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OPENING RECEPTION: JEHANGIR ART GALLERY, MUMBAI, NOV 26,2019
BOUND BY DUTY: AN IDEA OF SWARAJ AND COLLECTIVENESS 2018-19 RE-OPENS AT JEHANGIR ART GALLERY MUMBAI-NOV26- DEC 2, 2019

Gandhi-King Global Initiative GKGI conference, Stanford University, California, September 2019

NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2019

EXHIBITION OPENING ‘BOUND BY DUTY : AN IDEA OF SWARAJ AND COLLECTIVENESS’ 2018-19A
Lecture at George Washington university,THE TEXTILE MUSEUM, WASHINGTON DC
LECTURE PRESENTATION:
MAPPING AJRAKH TRADITIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART AND CRAFT
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE TEXTILE MUSEUM, WASHINGTON DC
NOV15, 2018
PANEL DISCUSSION ON ‘GANDHI IN CREATIVE SPACES’(A YES BANK INITIATIVE)
As part of the outreach for REVISITING GANDHI: THE ART OF Shelly Jyoti 2018, we had a gallery walk followed by a Panel discussion on ‘Gandhi in Creative Spaces’(A YES BANK initiative)
Joining the artist on the panel were the Chairman of KVIC, Vinai Kumar Saxena; Cofounder and designer of Eleven.Eleven -Himanshu Sahi along with Writer,Author and Journalist Meena Menon.
The various perspectives on Khadi in contemporary times addressed the need to work with rural craftsman and artisans in reviving the art of spinning/weaving as well as the significance of the kind of cotton crops we seem to be growing in India .
This discussion covered the historical, anthropological and cultural drawbacks that need to be visited and studied further, to help get back to an India that probably once was and what could be.
WORKSHOP: AJRAKH PRINTING, DYEING in conjunction with exhibition”Revisiting Gandhi: The Art of Shelly Jyoti 2009-2018
WORKSHOP: AJRAKH PRINTING AND DYEING
EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH WITH CONTEMPORARY AJRAKH ARTWORKS
This workshop is being conducted in conjunction with the ongoing textile exhibition ‘Revisiting Gandhi: The Art of Shelly Jyoti’ 2009-2018.
The interested participants will take back a small piece of art they create during the workshop
DATE: October 18th, 19th Thursday, 11.00AM -2.00 PM, 2018
VENUE: Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art, Twin Art Galleries, Janpath Road, New Delhi
JUNED ISMAIL M KHATRI, The 10th generation Ajrakh craftsman from Bhuj, Gujarat, India
SHELLY JYOTI, A Contemporary textile/ visual artist based in New Delhi, India
EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH WITH THE ARTIST AND FILM SCREENING
EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH WITH THE ARTIST AND FILM SCREENING
FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
REVISITING GANDHI: THE ART OF SHELLY JYOTI 2009-2018
October 9, Tuesday, 11.00 am-1 pm, 2018
Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Twin Art Galleries, CV Mess Road
Janpath, New Delhi
The first outreach program began with students from Shri Ram and Pathways School- for the young minds ponder, inquire and be informed about Gandhi, his idea for Khadi, Swaraj, Sarvodaya, and swadharma and the artist’s perspective on it.