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B. Jayashree’s contemporary take on Sri Krishna Parijata to premiere on October 11

Eduardo Saverin Oct 18, 2023 0

A scene from the play Parijata. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Spandana Theatre, an amateur theatre company started by prominent film and theatre practitioner B. Jayashree is making a…

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Art integrated learning

Eduardo Saverin Mar 22, 2023 0

Till last August, Samiya Verma, a class VIII student of Bal Bharati School in Delhi’s Pitampura had not heard about Phad art, which has its origins in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan. The…

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Time to talk about India’s new breed of hobby-tech and culture-tech platforms

Eduardo Saverin Aug 24, 2021 0

India’s folk artists have turned online to teach art forms such as Kalamakari, Kavad, Phad or Madhubani paintings. We chat with artists as well as platforms MeMeraki, Zwendedesign, Madcap…

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International Folk Art Market To Feature 37 First-Time Market Artists

Eli Pacheco Jun 29, 2021 0

Santa Fe, NM, June 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The world’s largest folk art market—the International Folk Art Market (IFAM)—will return to Santa Fe for its 2021 summer market as Santa…

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Where winged women fly away: The art of Rithika Merchant

Eduardo Saverin Jun 20, 2021 0

Artist Rithika Merchant, who won this year’s Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize, dabbles in myths, nostalgia and apocalyptic climate change Saudade is the Portuguese word for…