Hindu on Paulette’s exhibition
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A WONDROUS ISLAND: Actor Chorus Text with Anna-Helena Mclean
We form a circle. A line. A vee. The air is cool and dry. Fresh. My mind is clear as the sky, not a cloud to scud across it. The circle finds a pulse, a rhythm. Our leader is a beacon of energy, she’s rockin’ it like a rock star, but she’s also focused as […]
Corrine on ” The joy of life”
“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~ Pablo Picasso If I had to sum up the new Art exhibit “The joy of life” by Helgart Zurmuehi opening up in le Centre d’Art, Citadine, this Saturday November 19th this is the sentence I would choose. If an alien or a new born mind […]
opening and article on Creta Yuga
from Supriya: Some images of opening etc. And here’s an article of the show: http://www.ilbuonsenso.net/argilla-india/ Love Supriya
Hermès Foundation | New Settings programme call
Deadline: September 30, 2016 Website: http://en.fondationdentreprisehermes.org/Know-how-and-creativity/Performing-arts/New-Settings-programme Since its inception in 2008, the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès has supported the contemporary creative arts in their many forms. In 2011, the Foundation launched a new programme of support, dedicated to the performing arts: New Settings. Call for projects for New Settings 2017. The programme encourages performing arts initiatives […]
Playable City Award – commission for Bristol, UK
Deadline: August 31, 2016 Website: https://www.playablecity.com/awards/award-2016/ Open international call for the Playable City Award, offering a £30,000 commission and residency in Bristol, UK. The organisers are looking for new ideas from anywhere in the world which respond to the theme of Journeys. With more than half the world’s population now living in cities, transport infrastructure […]
ISPA Global Fellowship Program
Deadline: September 1, 2016 Website: http://www.ispa.org/?fellow_global OPEN CALL for the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) Global Fellowship Program, which provides access to ISPA’s extensive international network of arts professionals to emerging and mid-career performing arts leaders from around the globe. Particular attention paid to applicants from developing countries. Participants join the ISPA membership […]
Bangladesh | Crack International Art Camp 2016
Deadline: August 30, 2016 Website: http://crackbd.org/call-for-artists/ Call for artists across disciplines to apply to join CRACK INTERNATIONAL ART CAMP (CIAC) 2016 taking place in Kushtia, Bangladesh in December 2016. CIAC focuses on promoting young artists & thinkers by giving them space & momentum for flourishing their talent on an international basis. Application Deadline: 30 August […]
On Seeds, God and D. Saravana – by Chana Corinne Devor
A wonderful exhibition is about to end in Kala Kendra, Auroville, and with it, the non-less wonderful and touching work of D. Saravana from Pondicherry. I have never been too keen on metal art, somehow like in Chinese medicine, metal represents grief, limits and boundaries, and this is often what has been transpiring from most […]
article about Latin Night at Youth Center
from the Cruz Roja Ecuatoriana magazine
Waking Up To Life
Kala Kendra – Center for Arts, Bharat Nivas – The Pavilion of India In association with AuroFilm present “Waking Up To Life” Live Sand Animation A performance by Raja Gopen Biswas On Friday the 18th of March, 2016 at 7:30 PM In Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas Duration: 12 Minutes (Before the start of the […]
Calligraphy is meditation, not just decorative writing
from an article in PuneMirror: In town for a special workshop on Japanese calligraphy, accomplished artist Jyoti Naoki Eri speaks about the transformative powers of the art and how it can depict deep emotions aesthetically Calligraphy, the evocative art of decorative writing, is something we all know as a craft of the past. But, for […]
Taking the vision of Veenapani ahead
from The Hindu: Adishakti looks to redefine itself in a ‘new avatar’ while drawing strength from her philosophy. If there was one thing the late acclaimed theatre personality Veenapani Chawla was clear about, it was that the institution that she had set up must not collapse for want of a new generation to take its […]
City of Dawn to descend on Chennai
from The Hindu, Feb 15, 2015 Auroville Festival set to unravel its idea of sustainable existence Art and the universal township of Auroville have a link that go beyond its conducive, green and multicultural environment. Sri Aurobindo, whose teachings resonate in the intrinsic fabric of this ‘City of Dawn,’ had said that art is an […]
Veenapani Chawla – obituary in AurovilleToday’s latest issue
Article in AurovilleToday‘s latest issue: Passing: Veenapani Chawla Theatre artist Veenapani Chawla, one of Auroville’s most dynamic neighbours, passed away on November 30 after suffering a heart attack following a pulmonary embolism. She was only 67 years old. Veenapani was the founder, artistic director and managing trustee of the Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts & […]