Category: News and Events

“Mutation in Progress” video @ IGNITE! 2015

The video Mutation in Progress made by Christoph will be screened as part of the Dance on Screen series at the IGNITE! Festival for Contemporary Dance 2015. IGNITE! is being held in New Delhi from 11-18 January 2015. The festival is dedicated towards creating avenues for contemporary dance within multiple formats. Within this a space […]

Eyes on Auroville – photography exhibtion

Gallery Square Circle, Kala Kendra & Bharat Nivas & Sri Aurobindo Society SACAC Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication present EYES ON AUROVILLE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BY THE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS OF SACAC (2014-15) JANUARY 9TH – 12TH, 2015 INAUGRATION ON FRIDAY, 9TH JANUARY 2015 AT 5 PM

artistic cultural event & open mike session

I n v i t a t i o n Auroville Radio and Genius Brothers, along with other Auroville artists, actors, humorists and those interested in communication, come together for an artistic cultural event & open mike session at the Visitors’ Center, Saturday 10th @ 8.00pm If you’re participating, please come to the Visitors’ Center […]

Auroville International Potters’ Market

Auroville International Potters’ Market 2015 showcasing 38 potters from Auroville & sub-region, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Pune, Villupuram. time: January 30th – February 1st, 2015 10 am – 6 pm place: Visitor’s Centre contact: aurovillepottersmarket [at] gmail.com  

introducing: Svaram Campus & Design Cafe

Dear Friends, With the coming of the new year Svaram Musical Instruments Research and Production is in front of its next step of development, having worked over a year on the prospect and concept of a Model Campus for the Industrial Zone, on an allocated site west of Afshaneh GH, close to the Ring-Verite Radial […]

Nangiar Koothu – Traditional Sanskrit Theatre

Nangiar Koothu Traditional Sanskrit Theatre Story: “Raaghavasamvaadam” Performer: Dr. Indu G Mizhavu: Kalamandalam Ratheeshbhas and Kalamandalam Manikandan Edakka: Kalanilayam Rajan Thalam: Kalamandalam Sangeetha Greenroom Assistant: Nepathya Srehari Chakyar Guru: Margi Madhi Chakyar At Adishakti, Sir Ratan Tata Koothu Kovil Edyanchavadi Road, Diagonally opposite Hope Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at 7 p.m. Entry Free; Donations would […]

Pioneers of the New World – archive photo exhibition

Pioneers of the New World Auroville 1968-1980 I have displayed at the Town Hall a photographic exhibition documenting the lifestyle thriving on minimal material conditions of the young, enthusiastic people flocking to Auroville at its inception – along with the sense of wonder and amusement at simple, basic things of their children. This trove of […]

Neelanjani Auroville Visual Artist Centre

Neelanjani Auroville Visual Artist Centre Drawing, painting, photography, sculpture Calligraphy, etching, graphics, and installations Dear Community, We would like to share this historical background of our existence in order to be transparent to all those who are interested in the Visual arts. In July of 2012 the executives of the Visitors Center requested from the […]

Reiko Shimizu at Kala Kendra

For your information: An invite to visit our resident artist Reiko Shimizu, a Japanese artist from Kolkata, working at Kala Kendra on going event from 16th of december, 2014 to 15th of january, 2015, Reiko Shimizu will be at Kala Kendra, Auroville in South India as artist-in-residence. The process of her art creation will be […]

A City at the Edge of the Horizon: The 2014 Kochi-Muziris Biennale

from MutualArt.com: A City at the Edge of the Horizon: The 2014 Kochi-Muziris Biennale The ancient port city of Muziris, perched at the mouth of the Periyar River near the tip of the Indian subcontinent, offered harbor to merchant fleets of Greece, Rome, Phoenicia, and Egypt in the earliest centuries of global maritime trade. Romans […]

Call for intentions

from Krupa: Call for intentions Send us your Sankalpa to include in our art center structure. As the new year approaches, we are sending our annual call for your intentions, resolutions and wishes. Whether or not you could contribute to the recent crowdfunding campaign, our art center is being built and we would like you […]

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale Take Two

from artslant.com: Whorled Explorations Kochi-Muziris Biennale December 12, 2014 – March 29, 2015   http://kochimuzirisbiennale.org       The Kochi-Muziris Biennale Take Two: Why We Need to Improve Arts Funding in India by Deepika Sorabjee The story of the first Kochi Muziris Biennale could quite well have been a Bollywood film plot, so melodramatic was […]

Sankalpa Art Cart Launch

Sankalpa: Art Journeys is a sub-unit of Thamarai, offering a variety of art-related programs including art therapy, creative empowerment, community art and more; all to bridge Auroville, the surrounding villages and beyond through the universality of art. Please join us to launch our Art Cart! It is a mobile structure stocked with art supplies, which […]

62nd Art Festival at Kalakshetra

Kalakshetra Foundation takes pleasure in inviting you to the 62nd Annual Art Festival time: December 20th to 31st Inauguration on 20th December, 5.30pm place: Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai by Padma Bhushan Awardee Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam All are Welcome! contact: Kalakshetra Foundation Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600041, India +91-44-24520836, +91-44-24521169/70 www.kalakshetra.in

Beauty Inside by Birgitta Volz

The Russian Centre of Science and Culture Chennai is happy to present the exhibition Beauty Inside It will be a retrospective of Aurovilian artist Birgitta Volz, who is creating artworks using the materials of nature. time: opening: Saturday, Dec. 12th at 5.30 pm open until Dec 20th open daily from 10 am to 8 pm […]

People’s Puppet Project call for participation

INTACH Pondicherry and Urban Design Collective are planning an International Workshop titled ‘People’s Puppet Project (PPP)’ in Pondicherry from 15th to 24th December 2014. This will be followed by public performances on 26th and 27th December 2014 at prominent, public locations around Pondicherry’s Boulevard Town, and a performance at Dakshinachitra Cultural Centre for a Chennai […]

Musings in Black & White

Homage to late Robi Ganguli Musings in Black & White Launch of the Shilpataru Calendar 2015 along with an exhibition of photographs time: Sunday, Dec 14th, 2014 at 5 pm the exhibition will continue up to January 2nd, 2015 3 to 7 pm daily | closed on Monday | mornings by appointment only   venue: […]

Matrimandir Photo Book

Le Centre d’Art des Citadines in Auroville is glad to invite you to the launching of the book about the building of MATRIMANDIR The presentation will happen at les Citadines (first floor) time: Saturday, December 20th 2014 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Created with the photographs made by Dominique Darr, (1972 to 2008) the […]

IFA’s open house in Pondy

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is delighted to bring the IFA Open House to Puducherry. Join us on December 14 at Indianostrum Theatre. Our Arts Practice Programme Executive, Sumana Chandrashekar will talk to you about IFA’s programmes under which we support various arts projects. She will also share with you IFA’s work and speak […]