In the last quarter, IFA crossed an important milestone—the launch of its new office in Mumbai. After frequent requests from grantees, trustees, patrons, friends and other well-wishers to expand our base, we finally opened our doors to Mumbai on April 7 and 8, 2012 with a grand festival at the Prithvi Theatre. We are grateful to Prithvi Theatre, Project 88, Art India and Mohile Parikh Centre (MPC), who will partner IFA to host these events in Mumbai...
IFA is proud to announce that the latest issue of ArtConnect, our bi-annual magazine for the arts, is in print. Focusing on the Ramayana, and brought out in collaboration with the Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts Research, it features critical essays by painter, writer and art critic Gulammohammed Sheikh, historian Romila Thapar, political psychologist and social theorist Ashis Nandy, poet, writer and translator, Eddin Khoo and Tamil writer and researcher in women’s studies, C S Lakshmi...
We are happy to announce the publication of Embroidering Futures: Repurposing the Kantha, edited by Ritu Sethi. Supported by the Infosys Foundation, this book documents the journey of kantha embroidery from a household custom of women in Bengal to a staple of shops and boutiques in the big cities where it is now sold as an expensive work of art. In narrating the story of the kantha through interviews with collectors, inheritors, designers and producers, the book also explores the different ways in which its survival can be ensured...
