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Founded in 1969 by Chandaben Shroff to help develop sustainable means of income for rural women, Shrujan today is an institution that engages 3,500 women across 114 villages in Kutch, Gujarat. Using 16 different styles of embroidery, the women use their skills and creativity to design exquisite hand-embroidered fabrics that are then fashioned into garments and home furnishings for urban and international markets. Shrujan’s ongoing exhibition features cotton, pure silk and tussore saris, kurtas, kurtis, accessories, Indo-Western garments and home furnishings. Each product showcases one or more of the distinctive styles of hand-embroidery practised by the various communities of Kutch. They symbolise Kutch women’s aspiration for artistic excellence and an urge for dignified life and empowerment.
Event: An exhibition of garments and home furnishings hosted by Shrujan When: Till November 21; 10.30 am - 7 pm Where: Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street
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ART
Till November 20 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8509 / 8717; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): Yeh Image Mahaan: India meets Bharat. Participating artists: Manas Acharya, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Jyoti Bhatt, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Meera Devidayal, Ashish Ghosh, Debraj Goswami, M.F. Husain, Farhad Hussain, Ganesh Pyne, Jamini Roy, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shakila, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Sanjeev Sonpimpare, Abanindranath Tagore, Chintan Upadhyay, JWT, Rediffusion Dentsu Young & Rubican Pvt. Ltd, and other works.
November 17 - 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Pinnacle International Art Foundation presents an exhibition of contemporary Bengal art. Featuring works by Partha Pratim Deb, Sekhar Kar and Subrata Chowdhury.
November 17 - 23 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Mood presents a solo exhibition of paintings (watercolour and acrylic) by Aroup Lodh.
Till November 18 at Chemould Art Gallery; 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Mahuya Bhattacharya.
Till November 20 at Eye on Art Gallery, 3 Pretoria Street, Chandrakunj Building, 2nd floor; 1 pm - 8 pm: The second solo exhibition of paintings by Dipak Ghosh.
Till November 21 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Friends of Fine Arts presents a contemporary exhibition of paintings, photographs and sculptures. Featuring paintings by Aloke Roy, Anu Dheer, Hema Wadhwa, Joti Prasad Mallick, Krishnajit Sengupta, Kajal Karmakar, Manimala Dey Basu, Pradip Muhuri, Saptarshi Das, Samir Dutta, Soumen Saha, Susant Nayak and Sumita Acharya; photographs by Atanu Paul, Bivas Bhattacharjee, P.K. Debnath and Somnath Mukherjee; and sculptures by Mahua Ray, Sailen Ghosh and Sharmistha Roy.
Till November 21 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Malay Saha and Anindita Saha.
Till November 21 at Taj Bengal, Promenade Lounge; 11 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of Dhiren Sasmal’s canvases.
Till November 21 at ECA art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Rajendra Malakar.
Till November 22 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road (opp. Maddox Square); 2 pm - 8 pm: Aspect Art Gallery presents its inaugural exhibition featuring works by Arun Kumar Samaddar, Prabal Roy, Rajib Sur Roy, Subrata Ghosh and Mehatab Hussain.
Till November 26 (except Monday & November 21) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of works of two masters Ajit Chakraborty (sculptor) and Sailen Mitra (painter).
Till November 30 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Ganges Art Gallery presents Jogen Chowdhury: Drawings, Doodles and Sketches.
Till November 30 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, 2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Ecriture III...and a few others things — recent works by Manjari Chakravarti.
Till December 4 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 2463 0465 / 4001 2289: Where Am I? — an exhibition of the works of four German artists Anja Ciupka, Stefan Panhans, Sebastian Stumpf and Claudia Wieser. Curated by Dr Barbara J. Scheuermann.
Till December 11 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Projection of Disjointed Times — an exhibition of sculptures by Akhil Chandra Das.
DRAMA
November 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Natadha presents its latest production, Caesar O Cleopatra, inspired by Geroge Bernard Shaw. Direction: Arna Mukhopadhyay.
November 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Samstab presents Bhootnath. Direction & performance: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay.
November 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents Bharat Katha. Concept & direction: Manish Mitra.
November 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Lok-krishti will stage Tagore’s Laboratory. Drama & direction Phalguni Chatterjee.
November 18 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy will stage Tin Guchir Binuni, a play by Sharmila Maitra. Direction: Suranjana DasGupta.
November 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shrutirangam will stage Bishmool. Drama, direction & acting: Paran Bandyopadhyay.
November 18 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Blank Verse will stage Furrut, based on a short story by Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury. The play is written and directed by Raja Bhattacharya with Debshankar Halder in the lead role.
November 18 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Belgharia Ethic will stage its new play, Kothay Pabo Tarey. Direction: Debasis Sengupta.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till December 4 (except Sundays) at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, 2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Incidents — an exhibition of photographs by Bishan Samaddar.
Till November 26 (except Saturdays) at Creative Ritu, 3/2A C N C Street, Bhowanipore, 9831001947; 4 pm - 8 pm: The first solo exhibition of travel photographs by Raja Abhimanyu.
TALK
November 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Narendrananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.
November 17 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Swami Buddhadevananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Punthipath O Alochana.
November 17 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Swami Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
EXHIBITION
Till November 17 at Taj Bengal; 2 pm - 7 pm: British Council’s Education UK exhibition.
Till November 18 at Kish Fashion Studio, 5A/1B Lord Sinha Road, 22825423; 11 am - 7 pm: Wraps and Shawls — showcasing an exquisite range of wraps, shawls and stoles.
November 18 - 21 at Sculpture Court and Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, ICCR, 9 Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Clay Stories organises Potters Market 2010.
Till November 21 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8-B Middleton Street, 22293886; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Shrujan’s exhibition of Indo-Western garments, including saris and kurtas all hand-embroidered by women of Kutch, and home furnishings.
Till November 19 at Central Park, Karunamoyee, Salt Lake; 12 noon - 9 pm: Karigar Haat — national handicrafts and handloom fair.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 17 at Plush, The Astor Hotel; 10 pm onwards: Experience eclectic commercial hip-hop music with DJ Vaibhav.
SCREENING
November 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: The screening of a documentary on Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, to be followed by a vocal recital by Raza Ali Khan with Amitabha Bhattacharya (harmonium) and Arif Khan (tabla).
WORKSHOP
November 19 & 20 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 3 pm - 7 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents a storytelling workshop with Anurupa Roy, to enhance the art of storytelling using puppetry. To register, call 24556942/43.
QUIZ
November 19 at Bidhan Park, Barasat; 5 pm onwards: To celebrate the 94th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, Barasat Town Indian National Congress, in association with Quiz Maniacs Society, is organsing a quiz on Indian National Congress. Open to any two-member teams. For details, call Partha Gupta (9830318721).
November 20 at Dalhousie Institute: The 32nd Argus Open Quiz. Final from 6 pm. Teams to report by 3 pm. Entry free. Quiz Master: Soumyadip Chowdhuri.
November 21 at St Xavier’s College auditorium; 3.30 pm - 8 pm: ALSOC Alumni Quiz for three-member teams from the same school or college, with at least one member being an alumnus of the institution. No entry fee. QM: Gautam Ghosh. Guest QM: Ashok Vishwanathan. Eight teams qualify for the final. For details, contact Shankar Ramalingam (98300 09889) or Gautam Ghosh (98300 44093).All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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