Category: News and Events

New Storyteller Event with Photographer Roberto Bear Guerra

New Community Storytelling Event with Photographer Bear Guerra“There are two people in every picture,” said photographer Ansel Adams. “The photographer and the viewer.” I love this statement. A single photograph can reveal new worlds. It can tell a rich, complex, and often compelling story, providing an artifact for the world. A photograph can also provide a unique view of the photographer’s […]

Creeva invites you to a happy challenge

CREEVA INVITES YOU to A HAPPY CHALLENGE Paint or use pastels or crayons to make a picture of a place you remember from your childhood. Everyone who would like to do this no matter what age are welcome to do it. Please this size 29 x 21 cm. Or over. When it is done, only […]

A month’s worth of free book downloads – Seagull books

We are overwhelmed by your spirited response to our Free PDF Downloads offer. Thank you so much! And thank you also to so many of you who have joined our mailing list. Our regular newsletters and emailers are the best way for you to know about our future free-book offers, special discounts, seasonal sales, forthcoming titles and […]

Festival Connections

Hello everyone. British Council India in partnership with The Art X Company is back with our series – Festival Connections. With the COVID-19 crisis uppermost in our minds, we’re exploring the large-scale impact it’s bringing about in the culture sector in general and the cultural festivals sector in particular. The first of a series of webinars around the […]

Pinhole Photography Day

The last Sunday of April each year is the worldwide Pinhole photography day.This year is on the 26th April 2020Pinhole photos taken on this day can be uploaded to the pinhole.org site.The Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2020 online gallery is dedicated to Eric Renner, who passed away unexpectedly on April 9. Since Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and […]

The Life of a Tree – children’s book

Here is a children’s book I put together with Marie Demont. I wanted to have print copies available too but I did not manage the printing before the lockdown. As people are stuck at home it may be a good time to read. The idea with the book is that it is for 3 (or […]

CREEVA invites you to a Happy challenge

CREEVA INVITES YOU to A HAPPY CHALLENGETake any color medium in paint or draw with pastels or crayon your parent’s portraits as you wish. Everyone may participate who would like to. Please use a paper or canvas 29 x 21cm or larger. When it is done please send only one picture of it to avartservice.auroville@gmail.comWe will share […]

New film on Earth Day

Dear friends,Today is the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. In spite of the efforts of many people like you all, the earth is in much worse condition now compared to 50 years ago.The documentary film maker Michael Moore has produced and uploaded on YouTube a new film yesterday: The Planet of the Humans […]

Music and video from Fertile community!

Sijmen and Tsur know a lot of songs that they learned with Johnny, mostly for plays. When I heard them sing them, I thought of recording them in the studio.Once the can of worms song was in the box, I could picture a music video, and so with the help of the whole Fertile community, with whom […]

Lockdown Blues

Dear Auroville friends, AV Today is calling for creative expressions from the lockdown from Aurovilians, Newcomers, friends, workers. A part of our June-July double issue will feature some of our homegrown responses to this time.So if you have found the muse calling during the quiet time please let us know. Whether it’s poetry, painting, film […]

‘Lockdown Blues’ – Creative Inner Discovery

Creative Inner Discovery is a couching therapy based on the daily practice of self-love and forgiveness. It starts from a simple belief: we were born already divine and perfect but we have forgotten. In that way, through a combination of exercises, applied tools, art games and rituals, Creative Inner Discovery is meant to help us remembering […]

Global oneness project

https://www.globalonenessproject.org/student-projects/student-photography-contest?utm_source=Global+Oneness+Project+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a19157bc26-New+Student+Photography+Contest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_484790f1e5-a19157bc26-196411401 A student photography contest inspired by the film Earthrise Contest Details Dates: April 1, 2020 – June 1, 2020 Inspired by our film Earthrise by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, we challenge and encourage teens to enter a student photography contest to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Earth Day. The Earthrise photograph was an impetus behind the environmental movement and the founding of Earth […]

Seagull bookstore: A book a day, every day – free downloads

Apart, but not alone Free downloads—to read on any device—in the time of isolation. To help you stay home and stay safe, Seagull Books offers you a free book a day, every day, from its library of world literature. Here are seven books for this week!Visit the website every week for more titles, and sign up […]

Tulika at home: Book-tivities!

https://www.facebook.com/261456025337/posts/10163547024515338/ Tulika-at-Home! Here’s how Tulika books get new looks and new hooks to bust boredom at home and keep young minds tickled and ticking…Read!Did you know we have over 100 easy to access e-books? Including all the hot favourites! AND not just in English but also in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali. Check […]