SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE & ART FESTIVAL - October 6 to 13, 2019.
Special event on Oct 18th at 8 pm at Montalvo Art Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga CA | Noon to 5 pm
For the first time ever, Montalvo Arts Center and Art Forum SF in collaboration with UC Berkeley Institute of South Asian Studies bring to you one of the largest South Asian Literature & Art Festival (SALA) in the US.
South Asian Literature and Art Festival is celebrating contemporary reflections of literature and arts from South Asia. The event will feature books and readings, hands-on art activities, writing programs, art exhibitors, folk artists, Bollywood pop-up dancers, bhangra rhythms, and dance interludes -- all interspersed with delicious food stations representing the flavors of the entire subcontinent.
Come and spend the day at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, and witness the power of dialogue and discussion in this historic artist's refuge. Enter a creative wonderland and listen to the stories that may find their roots on the banks of the 4000-year-old Indus River but are narrated in the twenty-first century. Witness art that is taking an old soul and emerging with defiance, contemplation, and dignity in modern times.
Montalvo will open its grounds to a day of story-telling, conversations, book-reading, and children's hands-on craft activities. There will be henna, a live rangoli demonstration and impromptu performances. An art and literature marketplace will feature Bay Area Artists and Book's Inc book sellers. There will be something for everyone and people of all ages.
This exhibit will co-exist along with keynotes, panels, and on-stage presentations that explore Art, Literature, Poetry and Cinema delivered by prominent local, national and international authors, artists and speakers.
The featured artists and presenters from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the USA include:
o Rekha Rodwittiya, a contemporary and eminent artist whose name is synonymous with a very restrained, yet resounding gaze at feminism
o Priyanka Mathew from Sunderlande New York presents a highly acclaimed contemporary Indian Art exhibition Revelations: The Evolution of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, featuring iconic works by Jamini Roy, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Krishen Khanna, Anjolie Ela Menon, Shobha Broota, G. R. Iranna, and more. Exhibition is opens from Oct 6th to 13th.
o Dipti Mathur renown art collector and a philanthropist from South Bay in conversation with Prof Sugata Ray from UC Berkeley
o Elaborate encounter Deepti Naval, a legendary actor, painter, and a poet, in conversation with Prof Harsha Ram from UC Berkeley
o Revisiting Gandhi artist Shelly Jyoti unfurls her yards of handspun cloth
o Vikram Chandra, Nayomi Munaweera, Minal Hajratwala, and Shanthi Sekaran - established authors from the diaspora
o Vikramaditya Motwane - Director, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Varun Grover - Scriptwriter, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Vikram Chandra - Author, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Raghu Karnad - Journalist and the Yale Wyndham Campbell award recipient for Farthest Field in Montalvo
o Anurag Kashyap - a special event featuring highly acclaimed and award-winning director and scriptwriter is scheduled on October 18th at 8 pm
o The emerging genre of "Children's & Young Adult Writers" curated by KitaabWorld featuring the South Asian young adult writers, graphic novel writers and children's writers.
About Art Forum: Art Forum is a not for profit that strives to define and promote all art forms emerging from South Asia. We endeavor to present the visual, the literary and the performing arts in their manifold versions thus promoting a wider reach for South Asian voices.
About Montalvo Art Center: Montalvo Arts Center's mission is to engage the public in the creative process, acting as a catalyst for exploring the arts, unleashing creativity, and advancing different cultural and cross-cultural perspectives. We achieve our mission by creating and presenting arts of all types, nurturing artists, and using our historic property in innovative ways.
For more information about media & marketing opportunities and interviews with celebrities, please contact MUKTA Advertising at [email protected] | 416.716.8582.
For all current updates, artist bios and information on where to get the tickets for the special events and other literary and art exhibits, please visit: https://www.artforumsf.org
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @artforumsf @montalvoarts
#SALA2019 #artforumsf #SALAfestival #montalvoarts
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Special event on Oct 18th at 8 pm at Montalvo Art Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga CA | Noon to 5 pm
For the first time ever, Montalvo Arts Center and Art Forum SF in collaboration with UC Berkeley Institute of South Asian Studies bring to you one of the largest South Asian Literature & Art Festival (SALA) in the US.
South Asian Literature and Art Festival is celebrating contemporary reflections of literature and arts from South Asia. The event will feature books and readings, hands-on art activities, writing programs, art exhibitors, folk artists, Bollywood pop-up dancers, bhangra rhythms, and dance interludes -- all interspersed with delicious food stations representing the flavors of the entire subcontinent.
Come and spend the day at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, and witness the power of dialogue and discussion in this historic artist's refuge. Enter a creative wonderland and listen to the stories that may find their roots on the banks of the 4000-year-old Indus River but are narrated in the twenty-first century. Witness art that is taking an old soul and emerging with defiance, contemplation, and dignity in modern times.
Montalvo will open its grounds to a day of story-telling, conversations, book-reading, and children's hands-on craft activities. There will be henna, a live rangoli demonstration and impromptu performances. An art and literature marketplace will feature Bay Area Artists and Book's Inc book sellers. There will be something for everyone and people of all ages.
