KGAF 2016

The above is a mirror art that my friends are admiring at KGAF- Kala Ghoda Art Festival.  For this week’s photo challenge on ‘Mirror‘, I thought about this festival.  Below are the details about the festival written earlier during the year.

The Kala Ghoda Art Festival (KGAF 2016) will begin from 6^th Feb and will go on till 14^th Feb 2016. It is an annual festival that commences on the first Saturday of February and closes on the second Sunday in February.

The festival has various sections: visual arts, dance, music, theatre, cinema, literature including children’s literature. There are also workshops, heritage walks, urban design and architecture.

THE FESTIVAL VENUES

• Children 
  Lawns of (CSMVS), The Museum Mumbai
  Kitab Khana at Somaiya Bhavan
• Children’s Literature
  Kitab Khana at Somaiya Bhavan
• Dance
  Cross Maidan
  Dance Workshops are at Somaiya Centre, Somaiya Bhavan
• Cinema 
  The Coomaraswamy Hall and The Visitor Center at (CSMVS), The Museum Mumbai,
  Auditorium at Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
• Food
  Westside
  Restaurants in the district
  Food stalls at Rampart Road and Cross Maidan
• Literature 
  DSL Garden
  Artist’s Center
  Author’s Lounge at Serafina
  Seminar Hall of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
• Stand-Up Comedy
  Irish House
• Street & Stalls
  Rampart Row
  Cross Maidan
• Music
  Cross Maidan
  Steps of the Asiatic Society Library (Town Hall)
• Visual Arts
  Rampart Gallery
  Lawns of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
  Gallery 7
  Art Entrance
  Artists’ Centre
  Coomaraswamy Hall
  Cross Maidan
  DSL Garden
  Tarq for Art Walks
• Workshops
  Somaiya Centre
  Artisan’s and Artists’ Centre
• Theatre
  Horniman Circle Garden
  Auditorium at NGMA (National Gallery of Modern Art)
  C. Ghia Hall at Kaikashru Dubash Marg,
  Stand up comedy at Irish House at Kaikashru Dubash Marg
  Gallery Beyond
• Urban Design & Architecture
  Library at Max Muller Bhavan
  NGMA
  Art Entrance Art Gallery

The following are some programmes to look out for

Children – Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.”  ~Mignon McLaughlin, journalist, and author

• Creating an Impromptu 3-D forms which shall be conducted by Arzan Khambata and Sunil Padwal. They will assist you in experimenting with daily, one-time used objects to create a spontaneous 3D object. This will be at Museum Garden on 7^th Feb.

Food– ‘One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well  ~ Virginia Woolf

• An olive oil workshop is on 6^th Feb at Westside. Ranveer Brar, Chef will teach recipes from his TV show.
• On 7^th, you can learn to cook Canadian and Indian food with Chef Curtis Pintye at Westside.
• Masterchef Sanjeev Kapoor will be at Westside on 13^th Feb, showcasing his selected recipes.
• On 14^th, celebrate Valentine’s Day with wine and wine coolers from Elixir Benedictine

Workshops– In everything that must be done, there is an element of fun ~ PL Travers

• ‘The cat and the comma’- by Niloufer Venkatraman, editor in chief, National Geographic Traveller India. At the workshop, she will be giving tips on travel writing on 7^th Feb.
• ‘Foot Forward’- Travel photography by Indranil Mukherjee will give tips about travel photography.
• Dancing on Paper- An interactive session conducted by Nazia Vasi on Chinese calligraphy is on 12^th Feb.

Make in India Festival –

The dance and music program for the KGAF until February 14, 2016, has been extended by three days February 15, 16 & 17, 2016. The program has been finalised in consultation with the Ministry of Culture, Government of Maharashtra.

Kala Ghoda Association’s (KGA) involvement with the Make in India program in Mumbai at Cross Maidan will include cultural music and dance programs which will be extended until the 17th of February, to incorporate the MAKE IN INDIA program.

Photo Gallery of my visit to KGAF 2014 with my friends 

References:  For complete schedule, visit Kala Ghoda Association 

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