Tag: photography

Call for a free workshop for the residents of Auroville on how to build a Photographic Project.

This workshop is for advanced and serious enthusiast photographers who want to advance their knowledge. Nowadays the photographer has to go beyond the supposed quality of his single pictures, he has to think differently. Photographers need to be able to read and tell good stories rather than shoot beautiful images.  What and how we should photograph to distinguish ourselves among […]

Children’s Portraits Offered by Ivana

A virtual exhibition of portraits (portraits are strictly without names)  at facebook page “How to Bring Up a Child”   The children are our future. Our future depends on how we care for them, and on how they experience our behaviour towards each other. To draw a portrait of your young toddler… Contact her at ivana.frousova@yahoo.co.uk […]

Exhibition “Arbres Amour” by Sasikanth Somu

Centre d’Art Auroville invites you for an Exhibition “Arbres Amour” by Sasikanth SomuExhibition Opening Friday 06 November  2020 at 4.30pm Exhibition from 06 November  2020 to 28 November  2020.Gallery hours: 2.30 pm to 5.00pm Monday to Saturday Note: Only Auroville residents and registered guests and volunteers will be allowed.

Aerial Auroville, A Photo Book

Om and Julie have been working for two years now on this inspired and beautiful project of a photo book. They have been supported by many people on the research phase and now they need your help to manifest all the work done. They have launched this crowdfunding campaign to be able to fund the […]

THEATRE Call for Applications: Refunction 2020-21

A performance series at the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi Application Deadline: Sunday, 20 September 2020 Refunction is a performance series by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi inspired by one of the core principles of Bertolt Brecht’s theatre – Umfunktionierung (refunctioning), in which the composition of a new work is in […]

Artists’ Contacts – A GRANT FOR VISUAL ARTISTS

Artists’ Contacts With the Artists‘ Contacts programme, the ifa supports the international cooperation of cultural actors. Artists and cultural practitioners from Germany and from transformation or developing countries receive valuable support for projects in contemporary visual arts, architecture, photography, media art and design. Applicants thereby receive the chance to network internationally and to advance the intercultural […]

A FILLIP TO ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY – by Sasikant Somu

A FILLIP TO ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY A new darkroom attached to Centre d’Art, Citadines was inaugurated on Friday 8th August. The darkroom is to be used for the processing of film and for printing of analogue photographs. It is primarily funded by Centre d’Art, which was founded by Dominic Darr, herself an analogue photographer, who spent […]

Traditions & Transitions:The Kalamkari Through Time, 8 August, 6:30 pm

MAP launches its theme of Creative Connections, with textile artist Renuka Reddy in conversation with researcher, curator and collector Peter Lee. The duo will explore the material histories of kalamkari in the subcontinent, through select works from the MAP Collection, providing insights into techniques, motifs and markets that shaped the evolution of this textile art across different cultures. Click Here to RegisterRenuka […]

MAP Talk: Breaking the Fourth Wall | 25 July | 6:00 pm

<https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/L7-MGWt8S2WXrnN0WjudJehIjizJuoZ7IWQKNU7TXp1ULh4CpI4L1ia5beQN75V37JCQCZ6fnij63uFUrxArDyuW8UgYzlctt8eTV3jPQkS_xH0zkUl1u51dvOB3YfQisGcVCxUJJrppRG0=s0-d-e1-ft#http://content.etapestry.com/etapdndcontent/etap-MuseumofArtPhotographyMAP/c_header3.jpg>Breaking the Fourth Wall: From Witnessing to ParticipationMarina Abramović in conversation withNikhil Chopra <https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/sqjx5MNao4cbZh_pAbKoZksQxThTiyfsY99pA6YPl6-KH5YoB13kpvXDfCKcmD9Nk-e_REnzfk6F4yPNnq68Cg5yIQFLpmSxWspF4F666wNZkGy4JKZODCSZaYbwRzfwRryQyP7u-A0=s0-d-e1-ft#http://content.etapestry.com/etapdndcontent/etap-MuseumofArtPhotographyMAP/marina.jpg><https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ROJ4Qea-qr6SMVBZSZA6OdSkDdug8SiJp8YEsZs2xrFsf2D8rfIXNOhJF3PMUXAAqpYs2bNsF2ZBAaRv85CjGqIIAV91gOIYCN87uAm304OfSBKhU57VTac7kY-dmwkWSBFbynQ_JLY=s0-d-e1-ft#http://content.etapestry.com/etapdndcontent/etap-MuseumofArtPhotographyMAP/nikhil.jpg><https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/JytQcArPlXnz_guFiSSpTi52Y-k9ky7gAebDBJAIZapJnwglYMTC-nnvl88tUx-NuXlIobaDWFuo_w=s0-d-e1-ft#http://content.etapestry.com/spacer.gif>________________________________25 July, 6 pm |CClick here to register________________________________The ‘godmother of performance art’, Marina Abramović burst onto the ’70s art scene with cathartic performances that pushed the envelope on spectator participation and personal safety in unexpected and unprecedented ways. In the last talk […]

