ART IN MARCH

This March, The Pomegranate Workshop brings you the very best of Art: Our classics, Art with the Artists and Know Your Art, are back with new batches starting this March! This month you’re spoilt for choice as we lay out our lavish fare for the month to come:

ART WITH THE ARTISTS!

Already into its 3^rd batch, Art with Artists is our intensive technique-based Art workshop conducted by reputed Indian Artists. Sign up for a unique experience of art!

Art with the Artists is a workshop that provides you with the thrill of experimentation, the freedom of artistic expression and the skill to capture beauty in all its forms. Over this 12-week course our expert faculty will teach you basic techniques and guide you in the usage of several art materials: Basic Sketching, Watercolours, Oils, Acrylics, among others. All materials used at the workshop will be provided by us. Our faculty consists of Artists and Art experts Manjiri Thakoor and Anupam Singh who will impart their skills and experience to the participants in an easy, hands-on manner.

Art with the Artists is a unique opportunity to learn skills in art that will last you a lifetime. The workshop is open to all – irrespective of prior skill or experience. Let go the artist within you!

About Manjiri Thakoor: Manjiri combines two unique disciplines - Art and Ancient History. A Bachelor of Fine Art from the JJ School of Art, she has also pursued a Masters program in ancient Indian culture from the Mumbai University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Buddhist Art. She was former head of department of the Academy of Fine Art at Rachana Sansad, has taught heritage architecture at NM College and is currently working with the Prince of Wales museum on curatorial projects. She is also a consultant on various international heritage conservation projects.

About Anupam Singh: Anupam Singh received his art education from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (Bachelors in Visual Arts, 1997) and M.S. University, Baroda (Masters in Fine Arts, 1999) respectively. He has received fellowships which included an Artists Exchange Program to Amsterdam (Netherlands) and an Artists Residency at the Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad. He has participated in several exhibitions, artists’ workshops and public art projects. He currently lives and works in Navi Mumbai.

Workshop Details

Dates: 13^th March – 29^th May (SATURDAYS ONLY)

Timings: 11am – 1.30pm

Venue: Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 8,800/- (inclusive of all materials AND service tax)

(Contact details listed below)

KNOW YOUR ART

We’re back with the very popular KNOW YOUR ART with Madhumita Srivastava, and this is an early bird alert to all those who were wait listed last time around. Please call in soonest...

Know Your Art is a 10-week foundation level course designed for anyone who wants to extend their appreciation of the visual arts. The aim of the course is twofold - to arrive at a better understanding of art through an examination of Western art and to sensitize us to the value of art in contemporary culture.

Our SPECIAL FEATURES include an extensive slide show in each session, which encapsulates a large body of work of the period under discussion, briefing notes in advance of the session and detailed painting lists and datesheets to enable further reference on the works discussed. In addition, the course concludes with a visit to a local gallery.

ARTISTS COVERED include great masters such Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Van Gogh, Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Renoir, Mark Rothko, Wassily Kandinsky among others. In an effort to analyse how the painter, sculptor or architect uses art elements and materials as a means of expression and communication, the workshops will look at different styles, mediums, genres and techniques.

These slide illustrated workshops will move away from a conventional lecture format and instead take on a 'Show and Tell' approach. It will encourage a questioning attitude, individual interpretation and even hot debate – after all, art is subjective and we all have a right to form our own opinion and a right to choose art that we enjoy.

THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO ALL.

About Madhumita Srivastava: Madhumita has a Masters degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan which she followed up with a Masters in Fine Art (Design and Technology) from the Parsons School of Design, New York, with a specialization in broadcast design and motion graphics. She has been a visual designer for video, web and print media projects in India and the U.S. Madhumita's work spans a variety of assignments from art and set design for television shows to graphic design and video editing for "Metropolis as Metaphor", an exhibition in New York city, to creating and designing animated graphics for interactive digital media.

Madhumita has taught graphic design and digital video at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the United States, headed the Masters of Architecture program at Rachana Sansad Academy, Mumbai, and is also part of their Bachelors' program faculty where she introduces her students to new media in design and architecture.

Workshop Details

Dates: 16^th March – 16^th May (TUESDAYS, WITH A GALLERY VISIT SUNDAY)

Timings: 7 – 9pm

Venue: Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 5,500/- (inclusive of all materials AND service tax)

REGISTRATIONS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. PLEASE CALL IN SOONEST.

CONTACT: AKSHAT – 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)

WHAT'S YOUR STORY?

‘The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean.’

– Robert Louis Stevenson

The Pomegranate Workshop presents What’s Your Story? a special workshop in Creative Writing conducted by Meera Godbole-Krishnamurthy.

Writing is an art, writing is a skill, writing is staring at a blank page the night before you have to submit an article, deliver a speech. Or you’re writing a script, and you can’t make it past the interval. Yet write you must. But how to go about it? How do you best present your ideas, how do you tell a good story?

It’s not so difficult really, once you know the basics. At What’s Your Story, we take you through the fundamental process of writing through the world of fiction.

What’s Your Story? is an 8-session workshop where writers of any level of proficiency – beginners or professionals – can find their voice and hone their craft under the guidance of author Meera Krishnamurthy. The workshop will explore the elements of Fiction such as Plot, Character, Setting, Conflict, Dialogue, Language, etc. through exercises and assignments geared towards achieving a mastery over the elements that make for good writing in general and good fiction in particular. The workshop promises a wide selection of representative reading, challenging writing activities and extensive feedback through collective critiques of the participants’ writing.

This workshop is open to all those looking to improve their writing skills – in fiction or non-fiction, irrespective of profession or previous experience. If you have a novel idea, we assure you it’s a likely story.

Meera Godbole-Krishnamurthy was born in Mumbai and has lived in the Philippines, France, and the United States. She studied art and architecture at Oberlin College and ColumbiaUniversity and received a Masters of Architecture from the University of Virginia. In the past several years, she has participated in writing workshops at Stanford University, the UniversityIowa Summer Writing Festival, UC San Diego Extension and the La Jolla Writers Conference. She has been an Adjunct at the New School of Architecture and Design in San Diego. As an artist, she has sold several paintings and shown her work at exhibitions in California. Balancing Act, her first novel, published jointly by Zubaan and Penguin India was released in October 2009.

Workshop Details

Dates: 7^th March – 25^th April (SUNDAYS ONLY)

Timings: 10am – 1pm

Venue: Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs 6,000/- incl of all materials and service tax

Contact: Akshat – 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)