Contemporizing Traditional Skills in the New Age

Kalakaari Haath.Inc and Avid Learning present the fourth episode of Art Redefined Today (A. R. T.) 2020 as a part of a specially curated virtual week – A. R. T. 2020: Tradition Meets Arts and Crafts Today. This thematic week – celebrating India’s rich art and craft traditions – will take a closer look at the myriad of artistic styles, aesthetics and artisanal skills that dot the country’s diverse cultural landscape and how they are being updated, contextualized and redefined for contemporary times.This panel discussion on the redefining of the canon and what is included in its purview as skilled creative output worthy of inclusion will feature Curator and Writer Mayank Mansingh Kaul, Director, Ojas Art Anubhav Nath and Chief Mithaiwala, Bombay Sweet Shop Girish Nayak who will be in conversation with Cultural Entrepreneur Sangita Kathiwada. Join us to learn about innovations in tradition and revisit what the vast canon of traditional art will look like in the coming age.