Apparao Galleries, in association with The Hindu Lit for Life, is conducting a series of five workshops from October 2015 to January 2016 on writing on the arts. It will offer a comprehensive understanding on covering topics such as writing on tradition and heritage and from the artist’s, curator’s, critic’s and journalist’s perspective.
The first workshop, on curatorial writing, will be conducted by Mayank Mansingh Kaul, a Delhi-based textile designer working with contemporary handcrafts. He is the founder-director of The Design Project India, a not-for-profit organisation working on writing, curatorial and archival projects in Indian design. The workshop will feature four sessions: introduction to writing for the arts and culture, comparing approaches in writing for different contexts (print media, internet and social media, art projects and curatorial writing), how to identify and develop a unique style of writing and exercise on writing small texts, with peer discussion.
The following workshops will cover critiquing the arts (Sadanand Menon, November 14), journalist’s approach (Dr. Ashrafi Bhagat, November 28), heritage and antiquities in arts (Pradeep Chakravarthy, December 12) and finding the artists (Dayanita Singh, January 16, 2016).
Date and time: October 31, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Venue: Apparao Galleries, 7, Wallace Garden, Nungambakkam
To register (required), please call 99410 12388, 96861 12078 or email reena@apparaoart.com and events@apparaoart.com.
The paid lecture series costs Rs. 2,500 for five lectures. Each lecture will cost Rs. 700.
