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2014
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SIMPLICITY - Artistic Experiments in fabric
by Deepika
Dorai
in and around the 100 year old building at Bimba The Art Ashram 42 Ratna vilas road Basavanagudi
from December 27 th to January 15th - all day 10.30am to 8.30pm
Deepika Dorai, founder artist at Bimba, The Art Ashram has created an
array of attire- for all ages and walks- with a rare, unique
sensibility. Simple fabric that is sensitive to Earth and
communities - Handloom cottons, Khadi , Malkha Oruna Veg Dyed organic
cotton and kora silk yarn that is handwoven into masterpieces , wool ,
jute - is transformed . In each hand picked fabric she creates one
-of-a-kind attire with classy cuts, color combines and textures.
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Family
Of Disabled (FOD), an organisation founded by Dr. Rajinder Johar, a
person with quadriplegia (paralysis of all the four limbs), organised the most exclusive exhibition of artworks by artists with
disabilities from across India, from December 2 - 8, 2014 as a
week-long celebration highlighting the abilities of disabled artists as
observance of World Disability Day on 3rd of December. Artworks
carefully chosen by the jury of eminent artists- Ms. Arpana Caur and Mr.
Sudip Roy.
Beyond Limits- 2014 at Arpana Art Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts and
Literature, Siri Fort Institutional Area, Khel Gaon Marg, New
Delhi, on December 2 at 11:30 am.
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Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2014
Exhibition of painting "Day And Night" by Apet Pramod
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at Lalit Kala Akademi, Gallery # 3, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
Contact: +91 98507 07456
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Tyagaraja's Bhajana Marga krtis as taught by
Chitravina N Ravikiran apt for students of all levels - a great introduction to rakti ragas such as Bhairavi, Asaveri,
Yadukulakhamboji and many others. The simple repetitive pattern of the
refrains in these compositions lends itself to easy learning and
practice.
List of Compositions in Tyagaraja's Bhajana Marga Series
1. Shambo shiva – Shankarabharanam – Tyagaraja
2. Samayamu telisi – Asaveri – Tyagaraja
3. Rara raghuveera - Athana - Tyagaraja
4. Rama pahi - Kapi - Tyagaraja
5. Rama namam bhajare - Madhyamavati - Tyagaraja
6. Rama kodandarama - Bhairavi - Tyagaraja
7. Meluko dayanidhi - Sowrashtra - Tyagaraja
8. Haridasulu vedale - Yamunakalyani- Tyagaraja
9. Emani vegintune - Huseni - Tyagaraja
10. Chelimini jalajakshi - Yadukulakambhodhi - Tyagaraja
11. Bhajare raghuveeram - Kalyani - Tyagaraja
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Sri Sathya Sai sangeetholsavam, an annual 6 day long Music Festival organised by Sree Sathya Sai Seva Samithy, Vaikom every year from 18th Novemeber to 23rd November.
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8th Delhi International Arts Festival
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At Bimba The Art Hut - for the festive season and beyond
 
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Artists famous and renowned at India level were called for to paint on Hyundai cars as part of an art based calendar.
1. Tanjore paintings
2. Madhubani paintings
3. Bollywood Art
4. Mughal Art
5. Rajput Art
6. Pattachitra Art
7. Modern Indian Art
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Rasalok 2014 - Still theatre in miniature
Sep 25 - Oct 4, 2014
3 shows a day on all 10 days of Navarathri
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Kalasagar commemorated the 22nd death
anniversary of its founder, Kathakali maestro,
Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval, as GURUSMARANADINAM
(Homage to Guru) on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai.
Kalasagar also honoured legendary gurus
viz. Prof. C V Chandrasekhar and Shri T V
Sankarnarayanan at the Chennai event on 14th
October 2014. The evening's programme presented the traditional
art forms like MOHINIYATTAM by Kalamandalam Maya
Vinayan and Chakyarkoothu by Shri Pothiyil
Narayana Chakyar.
