This event is in the past.It took place on April 3, 2026 at Institute for the Humanities.

Flyways 1
Fine Arts Exhibition

Flyways

March 19 at 9am - April 3

Rising artist
At Institute for the Humanities

Burns Park, Ann Arbor

🐦Artist runs a wild bird rehab center
🏛️Institute for the Humanities Gallery, free entry
🎭Parents appear as props in her tableaus

Sheida Soleimani turns her family's exile into art you can't look away from. Her staged photographs weave together Iranian migration stories with injured birds she rehabilitates: surreal, intimate, and quietly devastating.

Thought-provoking photography
Family migration stories
Wildlife rehabilitation art
Political exile themes