CREATIVE WRITING PLAYGROUND! 12 /13 / 14 of October. From 4 to 6pm Do you want to write a story just for the fun of it but you don’t know how to start? Do you feel you have “something to write” inside of you but you do not know what it is and how to […]
The Whiting Creative Non-fiction Grant of $40,000 is awarded to writers in the process of completing a book of deeply researched and imaginatively composed non-fiction intended to encourage original and ambitious projects by giving recipients the additional means to do exacting research and devote time to composition. The grant jury commended Kapur’s book, […]
www.auroville.com In the future the arts will exist, as Sri Aurobindo wrote in the Life Divine, “as expressions and means of the truth of the spirit and the beauty of and delight of existence.” This is the challenge presenting itself to artists both in Auroville and all around the world. Art in all its expressions […]
Francesca is ready to start off on her creative writing project under her activity ‘My Creative Satsang’. Here is a video to share.
The Dum Pukht Writers’ Workshop is a two-week, in-residence workshop for fiction writers ready to take their work seriously. Really seriously. The workshop is activity-centered and intensely experiential. You will interact with several instructors, all experts in different aspects of writing. You will also critique and learn from the work of thirteen other writers. The […]
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 […]
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts has begun its call for application for the National Diploma Programme in Movement Arts and Mixed Media for the academic year of 2018/19. Initiated in 2006, the Diploma is a one of its kind professional course for dancers in India featuring intensive training sessions in traditional Indian dance forms and […]
CreditMari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi ONCE UPON A time, artists had jobs. And not “advising the Library of Congress on its newest Verdi acquisition” jobs, but job jobs, the kind you hear about in stump speeches. Think of T.S. Eliot, conjuring “The Waste Land” (1922) by night and overseeing foreign accounts at Lloyds Bank during the day, […]
Suzuki said : “Before Zen, men are men and mountains are mountains.” Like many beautiful things, it all started with a dream. When she was 10 years old, Aurovilian Monna Maier read an haiku about the Kokedora (Moss Temple) in Kyoto, Japan. Since then, she always thought that if there was a place in the world […]
Based on the short stories of a celebrated Tamil writer performed by the oldest english theater group in India. Friday, March 30, 2018, 6:30pm at Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Bharat Nivas ________________ R Chudamani was a celebrated Tamil writer, whose short stories from the late 60’s / early 70’s are brought alive on stage by the […]
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES: 4.30 to 6pm – 4th of Feb The Creative Writing Fest at Unity Pavillion during the “Art for Lands” fundraising Info: avmycreativewriting@gmail.com / Ph: 0413 262 3987 Dear aspiring and actual writer friends, this time we will play with Creative Writing in order to discover the different hidden parts of ourselves which we don’t know […]
play by: Didier Galas Drawing: Jean-François Guillon Production: Les Hauts Parleurs Tuesday 19th September 2017 at 5pm Citadines – Centre d’Art In French only, length: 60min What is a virtuous World? The answer lies in this free adaptation of texts by François Rabelais. But, beware, when Rabelais becomes a philosopher, it is withhumor. He enjoys […]
Saturday, 11 March 2017 – Time: 5 to 6.30 PM – Venue: Bhavishyate Hall. (BHARAT NIVAS) Book Launching of Pankaj’s latest book: “ISLANDS IN FLUX – The Andaman and Nicobar Story” – (Non-Fiction), Harper Collins India, March 2017 Welcome for a talk and book reading from Pankaj’s book followed by questions/answer session. This book is […]
Reading night in English, at Citadines (next to the Art galery) on Monday 6th of February – from 5.30 to 6.30 pm share a drink after the reading with the writers Organized by the French Pavilion for AUROLIRE festival
Fellowships at Kalakriti Archives, Hyderabad India Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with the Kalakriti Archives, Hyderabad invites applications for Two Museum Fellowships Application deadline: February 15, 2017 This IFA initiative is supported by TATA TRUSTS India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in collaboration with the Kalakriti Archives, Hyderabad invites applications for two museum fellowships, […]
The Writing on Dance Laboratory returns with the Attakkalari India Biennial 2017! This 10-day Lab is a collaborative workspace designed to facilitate critical articulations around contemporary dance. Participants are expected to work as an editorial team and create content for Attakkalari’s online magazine www.ligament.in on a daily basis. In addition to viewing performances, participants will […]
The Dum Pukht Fiction Workshop is a two-week, in-residence, creative-writing workshop for experienced fiction writers looking to take their skills to the next level. ……………. WHEN: Dec. 05, 2016 — Dec. 18, 2016 (2 weeks) WHERE: Adishakti Theatre, Puducherry, India 605101 NUMBER OF SEATS: Thirteen. APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 31, 2016. INSTRUCTORS: Amit Chaudhuri, Anil Menon, […]
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 […]
The International Year of Global Understanding, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences, Management of Social Transformations Unesco and Mémoire de l’Avenir have launched a call for videos to unite artists around the world in order to demonstrate the involvement of the arts in society, and their contribution to it. At least one video per […]
The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust in Delhi is one of the foremost puppet companies in India and they are offering an opportunity for a documentation intern, following the creation of a new piece. You might remember they came to Auroville to perform About Ram about two years ago. Great chance for someone interested in puppetry, […]
In the spirit of celebrating Mother’s day, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India has organized a Contest inviting stories about mothers. The concept of this campaign is to promote the idea of children sharing anecdotes/ stories about their mother who has defied gender stereotypes, raised her voice against gender discrimination and championed […]
A theatre workshop by playwright, screenwriter and director, Jill Navarre will be held on May 27 at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at ICG, co-organised by The International Centre Goa and The Samraat Club of Panaji. It is free and open to public. For inquiry call 8698672080 or email pro@incentgoa.com. from the Navhind Times: […]
A TALK BY SAAZ AGGARWAL Author of Sindh: Stories from a Vanished Homeland Date: Friday 11 March 2016 Time: 6pm onwards Venue: Palais de Mahe, No 4 Rue Bussy, Pondicherry Tea and snacks will be served before the event.
MY AUTOPSY A riveting dark poetic comedy, with original music A compelling search for the truth of life and death Written and Performed by Hamish Boyd* Directed by Fif Fernandes* Saturday, January 9 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Adishakti Theatre Edayanchavadi Road Free admission My Autopsy, is an autobiographical self-evisceration, merging eastern and western philosophy, […]