This exhibit will co-exist along with keynotes, panels, and on-stage presentations that explore Art, Literature, Poetry and Cinema delivered by prominent local, national and international authors, artists and speakers.
The featured artists and presenters from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the USA include:
o Rekha Rodwittiya, a contemporary and eminent artist whose name is synonymous with a very restrained, yet resounding gaze at feminism
o Priyanka Mathew from Sunderlande New York presents a highly acclaimed contemporary Indian Art exhibition Revelations: The Evolution of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, featuring iconic works by Jamini Roy, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Krishen Khanna, Anjolie Ela Menon, Shobha Broota, G. R. Iranna, and more. Exhibition is opens from Oct 6th to 13th.
o Dipti Mathur renown art collector and a philanthropist from South Bay in conversation with Prof Sugata Ray from UC Berkeley
o Elaborate encounter Deepti Naval, a legendary actor, painter, and a poet, in conversation with Prof Harsha Ram from UC Berkeley
o Revisiting Gandhi artist Shelly Jyoti unfurls her yards of handspun cloth
o Vikram Chandra, Nayomi Munaweera, Minal Hajratwala, and Shanthi Sekaran - established authors from the diaspora
o Vikramaditya Motwane - Director, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Varun Grover - Scriptwriter, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Vikram Chandra - Author, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Raghu Karnad - Journalist and the Yale Wyndham Campbell award recipient for Farthest Field in Montalvo
o Anurag Kashyap - a special event featuring highly acclaimed and award-winning director and scriptwriter is scheduled on October 18th at 8 pm
o The emerging genre of "Children's & Young Adult Writers" curated by KitaabWorld featuring the South Asian young adult writers, graphic novel writers and children's writers.
About Art Forum: Art Forum is a not for profit that strives to define and promote all art forms emerging from South Asia. We endeavor to present the visual, the literary and the performing arts in their manifold versions thus promoting a wider reach for South Asian voices.
About Montalvo Art Center: Montalvo Arts Center's mission is to engage the public in the creative process, acting as a catalyst for exploring the arts, unleashing creativity, and advancing different cultural and cross-cultural perspectives. We achieve our mission by creating and presenting arts of all types, nurturing artists, and using our historic property in innovative ways.
For more information about media & marketing opportunities and interviews with celebrities, please contact MUKTA Advertising at [email protected] | 416.716.8582.
For all current updates, artist bios and information on where to get the tickets for the special events and other literary and art exhibits, please visit: https://www.artforumsf.org
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @artforumsf @montalvoarts
#SALA2019 #artforumsf #SALAfestival #montalvoarts
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SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE & ART FESTIVAL - October 6 to 13, 2019.
Special event on Oct 18th at 8 pm at Montalvo Art Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga CA | Noon to 5 pm
For the first time ever, Montalvo Arts Center and Art Forum SF in collaboration with UC Berkeley Institute of South Asian Studies bring to you one of the largest South Asian Literature & Art Festival (SALA) in the US.
South Asian Literature and Art Festival is celebrating contemporary reflections of literature and arts from South Asia. The event will feature books and readings, hands-on art activities, writing programs, art exhibitors, folk artists, Bollywood pop-up dancers, bhangra rhythms, and dance interludes -- all interspersed with delicious food stations representing the flavors of the entire subcontinent.
Come and spend the day at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, and witness the power of dialogue and discussion in this historic artist's refuge. Enter a creative wonderland and listen to the stories that may find their roots on the banks of the 4000-year-old Indus River but are narrated in the twenty-first century. Witness art that is taking an old soul and emerging with defiance, contemplation, and dignity in modern times.
Montalvo will open its grounds to a day of story-telling, conversations, book-reading, and children's hands-on craft activities. There will be henna, a live rangoli demonstration and impromptu performances. An art and literature marketplace will feature Bay Area Artists and Book's Inc book sellers. There will be something for everyone and people of all ages.
This exhibit will co-exist along with keynotes, panels, and on-stage presentations that explore Art, Literature, Poetry and Cinema delivered by prominent local, national and international authors, artists and speakers.
The featured artists and presenters from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the USA include:
o Rekha Rodwittiya, a contemporary and eminent artist whose name is synonymous with a very restrained, yet resounding gaze at feminism
o Priyanka Mathew from Sunderlande New York presents a highly acclaimed contemporary Indian Art exhibition Revelations: The Evolution of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, featuring iconic works by Jamini Roy, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Krishen Khanna, Anjolie Ela Menon, Shobha Broota, G. R. Iranna, and more. Exhibition is opens from Oct 6th to 13th.
o Dipti Mathur renown art collector and a philanthropist from South Bay in conversation with Prof Sugata Ray from UC Berkeley
o Elaborate encounter Deepti Naval, a legendary actor, painter, and a poet, in conversation with Prof Harsha Ram from UC Berkeley
o Revisiting Gandhi artist Shelly Jyoti unfurls her yards of handspun cloth
o Vikram Chandra, Nayomi Munaweera, Minal Hajratwala, and Shanthi Sekaran - established authors from the diaspora
o Vikramaditya Motwane - Director, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Varun Grover - Scriptwriter, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Vikram Chandra - Author, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Raghu Karnad - Journalist and the Yale Wyndham Campbell award recipient for Farthest Field in Montalvo
o Anurag Kashyap - a special event featuring highly acclaimed and award-winning director and scriptwriter is scheduled on October 18th at 8 pm
o The emerging genre of "Children's & Young Adult Writers" curated by KitaabWorld featuring the South Asian young adult writers, graphic novel writers and children's writers.
