What’s on Around Town
RHYTHM OF SILENCE
‘Where Silence is a Poem’ is a solo show presented by Sangeeta Gupta. Her works on canvas are similar to her poetry that talk about the different phases of time from past to future. Her style of projecting her emotions through canvas have always attracted the art enthusiasts. WHERE: Art Konsult, 3, Hauz Khas Village WHEN: November 20 – December 15 TIMING: 11AM – 7PM (Mon-sat)
A MOVEABLE FEAST
An exhibition of paintings by Sipra Dattagupta from Kolkata. Inaugrated by M. Jean-yves Coquelin, Deputy Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of France and Deputy Director, Institute Française India.
WHERE: Kamaldevi Complex, Main Art Gallery, IIC WHEN: December 8 – 18 TIMING: 11AM – 7AM
DO YOU SPEAK CINEMA?
An educational programme, for children and young adults of 8 years and above, developed by Film Heritage Foundation that is designed to encourage participants to explore various facets of cinema from film history to technique to an appreciation of the unique grammar of this art form.
WHERE: Kamaldevi Complex, Multipurpose Hall, IIC WHEN: December 17 – 18 TIMING: 10AM – 1PM
THE JOY OF LEARNING
An Exhibition on Early Childhood Education based on the philosophy of Lorris Malaguzzi. At the root of this exhibition, lies a strong interdisciplinary and intercultural concept of knowledge and learning that guarantees equal rights of expression and listening to head, heart and hands, and to rationality. It promises to unfold the beauty on how children can use their environment, think differently, explore in innumerable ways and develop into wholesome individuals. WHERE: IGNCA WHEN: December 17 – 30 TIMING: 10AM – 4PM (Mon-sat)
COMMEMORATING CLASSICAL MUSIC
Bharat Ratna Dr MS Subbulakshmi’s birth centenary commemoration is to be held in the national Capital with a seminar on Dr Subbulakshmi. The seminar is the third in the series Sanskriti Samvad Shrinkhlaon and discusses the element of devotion in not just music but in her very life. Concerts by Jayteerath Mevundi (Hisdustani vocal) and Ranjani and Gayatri (Carnatic vocals) are also being hosted on the death anniversary of MS amma, as she is fondly called, on the weekends. WHEN: December 9 – 11 WHERE: IGNCA TIMING: 10:30AM – 5PM on Dec 9; 6PM on the weekends