America – C.A.L.I (House (casa) of Latin America – Indigenous) International Zone Invites you all to A Traditional Festival from South-Andes of America PACHAMAMA (Mother Earth) CELEBRATION Please come and bring food, flowers and incense to the Mother Earth, thanking her for all she has given to us the full year and asking her […]
WHEN: 6pm, 30th August 2018, WHERE: Unity Pavilion “Matter and Light” at Unity Pavilion from 12 Aug to 15 Sept. Proceeds will go to the “Acres for Auroville” campaign to support the purchase of Auroville’s still-missing land. Song and dance sequences are an integral part of Indian cinema, especially Hindi cinema, which is also popularly […]
WHEN: until 15 September 2018 WHERE: Unity Pavilion Open on all week days 10 am to 4.30 pm. As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of Auroville, the Unity Pavilion is organizing an exhibition of art works by two well-known artists – Kratu from Auroville and Usha Patel from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, […]
Dear Friend, this is to invite you to the first Auroville Underground Music Festival – AUM Festival! WHEN: 4pm – Late, Saturday, Sept 8 – WHERE: Youth Centre What is it? The Auroville Underground Music Festival (AUM) is a festival dedicated to experimental music and sound and will feature artists working with: the creation of […]
We are on a summer break and will not be posting on the website until the end of July. We will continue with keeping the calendar up to date. Do you know of someone who would like to manage our website postings for us 2 days a week? Please let us know by emailing avartservice.auroville@gmail.com
Andrey, what is art? Clip from the documentary “A Poet in the Cinema: Andrey Tarkovsky”, 1984, Donatella Baglivo Andrei Tarkovsky on the purpose of art and spirituality
Steve Cutts has just released Happiness his latest animation which, once again, deals with the most harmful aspects of our society. Happiness: The story of a rodent’s unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfilment. We know Steve Cutts for being the author of amazing animations. From the Simpsons couch gags to the incredible video created for Moby’s […]
A conteporany multimedia expirience Wednesday, 20th June 2018 Time: 8pm, Duration: 40 minutes Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas
Come, Create with Us! Experience, Express and Explore yourself though the Visual Arts Centre for Research, Education and Experience in the Visual Arts (CREEVA) is a platform for people to experience art first hand and overcome the inhibitions. It is a place where art enthusiasts can experiment with mediums, form, themes, etc. and hone their […]
Dear Community, We invite the members of the Auroville community to offer Art Exhibitions, Workshops and Talks at Kalakendra. If interested, please write to bharatnivas@auroville.org.in. Bharat Nivas Cultural Group
we will sing Mother’s mantra “Om Namo Bhagavaté” In Matrimandir Amphitheater Sunday June 24th – 6.30 to 7.30 pm (weather permitting) with Joy and Jivatman (guitar) to guide the chanting. To make it easier for new people to learn the melodic cycle in which the mantra is composed, Joy and Jivatman will sing it a […]
The Matrimandir executives are calling for design proposals for the Garden of the Unexpected. If you have a great idea & the capability to, design and implement garden landscaping, we invite you to participate by registering and filling out this form. You can apply individually or as a team. Please read the brief here. Registrations […]
Kalakendra Gallery, Bharat Nivas, International Zone, Auroville Until Sunday 30th September 2018 Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Closed on Sundays)
“Angkor Wat” – One of the largest religious monuments ever constructed. Until 1.07.2018 At Aurelec Cafeteria & Art Gallery Open from 8am to 5pm
Are we afraid to talk about the quality of art in Auroville? Artist, a critic of art, lover of art, researcher, neuroscientist, you are invited to an informal discussion at Mitra compound (Town Hall) on Tuesdays 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29 th May and 5th June from 5 pm till sunset. Aurovilians, friends of Auroville, volunteers […]
The internationally renowned artist Birgitta Volz has just arrived in Namibia to assist her friend and travel book author Konny von Schmettau with her charity in the North. She will soon display the results of her original and unmatched work of which the print of the famous baobab with David Livingston’s signature will be the […]
The sad truth about our society reflected through powerful animations and illustrations by Steve Cutts, Ashim Shakya, John Holcroft and Pawel Kuczynski.
Choking oceans cough up art. Millions of discarded flip-flops are posing major hazards to our oceans. Ocean Sole, a Kenyan ocean conservation group, is turning flip-flop pollution into art and even functional products to help protect the oceans. Flip-flop artist Francis Mutua guides us through their work, where over 900 Kenyans have found support and […]
The life and art of Peter Hujar (1934–1987) were rooted in downtown New York. Private by nature, combative in manner, well-read, and widely connected, Hujar inhabited a world of avant-garde dance, music, art, and drag performance. His mature career paralleled the public unfolding of gay life between the Stonewall uprising in 1969 and the AIDS […]
Night Ferry By Peter Sacks Blood-drop, lung of fire setting past the sea bell and wave; why am I separate from that giant burrowing into further life? The body breathes and rides a heavy-netted ocean swollen by the tide. Under the half-moon it’s the lighthouse light that turns the rest of me to early nightfall, […]
Drawings and paintings avaible every Sunday, 9am – 10am, at Mitra Compound, Town Hall Area, Auroville.
Introspect, Discover, Decide Auroville Gap-year Programme start in September. The Auroville Gap-year Programme has been designed as a way of finding and establishing one’s true calling in the context of the vision and work of Auroville. It provides the learners with knowledge and skills to develop themselves further in any field of work that they […]
