Ethnic pottery for modern living One of the most ancient and popular art forms of Bengal, terracotta refers to baked earth or clay that is dried and cast, molded, or hand worked into a desired shape. For centuries, artisans of Bengal have been making terracotta items of daily use as well as decoration ranging from kulhars to toys and deities. The temples of Bishupur and the typically styled Bankura horses are the finest examples of this craft. Committed to the revival of this now dying art form, Confetti Exports is engaged in supporting its artisans as well as ensuring that their products find the appreciation they deserve. In its efforts to nurture the skills of local artisans, specially women, and to help revive an ethnic art form, Confetti helps them transform traditional wares to suit contemporary lifestyles. At present, 35 artisans, including 10 women, have been trained to create various aesthetically attractive items using traditional techniques. Hands That Feed, the ongoing exhibition, showcases ceramics, sculptures, studio pottery, terracotta, and high-temperature earthenware by Suchismito Ghosh and these traditional potters of Birbhum. Event: An exhibition of ceramics, sculpture and studio pottery by Suchismito Ghosh and traditional potters of Birbhum When: Till January 11; 2 pm - 8 pm Where: 46 Satish Mukherjee Road (near Rashbehari crossing)

art

Till January 24 (except Sundays & holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): Review, an exhibition of artworks that aspires to redefine our perception and understanding of art of the 20th century. Participating artists: Abir Karmakar, Alok Bal, Debraj Goswami, Farhad Hussain, Jogen Chowdhury, Kingshuk Sarkar, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Mithu Sen, Paresh Maity, Partha Pratim Deb, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Samit Das, Santosh More, Sumitro Basak and Swarna Chitrakar. January 8 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925; 6.30 pm: Inauguration of Balaka Bhattacharjee’s paintings exhibition, ...sidesteps — a personal piece as well as a narrative on the emotional state of a city. The show continues till January 22 (except Sunday), 11 am to 8 pm. January 8 - 17 at the Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, ICCR: Calcutta Painters hosts a solo exhibition of paintings by Rabin Mondal. Till January 8 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street: Sensation Kolkata — a solo exhibition of recent works by Dilip Chaudhury. Till January 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art & Craft exhibition organised by Nandalal Art Academy, Sapling Academic Centre. Till January 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery South ‘A’; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Chandrashekhar Das. Till January 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Beyond the Surface, a solo exhibition of paintings by Joydeep Chatterjee Till January 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of paintings. Organised by College Street Pentagon. Till January 10 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, #2228 9651: Scribble Artists Together presents an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and graphic prints. Till January 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275, 24618812; 3 pm - 8 pm: Pata — paintings of Bengal (Santhal Pat, Vishnupur Pat, Kalighat type Pat and others) from the collection of C.K. Kejriwal. Till January 15 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027: Bengal 2009, an exhibition of art works by the city’s eminent artists. Till January 15 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: sEe, an abstract solo show of Deepak Tandon in three versions: painting, photographs and video. Till January 17 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephen’s Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Recent works of Bari Kumar: Foreign Bodies. Till January 18 (except Saturdays) at Galerie La Mère, 3 Regent Park, #24712612, 24811557; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture presents La Mère Annual, an exhibition of paintings and drawings. Till January 31 (weekdays only) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G-7 Malalay Apartments, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Small is Beautiful 3, an exhibition of miniature artworks by some of the greatest living legends along with some of the exciting new talents. Till January 31 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, #9903235566; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings, titled Festive Hues, featuring works by B.R. Panesar, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Dhiren Sasmal, Ratan Acharya, Samir Paul, Subrata Das, Sukanta Das, Soumitra Kar, Ritu Singh, Milanendu Mandal, Atin Mitra, Anirban Seth and others.

DRAMA

January 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, 3 pm; January 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, 6.30 pm: Ajnatobass — Nandikar’s latest production, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. The cast includes Sohini Sengupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Swajan Srijan Mukherjee and Rudraprasad Sengupta. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. January 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti presents Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi. Direction: Aalok Deb. January 8 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar will stage Kachher Manush, with Debshankar Halder and Bijoylakshmi Barman in the lead. Play: Dr Shirish Athawale. Translated by Kamal Sanyal and Bijoylakshmi Barman. Direction: Gautam Haldar. January 10 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Abhaash will stage Bhalobasha Bharatbarsho. Direction: Sekhar Samaddar.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till January 15 at Earthcare Books and Resource Centre, 10 Middleton Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Calcutta! — an exhibition of black-and-white photographs taken by Thomas Patrick Kiernan.

