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Chitra Ganesh on the Shape-Shifting Commentary of an Artist

Shreya Ajmani: How did you begin your practice?

Chitra Ganesh: I was fortunate that my parents always encouraged my interest in art, but the prospect of becoming a professional artist seemed impossible to me. Growing up, there was no one in our community who was a practising artist whom I could access as a role model. This changed on becoming involved with the South Asian Women's Creative Collective in the late 1990s and meeting other South Asians who were interested in the arts, some in a professional capacity. My mother also passed away around this time and I started working part-time and making paintings in my apartment.  

Excerpt from Chitra Ganesh’s interview.

Priyanka Dasgupta, “Where Straight Lines Fail”, 2016. Installation (video, sculpture, archival documents), dimensions vary. Courtesy of the artist

The South Asian Women’s Creative Collective – SAWCC is pleased to present its 20th anniversary visual a​rts exhibition, ​”Archival Alchemy,” guest curated by Saisha Grayson at Abrons Arts Center and featuring Parsons alumnus Patience Rustomji and faculty Chitra Ganesh. “Archival Alchemy” will feature 13 artists and collectives from throughout the diaspora, working across artistic media to investigate the resonances found in an archival past on the contingencies of the present.

TBG X NYC :: #THEBROWNGIRLMOVEMENT

We’re on our way to the USA and nervous and excited all at the same time. All the support and encouragement from our family, friends and fellow BROWNGIRLS has been so incredible - we can’t wait to make the most of our trip and really bring the message of positivity and pride in your culture to the States.

Follow us on Snapchat (username: two-browngirls) & Twitter to keep up with our trip...

Please do spread the word and try to come along to one of the events below if you can!

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Event: TWO-BROWNGIRLS present THE BROWNGIRL MOVEMENT

Date: Monday 21st March 2016

Time: 5.30pm

Location: NJCU School of Business, 160 Harborside, Plaza 2, Skyline Room, #233, Jersey City, NJ 07311

Tickets: BOOKING ESSENTIAL: www.tinyurl.com/gosmcsb or call (201) 200-3189

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Event: SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN’S CREATIVE COLLECTIVE SALON

Date: Wednesday 23rd March 2016

Time: 7pm – 9pm

Location: Asian American Writer’s Workshop, 112 W 27th St, 6th floor, NYC

Tickets: Free at the door

SAWCC: WORK-IN-PROGRESS SALON - open to all women. http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/sawcc-work-in-progress-salon

An informal salon-style gathering for female artists of South Asian origin to share creative work-in-progress, across artistic disciplines. Several artists will present unfinished work, and the space opened up for discussion and questions. Their creative projects span disciplines - including photography, visual art, and writing - as well as multi-disciplinary work.
 Artists include:
 Nasrin Begum & Angela Wraight, with a migration and equality-themed graphic story, 
Kulwinder Bajar, with a socially engaged visual project exploring personal narrative, Ritu Mahendru, with a visual ethnography project using photography in Afghanistan, Sudipta Modi, with a multi-disciplinary international ‘trans-island-ic’ collaboration.


Chairing the salon is Poulomi Desai - multimedia artist, curator, and artistic director of Usurp Art Gallery & Studios. Desai has worked across disciplines including photography, film, music, and sound art for more than three decades. She has presented artistic work with both SAWCC New York and SAWCC London. She was recently commissioned by Sound and Music/ Google Cultural Institute/ British Music Collection to curate an online exhibition for International Women's Day, celebrating composers and sound artists.
 SAWCC London's salon-style sharing circle offers supportive space to connect with fellow creative women. For artists: an opportunity to take in valuable feedback and inspiration, and to share one's artistic visions and processes. For other creative professionals and arts enthusiasts: a chance to meet established and emerging artists up close; to see and influence artistic work at early stages.
 

Please Forward To Community! Project Bandhan South Asian Queers' Family Experiences...

This project seeks South Asian/Desi LGBQ and/or Trans* identified folks who are interested to participate in a visual documentation on their relationships with their families in New York City. For more information on this project, please visit: http://projectbandhan.wordpress.com/ Apply by September 17, 2014: http://projectbandhan.wordpress.com/submission-application/ For any questions or inquiries, email: [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Poster Artwork by Khushboo Gulati ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------> This project is being supported by the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) Young Leaders Institute and will be supported entirely through donations.