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LECTURE PRESENTATION:

MAPPING AJRAKH TRADITIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART AND CRAFT

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE TEXTILE MUSEUM, WASHINGTON DC

NOV15, 2018

As part of the outreach for REVISITING GANDHI: THE ART OF Shelly Jyoti 2018, we had a gallery walk followed by a Panel discussion on ‘Gandhi in Creative Spaces’(A YES BANK initiative)

Joining the artist on the panel were the Chairman of KVIC, Vinai Kumar Saxena; Cofounder and designer of Eleven.Eleven -Himanshu Sahi along with Writer,Author and Journalist Meena Menon.

The various perspectives on Khadi in contemporary times addressed the need to work with rural craftsman and artisans in reviving the art of spinning/weaving as well as the significance of the kind of cotton crops we seem to be growing in India .

This discussion covered the historical, anthropological and cultural drawbacks that need to be visited and studied further, to help get back to an India that probably once was and what could be.

WORKSHOP: AJRAKH PRINTING AND DYEING
EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH WITH CONTEMPORARY AJRAKH ARTWORKS

This workshop is being conducted in conjunction with the ongoing textile exhibition ‘Revisiting Gandhi: The Art of Shelly Jyoti’ 2009-2018.
The interested participants will take back a small piece of art they create during the workshop

DATE: October 18^th, 19th Thursday, 11.00AM -2.00 PM, 2018
VENUE: Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art, Twin Art Galleries, Janpath Road, New Delhi

JUNED ISMAIL M KHATRI, The 10^th generation Ajrakh craftsman from Bhuj, Gujarat, India
SHELLY JYOTI, A Contemporary textile/ visual artist based in New Delhi, India

EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH WITH THE ARTIST AND FILM SCREENING
FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

REVISITING GANDHI: THE ART OF SHELLY JYOTI  2009-2018
October 9, Tuesday, 11.00 am-1 pm, 2018

Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Twin Art Galleries, CV Mess Road
Janpath, New Delhi

The first outreach program began with students from Shri Ram and Pathways School- for the young minds ponder, inquire and be informed about Gandhi, his idea for Khadi, Swaraj, Sarvodaya, and swadharma and the artist’s perspective on it.