Tag: education

Short movie on SAIIER

This short movie is about S.A.I.I.E.R., Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Educational Research. SAIIER coordinates educational activities in Auroville and undertakes educational research toward giving practical shape to the vision of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. The Mother explained that there are five kinds of education: physical, vital, mental, psychic and spiritual. SAIIER supports diverse […]

Painting workshop offer by Audrey 27th and 28th May

Centre for Research, Education, and Experience in the Visual Arts (CREEVA) is delighted to present to you the following intensive full-day workshop: We all have our Body’s unique way of Drawing! -Come and find your own with Audrey On 27th and 28th April – From 9am to 12pm & 2pm to 5pm At The Atelier, […]

Attakkalari workshop & audition: contemporary dance (National Diploma Programme) in KalariGram

Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts is delighted to kick-off its open workshop and auditions for the 2018 batch of its National Diploma Programme in Movement Arts and Mixed Media. We’re coming to Pondicherry and if you are an aspiring dancer/dance enthusiast wanting to register for the workshop you will need to write to us at education@attakkalari.org […]

Balkrishna Doshi named 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate

  This year’s Pritzker jury has selected Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, often known as B.V. Doshi or Doshi, as the 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate. Doshi has been a practitioner of architecture for over 70 years. Previously, he had studied and worked with both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. Doshi’s poetic architecture draws upon Eastern influences to create a body of work that […]

Learn Tamil Songs at Ilaignarkal Education Centre

Incredible opportunity to learn different types of Tamil songs – spiritual, cultural, social, folk, environmental, general awareness and many more. From none other than senior Aurovilian and acclaimed Tamil poetess R.Meenakshi at Ilaignarkal Education Centre. Open to Children, school teachers, young parents and Women of all ages. Ilaignarkal Education Centre Every Wednesday from 5 pm […]

DAS Graduate School (Amsterdam) is seeking a new colleague to serve as Artistic Director of its theatre master’s programme as of July 2018

Application deadline: 5th of March, 2018 more informations Young Boy Dancing Group/Vincent Riebeek, ‘Trapped in the Closet’ (2017). Photo: Thomas Lenden/DAS Theatre DAS Graduate School is seeking a new colleague to serve as Artistic Director (0.8 fte) of the DAS Theatre master’s programme as of July 2018. The deadline for applications is March 5, 2018. DAS […]

Residency opportunity for upcoming artists in Amsterdam

Deadline for application: 1st February 2018. Year-long residency opportunity for artists at Rijksakademie VanBeeldende Kunsten. Applicants with a BA/MA education and a few years of experience after are preferable candidates. The artists will be provided with a studio stipend of  €12,200 and a working budget of  €1,500. For more information check here.

Skills in Action Photo Competition 2017

Are you an amateur or professional photographer? Use your skills to capture pictures that not only show but tell amazing stories and submit your photos to the #SkillsInAction Photo Competition! This competition is organized as part of UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre’s activities in celebrating World Youth Skills Day this July 2017. What should my photo show? […]

SAVITRI · The Conquest of Death

Inmersion Workshop by Rod Hemsell Eastern Week in Menorca, Spain From April 12th until 16th 2017 The real experiences known by Sri Aurobindo, makes of his mantric poem SAVITRI a legacy and a true map of the diverse levels of consciousness, directed to all those seekers of the occult and the ways of the spirit. […]

Call for applications: BA Choreography, SNDO Amsterdam

SNDO The SNDO – School for New Dance Development is a full time four-year professional education course that leads to the diploma Bachelor of Dance – Choreography. The school is looking for students who are motivated to become a choreographer/dance and performance maker. Students who want to widen the range of their movement vocabulary, challenge […]

Invitation to PROSKILLS Launch Event

INVITATION to PROSKILLS Launch Event The Auroville Apprenticeship Program would like to invite the entire community to the upcoming launch of the PROSKILLS program – a night of fun, food and community! The event will showcase the community’s existing and talent and provide opportunities for others to develop their skills. WHEN: Friday, Oct 28 WHERE: […]

DAS Choreography – call for applications

a new trajectory is in your hands… Artists who have established a professional practice, and seek possibilities for further reflection and development, in one word ‘diffraction,’ can increase their research skills at DAS Choreography (previously Amsterdam Master of Choreography). This two-year non-residential master’s programme of the Amsterdam University of the Arts aims to contribute to […]

yet another statue of Sri Aurobindo

Alexey Klementyev, AVI representative in St Petersburg, sent this photo of yet another statue of Sri Aurobindo, and as it somehow touched me I thought to share it with you. The statue is made of metal (it might be bronze, says Alexey) by 34-year old Alexey Leonov, who has made almost one hundred sculptures for […]

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 […]

Demain – film screening

Saturday, August 6, 2016, 4:45 pm, at Cinema Paradiso, Auroville www.demain-lefilm.com/en/film Sharing solutions, telling a feel-good story… this may be the best way to solve the ecological, economic and social crises that our countries are going through. After a special briefing from the journal Nature announced the possible extinction of a part of mankind before […]

support PondyPHOTO 2016

PondyPHOTO, a biennale festival initiated by PondyART, is a platform where art and education attempt to break existing social barriers, by presenting visually impactful photography-oriented events focused on today’s social and environmental issues in public spaces. The theme for PondyPHOTO 2016 is WATER. It has been busy here and will only get busier with the […]

An Enquiry into A New Story for Humanity

film screening at Cinema Paradiso: An Enquiry into A New Story for Humanity – Change the Story, Change the World Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016 at 8 pm A gift from the Findhorn Foundation UK, 2016, Dir. Mattie Porte – Lorenz Gramann w/ Satish Kumar, Pat McCabe, Charles Eisenstein Documentary, 102mins, English From the New Story […]

KBF Post-Graduate Residencies

Hosted by the Kochi Biennale Foundation and Palette People at Vagamon, Kerala About the Residency The 10-day Post-Graduate residency programme is meant for young artists who wish to continue their education in art, understand their individual practice, and articulate themselves in the art-world. The residency is limited to artists who practise painting, drawing, photography and […]

Pepper House Residency

We are accepting applications for one India-based artist to work for a period of one month in Kochi as part of the Foundation’s Pepper House Residency. The residency includes studio space, accommodation, food expenses and finite material and travel support and will run from May 2 to June 1, 2016. To apply, send a copy […]

Learning through dance and music

from The Hindu: Aikiyam School students take creative lessons from co-founders of The Vanaver Caravan Children in their school uniform shook tambourine and danced with partners as Bill Vanaver played Banjo and Livia Drapkin Vanaver choreographed the Sicilian (Italy) Tarantella Dance inside a UFO-modelled classroom at Aikiyam School. Aikiyam School in New Creation Learning is […]