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SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE
& ART FESTIVAL – October 6 to 13, 2019.
Special event on Oct 18th at 8 pm | Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga CA | Noon to 5 pm
For the first time ever, Montalvo
Arts Center and Art Forum in collaboration with UC Berkeley
Institute of South Asian Studies bring to you one
of the largest South Asian Literature & Art Festival (SALA) in the
US.
South Asian Literature and
Art Festival celebrates contemporary reflections of literature and arts from
the sub-continent in the US and promises to transform the sylvan Montalvo
grounds into a Megalopolis.
Come
and spend the day at Montalvo in Saratoga, California, and witness the power of
dialogue and discussion, the artist’s refuge, the artist’s atelier, and the
writer’s studio! And enter the South Asian Wonderland that revels in telling
the stories that may find their roots on the banks of the 4000-year-old Indus
River but are narrated in the twenty-first century. Art that is taking the old
soul of the subcontinent and is emerging with defiance, contemplation, and
dignity in modern times.
The Montalvo grounds will create a fair-like atmosphere with
bookstores, book-reading, children’s hands-on craft activities, writing
programs, food stalls, and art-related exhibitors, there will be something for
everyone and people of all ages.
Folk artists, Bollywood
Pop up dancers, Bhangra rhythms, Semi-Classical short pieces of dance interludes
interspersed with the subcontinent’s flavorful food stops.
The festival will feature highly
acclaimed contemporary Indian Art collection and this exhibit will co-exist
along with panel discussions that include Art, Literature, Poetry, and Cinema. Plus, local, national and international authors and artists to speak
in keynotes, on-panels, and on-stage presentations.
The Art Walk at Montalvo will feature established artists from its diaspora:
- Rekha Roddwittiya, a contemporary and eminent artist whose name is synonymous with a very restrained, yet resounding gaze at feminism
- Priyanka Mathew from Sunderlande New York presents the exhibition Revelations: The Evolution of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, featuring iconic works by Jamini Roy, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Krishen Khanna, Anjolie Ela Menon, Shobha Broota, G. R. Iranna, and more. The exhibition opens from Oct 6th to 13th.
- Dipti Mathur renown art collector and a philanthropist from South Bay in conversation with Prof Sugata Ray from UC Berkeley
- Elaborate encounter Deepti Naval, a legendary actor, painter, and a poet, in conversation with Prof Harsha Ram from UC Berkeley
- Revisiting Gandhi artist Shelly Jyoti unfurls her yards of handspun cloth
Writers Row at Montalvo will
feature established writers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the USA:
- Vikram Chandra, Nayomi Munaweera, Minal Hajratwala, and Shanthi Sekaran – established authors from the diaspora
- Vikramaditya Motwane – Director, Netflix original Sacred Games
- Varun Grover – Scriptwriter, Netflix original Sacred Games
- Vikram Chandra – Author, Netflix original Sacred Games
- Raghu Karnad – Journalist and the Yale Wyndham Campbell award recipient for Farthest Field in Montalvo
- Anurag Kashyap – special event featuring highly acclaimed and award-winning director and scriptwriter is scheduled on October 18th at 8 pm
- The emerging genre of “Children’s & Young Adult Writers” curated by KitaabWorld featuring the South Asian young adult writers, graphic novel writers, and children’s Writers, is another festival high light.
About Art Forum: Art Forum is a not for profit
that strives to define and promote all art forms emerging from South Asia. We
endeavor to present the visual, the literary and the performing arts in their
manifold versions thus promoting a wider reach for South Asian voices.
About Montalvo Art Center: Montalvo Arts Center’s mission is to engage the public in the
creative process, acting as a catalyst for exploring the arts, unleashing
creativity, and advancing different cultural and cross-cultural perspectives.
We achieve our mission by creating and presenting arts of all types,
nurturing artists, and using our historic property in innovative ways.
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media & marketing opportunities and to interview the celebrities please
contact MUKTA Advertising at info@m-a.ca | 416.716.8582.
For all current updates,
artist bios and information on where to get the tickets for the special
events and other literary and art exhibits, please visit: www.artforumsf.org
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