For more details, contact Rajan Poduval,
Secretary, Kalasagar (9282449995).
e-mail: kalasaagar@gmail.com
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Niram Thiram Festival
Kalakshetra Foundation hosted its very first
festival dedicated to textiles and associated
crafts of India from the 9th to 12th of September
2014 from 3pm to 6pm.
Titled "Niram Thiram" the festival was
inaugurated on 9th September at 4 pm by Ms Jaya
Jaitley.
The festival featured two unique exhibitions
Kachchh Ji Chaap exhibition: 500 years of
Block and Batik Print and Revival of Kodali
Karuppur Saree
Workshop held alongside the festival on all
four days:
9th Sept: Lehariya Tie-and-dye by Sri.Bhadshah
Miyan
10th Sept: Ajrakh by Sri.Sufiyan Katri
11th Sept: Batik by Sri. Shakil Ahmed
12th Sept: Kalamkari by Sri. Chakram Prabhakhar
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Drishti - Srishti
Bharani Art Gallery, Mysore presented an exhibition
of oil colour paintings by Nanda R. Putty from 12th September to 14th September 2014
This exhibition of paintings was a tribute to
her father, artist late Raghuttama Putty, on the
occasion of the celebration of his birth
centenary.
The works of late Raghuttama Putty were on
display at Kalaniketana School of Arts,
Vijayanagar, Mysore from 23rd Sep - 4th Oct, 2014.
For more details, contact:
Aniruddha AM - 92410 32032
Bharani Art Gallery - 94485 54221
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Veena Mahotsavam 2014.
September 6th - 19th 2014 (except 8th and
15th)
A record number of 72 slots for Veena, 106 Veena
artistes participating along with 18 Mridangam
and 18 Ghatam artistes, a total number of 142
artistes.
Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall
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Ashtapadi, a festival of dance
Sep 12-14, 2014, 6.30pm
Venue: Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneshwar
Sampoorna Geetagovinda, a festival of Vocal
music
Sep 15-16, 2014, 6.30pm
Venue: Jayadev Bhavan, Bhubaneshwar
produced and presented by Sri Geetagovinda
Pratisthana, Puducherry
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CMCM - Common Mistakes in Carnatic Music
Lecture Demonstration Series by Chitravina
N Ravikiran
A series of lecture demos that Chitravina N
Ravikiran initiated to help students and listeners
be aware and sensitive to essential musical
grammar (lakshana), avoid literally millions of
minute or major melody, rhythm and lyrics lapses
that are routinely committed.
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Newly formed puppet theatre troupe
PuthaliLoka
on Saturday June 7 2014 at 630pm in the
serene ambience of the specially created open air
performance space "Aangana" in Bimba The Art
Ashram, 42 Ratna Vilasa road, Basavanagudi,
Bengaluru-4
Hand carved and beautifully costumed wooden
puppets to depict the adaptation to Mysore court
style puppet theatre - the classical dance piece
"Bhama Kalapam " (Kannada). Rod
Puppets created by and choreographed by Classical
artist Deepika Dorai (founder-artist of
Bimba The Art Ashram) under the guidance of
National award winner Master Ranganatha Rao.
Contact: ( Deepak/ Deepika ) at 08041489354 /
08026622639 for more details
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Temple walk and talk
Talk on Saturday May 24, 2014 at 11am at
Aangana Bimba The Art Ashram
Walk on Sunday May 25, 2014 through Kote
Venkateswara temple on KR road with Master sculptor Ganesh Bhatt
Sculpture tell us much more about the spaces we
walk into than we can fathom. In the case of
temples they tell us more about the period and
connect us with the worship aspects unique to each
temple. They also connect us to ageless wisdom
when we view them in relation to their alignment
to the temple architecture and astronomical
phenomena.
Shri Ganesh Bhat practices and generously
propogates ageless Shilpa Kala stone sculpting
methods and Agama Shastra rules.
He tutored under Professor S K Ramachandra Rao - a
scholar, painter, sculptor, musicologist,
author of many books and much more.
