is dedicated to promoting and preserving Turkish culture and heritage worldwide through original programs and cooperation.