Expressions of a contemporary Muslim-American woman
By: Amber Stephens
Issue date: 2/25/08 Section: Features
A father sits with his wife and young children while waiting for a meal at a restaurant. He takes out a napkin and starts to draw cartoons. His children laugh and his wife looks on as he entertains his family. His young daughter looks in amusement at his funny doodles.
This is how 24-year-old Cal State Fullerton graduate student Sama Wareh first discovered the effects of art. An artist was born.
"When my family would go out to dinner, my dad would draw these cartoons that would make me laugh," Wareh said.
Wareh graduated from CSUF in 2006 with a B.A. in Radio-TV-Film and a minor in art. She is currently working on her master's degree in environmental studies at CSUF. Wareh's art was chosen for the Spring 2008 semester to be shown in the gallery exhibit at the Titan Student Union.
"She has a real knack for encompassing a lot of different colors as well as incorporating different kinds of media that enhances the exhibit and brings her art to life," TSU Gallery Coordinator Ashley McKell said.
Wareh picked up on that knack at an early age.
"I would always doodle in class. My mom found it hard to punish me because she would send me to my room and I would draw or make things out of string. I was always creating something," Wareh said.
She recalled that she first discovered her talent when she drew a picture of a penguin and showed her father.
"Even though he was probably stressed out from work, he looked at it. He must have thought to himself that I had talent because he told me he was going to take me to an art store the next day and I could buy anything I wanted," Wareh said.
He took her to the store where she bought a multitude of art supplies. She felt motivated to create works of art out of the supplies he bought for her.
"Because he believed in me, I felt like I had to make something of it," Wareh said.
As an Orange County native, Wareh grew up inspired by art. Between her father's funny doodles at restaurants and her mother's career in fashion design, Wareh was destined to use art as a form of expression.
This is how 24-year-old Cal State Fullerton graduate student Sama Wareh first discovered the effects of art. An artist was born.
"When my family would go out to dinner, my dad would draw these cartoons that would make me laugh," Wareh said.
Wareh graduated from CSUF in 2006 with a B.A. in Radio-TV-Film and a minor in art. She is currently working on her master's degree in environmental studies at CSUF. Wareh's art was chosen for the Spring 2008 semester to be shown in the gallery exhibit at the Titan Student Union.
"She has a real knack for encompassing a lot of different colors as well as incorporating different kinds of media that enhances the exhibit and brings her art to life," TSU Gallery Coordinator Ashley McKell said.
Wareh picked up on that knack at an early age.
"I would always doodle in class. My mom found it hard to punish me because she would send me to my room and I would draw or make things out of string. I was always creating something," Wareh said.
She recalled that she first discovered her talent when she drew a picture of a penguin and showed her father.
"Even though he was probably stressed out from work, he looked at it. He must have thought to himself that I had talent because he told me he was going to take me to an art store the next day and I could buy anything I wanted," Wareh said.
He took her to the store where she bought a multitude of art supplies. She felt motivated to create works of art out of the supplies he bought for her.
"Because he believed in me, I felt like I had to make something of it," Wareh said.
As an Orange County native, Wareh grew up inspired by art. Between her father's funny doodles at restaurants and her mother's career in fashion design, Wareh was destined to use art as a form of expression.
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