About Art Forum: Art Forum is a not for profit that strives to define and promote all art forms emerging from South Asia. We endeavor to present the visual, the literary and the performing arts in their manifold versions thus promoting a wider reach for South Asian voices.
About Montalvo Art Center: Montalvo Arts Center's mission is to engage the public in the creative process, acting as a catalyst for exploring the arts, unleashing creativity, and advancing different cultural and cross-cultural perspectives. We achieve our mission by creating and presenting arts of all types, nurturing artists, and using our historic property in innovative ways.
For more information about media & marketing opportunities and interviews with celebrities, please contact MUKTA Advertising at [email protected] | 416.716.8582.
For all current updates, artist bios and information on where to get the tickets for the special events and other literary and art exhibits, please visit: https://www.artforumsf.org
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @artforumsf @montalvoarts
#SALA2019 #artforumsf #SALAfestival #montalvoarts
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Special event on Oct 18th at 8 pm at Montalvo Art Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga CA | Noon to 5 pm
For the first time ever, Montalvo Arts Center and Art Forum SF in collaboration with UC Berkeley Institute of South Asian Studies bring to you one of the largest South Asian Literature & Art Festival (SALA) in the US.
South Asian Literature and Art Festival is celebrating contemporary reflections of literature and arts from South Asia. The event will feature books and readings, hands-on art activities, writing programs, art exhibitors, folk artists, Bollywood pop-up dancers, bhangra rhythms, and dance interludes -- all interspersed with delicious food stations representing the flavors of the entire subcontinent.
Come and spend the day at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, and witness the power of dialogue and discussion in this historic artist's refuge. Enter a creative wonderland and listen to the stories that may find their roots on the banks of the 4000-year-old Indus River but are narrated in the twenty-first century. Witness art that is taking an old soul and emerging with defiance, contemplation, and dignity in modern times.
Montalvo will open its grounds to a day of story-telling, conversations, book-reading, and children's hands-on craft activities. There will be henna, a live rangoli demonstration and impromptu performances. An art and literature marketplace will feature Bay Area Artists and Book's Inc book sellers. There will be something for everyone and people of all ages.
This exhibit will co-exist along with keynotes, panels, and on-stage presentations that explore Art, Literature, Poetry and Cinema delivered by prominent local, national and international authors, artists and speakers.
The featured artists and presenters from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the USA include:
o Rekha Rodwittiya, a contemporary and eminent artist whose name is synonymous with a very restrained, yet resounding gaze at feminism
o Priyanka Mathew from Sunderlande New York presents a highly acclaimed contemporary Indian Art exhibition Revelations: The Evolution of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, featuring iconic works by Jamini Roy, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Krishen Khanna, Anjolie Ela Menon, Shobha Broota, G. R. Iranna, and more. Exhibition is opens from Oct 6th to 13th.
o Dipti Mathur renown art collector and a philanthropist from South Bay in conversation with Prof Sugata Ray from UC Berkeley
o Elaborate encounter Deepti Naval, a legendary actor, painter, and a poet, in conversation with Prof Harsha Ram from UC Berkeley
o Revisiting Gandhi artist Shelly Jyoti unfurls her yards of handspun cloth
o Vikram Chandra, Nayomi Munaweera, Minal Hajratwala, and Shanthi Sekaran - established authors from the diaspora
o Vikramaditya Motwane - Director, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Varun Grover - Scriptwriter, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Vikram Chandra - Author, Netflix original Sacred Games
o Raghu Karnad - Journalist and the Yale Wyndham Campbell award recipient for Farthest Field in Montalvo
o Anurag Kashyap - a special event featuring highly acclaimed and award-winning director and scriptwriter is scheduled on October 18th at 8 pm
o The emerging genre of "Children's & Young Adult Writers" curated by KitaabWorld featuring the South Asian young adult writers, graphic novel writers and children's writers.
About Art Forum: Art Forum is a not for profit that strives to define and promote all art forms emerging from South Asia. We endeavor to present the visual, the literary and the performing arts in their manifold versions thus promoting a wider reach for South Asian voices.
About Montalvo Art Center: Montalvo Arts Center's mission is to engage the public in the creative process, acting as a catalyst for exploring the arts, unleashing creativity, and advancing different cultural and cross-cultural perspectives. We achieve our mission by creating and presenting arts of all types, nurturing artists, and using our historic property in innovative ways.
For more information about media & marketing opportunities and interviews with celebrities, please contact MUKTA Advertising at [email protected] | 416.716.8582.
For all current updates, artist bios and information on where to get the tickets for the special events and other literary and art exhibits, please visit: https://www.artforumsf.org
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @artforumsf @montalvoarts
#SALA2019 #artforumsf #SALAfestival #montalvoarts
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