Kolkata Centre for Creativity hosted the second edition of the AMI Arts Festival to celebrate the rich culture of Bengal’s legacy through ar...
Kolkata Centre for Creativity hosted the second edition of the AMI Arts Festival to celebrate the rich culture of Bengal’s legacy through art, music, food and more. The celebration of this amalgamation of cutting-edge contemporary art and traditional crafts was held from December 17 to 20 at Nazrul and was open to all.
The inaugural ceremony of AMI
Arts Festival 2021 was graced by Nakamura Yutaka, Consul General of Japan in Kolkata, Manish Chakraborti, Conservation
Architect and Head, Department of Architecture, Sister Nivedita University, New
Town, Kolkata, Richa Agarwal,
Chairperson, Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Debasish Sen, Chairman and Managing Director, WBHIDCO Ltd.,
followed by a musical performance by Pandit Uday Bhawalkar.
Focusing on the varied aspects of art and culture the
festival saw indigenous folk performances by Tusu, Bhadu, Gambhira and Raibeshe. Both well-known artists and
lesser-known talented artists as well as those struggling to begin their
journey figured in the event. Stunning original artworks from over 50 artists
across India were also on display.
Another
major attraction at the AMI Arts 2021 was the art and craft market with
handmade cards, dolls, curios, furniture and clothes on sale. Hands-on art and
craft workshops by Dipankar Roy,
Upal Sengupta (of ‘Chandrabindoo’), Rituparno Basu and Tamal Bhattacharya were
the other attractions. The melodious musical evenings saw singers like Sahana Bajpaie, Lopamudra, Cizzy, Srijaini
Ghosh, Rene Singh regaling the packed arena with their songs.
Lesser-known
documentaries by Goutam Ghose, a conversation with the director himself and a
special screening and release of five animated films based on children’s books
written and illustrated by K. G.
Subramanyan and A. Ramachandran was followed by a panel
discussion with speakers Prof. R.
Siva Kumar, Naveen Kishore, Jogen Chowdhury and Chhatrapati Dutta.
A virtual talk session in association with Seagull Books had speakers like
Naveen Kishore and Pushan Kripalani, Sarover Zaidi, Nilanjana
Bhowmik and Wanjiku Wa Ngũgĩ. An exclusive film screening on ‘Radical Intimacies’ was held in collaboration
with British Council.
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