KCC Art & Craft Workshops In July
The season of Monsoon is here. So, are the fun workshops at KCC. Starting from boat making to wash painting, Kolkata Centre for Creativity has brought a wide range of workshops this July. Make a memorable monsoon at KCC.
Join us for an inspiring watercolor workshop at KCC offering a supportive environment to experiment and grow creatively. This hands-on session will explore the fundamentals of watercolor painting, from basic techniques to advanced methods, guided by experienced artist Pradip Maitra.
This workshop is a collateral of Pensive Moons: Recent Watercolours by Bholanath Rudra, a solo exhibition by Emami Art from 28th June to 20th August. This solo show presents Rudra’s most recent large-scale watercolours, offering an expanded view of the forest landscape at night.
Dates: 27th and 28th June
Time: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Venue: KCC, 4th Floor, Room 1
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Watercolour Painting Workshop
Dates: 27th and 28th July
Time: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Venue: KCC, 4th Floor, Room 1
Join us for an inspiring watercolor workshop at KCC offering a supportive environment to experiment and grow creatively. This hands-on session will explore the fundamentals of watercolor painting, from basic techniques to advanced methods, guided by experienced artist Pradip Maitra.
This workshop is a collateral of Pensive Moons: Recent Watercolours by Bholanath Rudra, a solo exhibition by Emami Art from 28th June to 20th August. This solo show presents Rudra’s most recent large-scale watercolours, offering an expanded view of the forest landscape at night.
What you’ll learn:
- A brief history of watercolour legacy
- Use of techniques for different subjects
- Use of material on various papers to get various effects by using wash
- How to choose the working spots
- Merits and demerits of this medium
- Preservation of watercolour
- Mount and framework for exhibitions
Trainer profile: Pradip Maitra
Pradip Maitra has an Education Diploma from The Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship (Ist.Class), Kolkata, and has graduated from Calcutta University. Maitra’s powerful strokes in blacks, olive greens, rusts and many such colours, capture the past to combine with the present and create contemporary modern art. Old historical monuments and figurines, steam engines, dilapidated buildings, present-day situations, are some of the many themes that have found a place in his paintings, in his abstract style. Maitra’s fondness for painting landscapes has resulted in some magnificent and bold creations. His paintings are transparent yet mystic. Pradip Maitra has been a member of the Society of Contemporary Artists since 1988. The artist lives and works in Kolkata.
Who can join?
People with some experience in watercolour painting and over the age of 15+ can attend this workshop.
Craft the Raft - Boat Making Workshop
Date: 6th and 7th July
Time: 11 am to 2 pm
Venue: KCC, 2nd Floor
In the land of the Ganges, Rupnarayan, Tista, and other notable rivers, boats of various types with diversified building technologies catering the various purposes are found. But the art of Boat Making is on the verge of extinction.
Kolkata Centre for Creativity proudly presents a workshop on boat making, facilitated by Swarup Bhattacharyya AKA ‘Boatman of Bengal’. Through this workshop, we will try to understand the process of boat building. Various types of planking patterns, hull construction, nailing, sails, rigs, and knots are to be considered here. Unknown stories around the boat-making and boatmen of Bengal will be an added benefit.
Fee: INR 1800 (Refreshments will be provided)
By the end of the workshop, you can expect to have learned the following:
Knowledge of traditional wooden boats of Bengal
How to use materials for boat-making
Process of boat building
Different types of planking pattern
Boat model making as souvenir
What you will cover:
Introduction on Boats with special reference to Bengal
How to use tools
Different measurements and the making of the template
Cutting of various components and pasting.
Clamping
Shaping of the boat
Making of other accessories like- mast, sail, oar, steering gear, shed etc.
Colouring
Display of model
Trainer profile
After the completion of Master’s degree in anthropology from Calcutta University started research work on Bengal boat since 1997. Man-Boat Relationship became the focus of research which was looked from an anthropological perspective through intensive field-based investigation. Did research at Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark as Guest Research Scholar and also at Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Southampton University, UK. Presently working with Exeter University, UK as Exeter Associate in a project on Endangered Material Knowledge Programme. Worked with Anthropological Survey of India as Visiting Fellow. Worked as Curator of Maulana Azad Museum, Curatorial Assistant of Indian Museum, Kolkata, Project Coordinator of Cultural Research Institute and Associate Coordinator of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, New Delhi.
Actively took part in the process of development of Heritage Boats of Bengal gallery in Kolkata, Water Transport Gallery of IIT-Kharagpur and Odisha State Maritime Museum, Cuttack.
Recommended for
People over 15+ years old.