Bimba The Art Ashram
42, Rathnavilasa road
Basavanagudi Bengaluru 560004
Contact: 080-26622639/ 08041489354
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India Foundation for the Arts showcased two
projects RE-IMAGINING STORYTELLING TRADITIONS:
Comic Art and Animation.
At: The Oak Room, The Park, No. 14/7, M G Road,
Bangalore, 7pm
.indiaifa.org
Vidyun Sabhaney, a graphic storyteller from
Delhi, was supported by IFA to study the visual
storytelling techniques of three image-based folk
performance traditions-Patuachitra from Bengal,
Kaavad from Rajasthan and Togalu Gombeyatta from
Karnataka-towards enriching her own practice. Her
research culminated in a three-day workshop in New
Delhi, titled Image and Word, on traditional and
contemporary visual storytelling practices in
India. Vidyun shared her experience of travelling
to remote villages and meeting master artists who
remain passionate about their practice despite the
harsh realities of their environment. She also
spoke about the impact this study has had on her
own practice.
vidyunsabhaney.wordpress.com/
M V
Bhaskar received an IFA grant to digitally
replicate the 17th century Ramayana murals of the
Chengam Venugopala Parthasarthy temple in Tamil
Nadu. Temple and court spaces have vast stretches
of narrative mural paintings, engaged in a losing
battle with time and the administration. "If they
can't be saved there, save them elsewhere, through
documentation, digital restoration and replication
on other media including cloth (kalamkari), film
(animation), etc," believes Bhaskar, who has been
documenting and archiving these murals for eight
years. He shared his explorations into these
alternative forms of mural conservation,
reconstruction and restoration.
Preserving a bit of heritage
- S. MUTHIAH, The Hindu, November 20, 2011
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Art for Soul @ NIFA
An annual event to celebrate successful year and
the hard work of the academy students, Renu Khera
the show curator selected the works of 20
bright students which was on
display during the exhibition including works of
under-privileged kids.
These all upcoming artist have created three
original art works in different mediums like oil
on canvas, acrylic on canvas, charcoal n dry
pestles and reasonably priced. The three days art
extravaganza was designed to provide budding artists an
opportunity to exhibit their multi dimensional and
original art works in the presence of artists,
gallerists, collectors, art connoisseurs.
N.I.F.A is also supporting the
underprivileged kids by nurturing their talent
without any cost to them.
Date: 23rd to 25th May 2014
Time: 11 am to 8 pm
Venue: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS
(NIFA), 1012, Dlf Ph-4, Near Galleria Market,
Gurgaon, Haryana
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#42, ratnavilasa/DVG road (opp canara bank dvg
road branch/near nagasandra circle)
Basavanagudi
Bengaluru-560004
For more details call Deepak (9886635069)
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The latest addition of Carnatic Music
lessons at acharyanet.com
taught by Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N
Ravikiran.
Every video lesson includes an introduction to the
raga followed by composition learning with a live
student group.
The latest set of lessons include both varnams and
krtis from a wide variety of composers in varied
ragas and are included in the upcoming Perfecting
Carnatic Music Level 3 syllabus.
Please email support@acharyanet.com for any
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Humanity's tryst with Nature - An exhibition of
photographs by Dr.Susil Pani
From 14 - 23 March 2014
Venue: Sri Aurobindo Ashram exhibition hall
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Brahan Natyanjali Foundation presented BRAHAN
NATYANJALI 2014
February 27 - March 5, 2014 Thanjavur, Tamilnadu
Schedule
Info: bnfoundation@rediffmail.com / 98424 55765
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The 2nd edition of A2Q2, an exclusive
quiz on the Indian performing arts presented by
Aalaap on March 2, 2014, 4pm
Venue: 136.1 Yoga Studio, TTK Rd (above Indain
Terrain showroom), Alwarpet
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The 7th DELHI INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
February 8 - 23, 2014 New Delhi
Feb 8: Opening ceremony at Purana Qila, 6.30pm
Feb 23: Closing ceremony Sufi Night at Indira
Gandhi National Centre, Janpath, 6pm
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A Retrospective of H.A. Gade - Founder
Member: Progressive Artists Group
2nd exhibition of Dhoomimal on the occasion of 6th
India Art Fair
31st January - 10th February
at Dhoomimal Gallery, G-42 Connaught Place, New
Delhi
Paintings
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Swami Vivekananda 150 Women's Initiative
Kalakendra in collaboration with the Swami
Vivekananda 150 Women's Initiative presents the free
live webcast of the 2014 Women's Convention,
on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's 151st Birth
Anniversary, at Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai at
4.30 pm on Thursday, 23rd January 2014.
