Here is an opportunity to learn the Bengal Painting techniques - from Patua artist Suman Chitrakar. At the workshop, you will learn the nuances of the Bengal Painting style from master folk artist Suman Chitrakar and make and carry back your own Bengali painting! The paintings will be made with NATURAL COLOURS that are traditionally used.

The workshops will be conducted in Hyderabad from July 28 th - July 31st

6-8 venues to be announced.

PAY only Rs. 950/- for advance registration (includes art materials) and specify the venue at which you will be interested to attend the workshop. Registration on the day of the workshop will be at Rs. 1250/- FOR DETAILS, email sohini@heartforart.co.in or call +91 9560901211/ 8999093398

Suman Chitrakar is a young Patua Artist from West Bengal. He started painting nine years ago at the age of twenty with his mentor Jagdevji. Suman has been creatively infusing new themes to the traditional art form to create a distinctive style of his own. Suman carries the lineage of ‘folk’ artists who paint long, vertical scrolls and compose verses. His artwork has featured in two books – one book on Bono Bibi of the Sunderbans and another on the life of Savitribai Phule published by Azim Premji University. Suman has conducted workshops on Bengal Pattachitra in Delhi with the Happy Hands Foundation, in Kolkata with Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, an organization under Ministry of Culture at a workshop organized at the Victoria Memorial Hall, and in Goa with the Kala Academy.

Bengal paintings, popularised by master artists such as Jamini Roy, are inspired by the bold themes, colours and icons of Kali+Durga. Appreciate and Learn the nuances of Bengal Folk Paintings - Nayagram, Kalighat, Bengal Pattachitra and Santhal Paintings.

Suman will engage the participants in an exploration of the Patachitra (Scroll Painting) performance tradition and enable them to create new performative pieces based on their world of imagination that they imbibe from their social and cultural environment. The storytelling and singing by Suman would help participants create new stories and turn them into performances, thereby instilling in participants the confidence to imagine the performative aspect of the Bengal painting’s tradition.

The workshop will be followed by a sale of Masterpieces by the Artisans.