TEHRAN -- The second “Six Weeks of Iranian Art” festival will be held in September 2008 in Toronto, Canada.

The festival will feature a variety of Iranian artistic works as well as unique live music performances and theatrical shows.
The artistic works are divided into the four categories of painting, photography, sculpture, and video art, said Puyan Tabatabaii, who is one of the organizers of the festival.
Tabatabaii is currently in Iran to choose works to submit to the selection board in Canada, which is comprised of four Iranians and three people from other countries.
Tabatabaii said graphic designer Qobad Shiva and veteran painter Mohsen Vaziri Moqaddam have been invited to display works in the pioneers of Iranian art subsection.
Several Iranian female artists will also be invited to display their works, he added.
The main members of the previous edition of the festival, Mahmud Meraji, Ali Kamrani, Mohsen Vaziri Moqaddam, Sadeq Tir-Afkan, and Puyan Tabatabaii, will show their works in Toronto again.
The organizers would like to hold the festival at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto so all the programs can be held in one location, Tabatabaii explained.
Musician Araz Salek and his band will give live performances during the event, Tabatabaii added