This convention was an endeavour to redefine
West-centric modernity from an Indian perspective.
This is a vital need of the hour as current Indian
understanding of modernity is limited to what we
borrow from the west in the form of language,
modern culture and attire, sprinkled with some
undefined notions of equality. In short, this
western notion of modernity celebrates the
physicality of womanhood, while undermining her
inherent spiritual form. This convention is a
laudable attempt to redefine the Indian woman and
what she stands for, hence the theme, " Indian
Women as the Guide for the World at Crossroads."
This programme featured eminent Indian women
who are revolutionary thinkers and activists in
their chosen fields. Dr. V Shanta, Chairperson of the
Adyar Cancer Research Institute, Dr. Padma
Subrahmanyam, noted danseuse and President,
Nrithyodaya and Mrs. Rajashree Birla from the
Aditya Birla Group. Presentations on "Spiritual Foundation of Indian
Womanhood," by Dr. Prema Pandurang, Founder,
Ksetropasana Trust and "The Feminine character of
the Indian Economy," by Mr. S Gurumurthy, renowned
Economic Thinker.
Let us pledge to make Swami Vivekananda's timeless
words, "There is no chance for welfare of the
world unless the condition of women is improved,"
a reality.
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BALCAO, an exhibition of works by
Artists from Goa and selected works by FN
Souza curated by Subodh Kelkar
organised by Dhoomimal Gallery with a
decade experience and legacy of 70 years in Indian
contemporary art
Dates: Jan 27 to Feb 2, 2014
Timing: 11 am to 7pm
Venue: The Stainless, C-O, The Mira
Corporate Suites, 1 and 2, Old Ishwar Nagar,
Okhla Crossing, Mathura Road, New Delhi- 110065
Contact: Arpita Sinha/ Pragati Varshney/
Ankur Dutta - +91 9871606139/ 9811128790/
9711018758
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Kalapradarshini 16th Annual Natya Festival
22 - 28 January 2014
Venue : Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan Auditorium,
Mylapore, Chennai 600 004
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'NAVARASAM', Public Charitable Trust
January programme:
Lecture cum demonstration and musical concert by
Dr.Abhiramasundari Ravichandran, Chennai on 18 Jan
2014
Venue: Chavara Cultural Centre, Amalapuri, PT Usha
Raod, Kozikode
Talented Artists who are willing to make
performances at Navarasam, Kozhikode, Kerala, free
of performance fees, but all relevant specified
expenses met by the organizers or those willing to
perform on an-all-inclusive moderate budget, are
welcome to send their bio-data, minimum
acceptable terms as mentioned above to:
A D Madhavan
Chairman, NAVARASAM Public Charitable Trust
28/189 A, Ulhas Nagar Colony Road
Pottammal, Chevarambalam P.O
Kozhikode 673017, Kerala, India
Ph: 91 495 2741096
Mobile 91 9846162317
e-mail: navarasam2009@gmail.com
facebook.com/navarasam.in/
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Aalankritha Art Gallery - an exhibition
of paintings titled DIVINITY by
Ahobhilam Prabhakar
Gade Pramod Reddy
Satya Gannoji
Vijay Belde
On view from 11th January 2014 - 25th
January 2014, 11.00 am to 7.00 pm (Sunday Closed)
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