56 | ART & IDENTITY WORKSHOP On October 22, 2017, the IAW Foundation’s Mentor- ship Program participants were invited to explore their multi-faceted identity through art. Local artist, Maryam Rassapour, guided the collaging workshop by providing participants with the basic knowledge and strategies in- volved in creating a mixed-media collage. Participants spent the afternoon outside working on the pieces and speaking about their Iranian American woman identity. ART & IDENTITY WORKSHOP