Janet Marion Purdy PhD
janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social
Janet Marion Purdy PhD
@janetmarionpurdy.bsky.social
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 citizen
So so happy to see my beautiful friend Hebba in beautiful Abha!
🇸🇦🌴🩵☕️🥐
#explorearabia #butterbakery_sa
#abhasaudiarabia #أبها
May 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This peaceful little moment in lovely, lovely Al-Balad, Jeddah Historic District 🌴🩵🐦
#albaladjeddah
May 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Please 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 ✨✨
May 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Earth Day every day 🌱🌎
#EarthDay2025
April 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
April 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thank 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: hali.com/issues/hali-... 🪡 HALI 222 Issue XX special issue on the Silk Roads. #africantextiles
March 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
African weavings, embroidery, dress in the “Kings and Queens of Africa: Forms and Figures of Power" exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi. #africantextiles #africandress #artsofafrica
February 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Last Satdoorday in northern Qatar
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#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
#باب
January 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Blue sky day for a BlueSky post from Doha 🩵 #miaqatar
Blubsky.app #qatarmuseums
#museumarchitecture #blueskyday #dohadays
January 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This desert rose-inspired design never gets old 🤍🇶🇦
#mondayatthemuseum
#nationalmuseumofqatar #doha
@visitdoha.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM