SOI 2018Traditional/ Folk arts of india

As Nobel laureate- Amartya Sen once mentioned, ‘India is not just diverse but diverse in its Diversity’.

Every state/region has its own Folk Art, Folk music, costumes, unique to its region. These Arts based on their unique regional folklore, surrounding nature, religion, have a contemplative quality in its making. Also they were made from locally available raw materials.

Textiles, metal sculptures, wood works continue to evolve in modern world making its mark in global market.

We are grateful to honorary artist Sri S.V. Rama Rao for being our Chief guest and sharing his abstract Art journey. Thanks to Mrs. Nandini Topudurti for supporting and helping organize this talk.

We are grateful to guest Artists: Mohan Tracy, Nita Bobdey, Rashmi Kapoor, Pushpa devi, Shashikala Thakur for gracing our exhibit with their participation.

Crafts workshop was held at Urbana Free Library. Our Handmade crafts like Latkans, Warli paiting, Madhubani art, Kolum designs were made using reused materials.

Workshop and independent entries were exhibited at AACC. Checkout the Exhibit here

Thanks to our Volunteers- Payal Shettey, Harshal Jagdale, Anupama Sharma-Agarwal, Angika Gunjan. Ketki Bendre and Kuldeepa VM. Thanks to Marathi Katta President- Kanchan Bulbule for promoting workshop event.

Special Thanks to Urbana free Library for lending us community space and AACC for hosting our exhibit.