PERFORMING ARTS

January 8 - 12 at Rabindra Sadan: West Bengal State Music Academy, in association with EZCC, hosts Classical Music Conference 2009. Today at 5.30 pm: Shreya Chattopadhyay (dhrupad) with Tapas Das (pakhawaj) and Pradip Palit (harmonium); Keka Mukherjee (sitar) with Anubrata Chattopadhyay (tabla); and Ajoy Chakrabaorty (vocal) with Samar Saha (tabla) and Rupashree Bhattacharya (harmonium). Till January 11 at Barisha High School ground, Behala Chourasta; 6 pm: Behala Milanotsav 2009, organised by Barisha Behala Sarsuna Thakurpukur Krira Sanskritik Kendra. Today: Songs by Shampa Kundu, Pallab Ghosh, Indrani Sen; Bangla band Kaya and poetry band Mahul; recitation by Soham Chatterjee, Sovan Sundar and group; magic - talking doll; dance by Sarsuna High School; and mime by Chanchal Dasgupta. January 10 at Mohitlal Majumdar Mancha, Barisha High School ground, Behala Chourasta; 6 pm: Recitation by Partha Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh, Bratati Bandyopadhyay and Soumitra Chattopadhyay; Tagore songs by Manoj Murali Nair, Manisha Murali Nair and Gopa Roy.

DISCOURSE

January 8 - 11 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Discourse in English by Sunandaji on Bhagavad Gita, Chapter IX - The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret. Organised by Vedanta Cultural Foundation.

TALK

January 8 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Spiritual Retreat and Guided Meditation. January 8 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mundaka Upanishad.

MEET

January 8 - 11 at IIM Calcutta, Joka campus: Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta presents Intaglio 2008-09 — the annual international business school meet. Theme: ‘Cultivating Leadership... Redefining Horizons’. Major attractions: The Great Innovation Challenge - The Corporate Innovation Contest, i2I - The B-Plan competition; Olympus - The Quest for the Best Manager; Wizards of Biz - Business Simulation Challenge; and Quizzical - The Intaglio Quiz.

EXHIBITION

January 8 - 10 at Kanishka's, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 10.30 am - 8 pm: Tussar Utsav — an exhibition of hand woven tussar sarees and fabrics from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal. January 8 - 12 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Collection 2009 — specially designed and woven chanderis with extra silk for party wear, unstitched salwar suits in a variety of colours and surface ornamentation techniques, jewellery (costume and in silver with semiprecious stones), durries in stripes, checks and florals. Till January 11 at 46 Satish Mukherjee Road (near Rashbehari crossing), #24556942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: Confetti Exports presents Hand That Feed, an exhibition of ceramics sculptures, studio pottery, terracotta and high-temperature earthenware by Suchismito Ghosh and traditional potters of Birbhum. Till January 11 at Finesse Gallery, 11/1B New Road, Alipore: Sujata Sarawgi showcases The Queen of Textiles - silk sensuous in any form. Featuring mulbury, munga and tussar; the show stealers are Matka Ghicha saree, Eri Ghicha saree and Dupione/katiya saree. Till January 12 at Halo Heritage Art Shop, 26 Ritchie Road, #24190133; 11.30 am - 9 pm: In collaboration with Soumya’s Creation, Halo Heritage presents an exhibition of textiles, jewellery and home accessories. Till January 15 at Design, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315: Paramita Viswanathan’s annual exhibition of silks from West Bengal and south India. Till January 20 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Symphony: An exhibition of Canvas and Chinese Ceramics. Featuring cermaic works and paintings by Asit Patnaik, Bhagat Singh, Gautam Mukherjee, Shyamal Mukherjee, Seema Kohli, Harish Kumar, Phalguni Dasgupta, Dhananjay Mukherjee, Gosto Kumar and others.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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Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
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