Gallery of the Arts

We are pleased to present art, music and photos by our community members for you to enjoy, download and print. Please respect the artists' rights and, while you have permission to print copies for your personal use, do not reproduce copies for commercial purposes without obtaining permission from the artists.

Baha'i Music from Amaryllis

The musical duo of Randall & Linda Dighton have been performing ballads of the Celtic peoples for many years at cultural events on the West Coast. They recently released their latest CD, "Garden of God," their first all-original, Baha'i-inspired album, which received a half-page review in the Elk Grove (California) Citizen on October 25, 2002. Please contact them for more information.

A Baha'i Songbook

This is a work in progress, as more songs are being added. Not just lyrics and chords, this songbook has the melody line as well, so instrumentalists and those who haven't heard (and memorized) the song before can know how it goes. Download the songbook in PDF format (5.6 Mb).

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Baha'i Calligraphy & Design by Randall Dighton

Randall is an internationally-known calligrapher, now residing in Albany. He has included several pieces below as free gifts to download. He invites you to view some of his other work, including the Hubble ArtPrints, at his publisher's website, Schoolmarm Wood Publications.

If you click on the small image below, the full-size art will open in another window. To save the image to your computer, a) in Windows, right-click on the image and select "save target as," or b) in Macintosh, click and hold on the image, then select "download image to disk."

The art images are in PDF format, and you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them. Each art file is 150ppi, fitting an 8-1/2x11" or A4 sheet.

From left to right, the featured works are:

• The Garden of God
• "Man must be a lover of the light..."
• "O God, refresh and gladden my spirit...."
• Calligraphic portrait of 'Abdu'l-Baha
• Graphic form of the Baha'i Calendar
• Prayer for America by 'Abdu'l-Baha
• "The best beloved of all things... is justice"
• "Be generous in prosperity..."
• The Tablet of Visitation: a special prayer by Baha'u'llah, recited at the Shrines of the Bab and Baha'u'llah in Israel. The Arabic calligraphy in the center is the Greatest Name, the most sacred symbol of the Baha'i Faith, and should always be displayed with reverence. It reads "Ya Baha'ul'Abha!" which can be translated as "O Glory of the All-Glorious."

                                            

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Photography by Albany Baha'is