Chennai Photo Biennale Newsletter

Chennai Photo Biennale NewsletterVolume 2. Issue 7. July 2020.<https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/r-zJ-u25FPG7ORVAIR2cRD4N2wXIKaZWbZZQ-gKRswH3jZNZMt5rJexfLiVDqwIU8K7xXr7VCcwu6PewWBPVypm419y0lyQZEBB47AOM7iDd19Zm423R-qlFgpBM7AVAgyvgGIscBAYkpesNstujekW0Y3XXOw=s0-d-e1-ft#https://mcusercontent.com/a5497b1cecbf1799150a42735/images/3f1b3fc4-f5b9-49f2-ac2a-1a306e1ef37f.jpg>IMAGINING THE NATION STATE – OPEN CALL Currently open opportunity for resident photographers and lens-based artists from India and Wales. CPB Foundation in collaboration with the Diffusion Festival-Wales with the support of the British Council and Wales Arts International is inviting proposals from eligible applicants on the theme […]

Beyond a Witness: Photography and social justice

Beyond a Witness: Photography and social justiceSebastião Salgado and Shahidul Alam in conversation with Nathaniel Gaskell  https://youtu.be/p_ruLN-dggg In keeping with its Art as Witness theme, MAP is pleased to present acclaimed Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist, Sebastião Salgado in conversation with the well-known Bangladeshi photographer and activist, Shahidul Alam. Moderated by the Museum’s Associate Director and Head of […]

NEEKOEE FOUNDATION: ARTIST GRANT

Offers 2 grants for 1.5 lakh each to artists using the medium of painting, sculpture, theatre, video, photography, sound, performance, software/code, dance, public sites, internet, or any other. To know more visit https://www.facebook.com/neekoeefoundation/

Applications are now open for the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation 2020 grants program.

https://www.elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org/ ________________________________ The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant is one of the most prestigious grants available to emerging figurative artists, as well as one of the most substantial. It is one of the longest standing, with an illustrious history of recipients spanning more than half a  century. It is also unique in its scope, in that […]

India Foundation for the Arts seeking Proposals for Arts Practice Programme

India Foundation for the Arts seeking Proposals for Arts Practice Programme http://indiaifa.org/programmes/arts-practice/request-for-proposals.html The India Foundation for the Arts is requesting for proposals for the Arts Practice Programme to supports critical practice in the arts. The programme is also open to multiple readings of the ‘critical’ and encourages practitioners to articulate this in their own context. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Roger Harris leaves his body, 30/3/2020

Roger Harris          This is to inform the community that our dear and long-term friend and brother Roger Harris (USA) left his body today at the age of 64 in his Prarthana apartment at 4.45am due to advanced lung cancer. Close friends that had been with him the days before, described him as absolutely lucid, lively, […]

Analogue Photography Workshop in Auroville

The Photography department of Centre d’art at Citadines is in the process of establishing a darkroom for analogue photography. And will be commencing monthly workshops which will be open to all.Those interested kindly contact: http://centredart.in/contact-us/ with subject: Analogue Photography Workshop or email: centredart@auroville.org.inWorkshop faculty will be Sasi, photography teacher from Future School. — Centre d’Art Atelier Citadines Auroville-605101 Tamil Nadu India +91 […]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS UMRAO SINGH SHER-GIL GRANT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS UMRAO SINGH SHER-GIL GRANT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY(Image of Umrao Singh Sher-Gil)The Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the fifth edition of the Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography. Recognizing the need to enable Indian photographers to produce and share their work in their lifetime, SSAF has pledged an annual grant of INR […]