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.

Spirit of India is happy to celebrate these Traditional Arts as part of its 2018 SOI program that will include Workshops, Exhibition, guest talks, meets. Art and crafts will be made using reused materials to address Sustainability.

We are Thankful to AACC for hosting this Exhibit and Urbana free Library for making available space for the community workshops.

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.

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.