Creating Days- Out I- 1st A.M.M.A.A. Art Workshop is the first event organised by A.M.M.A.A. inviting Indian artists, and was held at Critical Dialogues Art Space, Delhi, India. The two-day program involved studio work , collective engagement and interactions on the artist as a mother . The event concluded into an Open-Hour Discussion with participating artists bringing forth their personal maternal experiences, as well as their processes of creating the works generating from them during the studio-workshop. The audience brought in valuable input and responses on the artists' dilemmas and experiential challenges as an artist and a mother.
The poster of the 1st A.M.M.A.A. Art Workshop.
Kavita Nayar at work , building layers of paint.
Shruti Gupta Chandra creating during the workshop.
Ritu Kamath at work along with a volunteer.
Artists welcome each other at the workshop.
Merin Moli busy focusing on her drawings.
A detail of work -in- process by Kavita Nayar.
Ruchika Wason Singh beginning the Open-Hour Discussion , which followed the workshop.
The panel of the Open-Hour Discussion.
Prof. Nishat Zaidi (JMI) and Prof. Yashadutta Alone (JNU) join the discussion.
Curator Anoop Kamath responds to a point during the discussion.
(L to R) Ritika Sharma & Ritika Mittal (volunteers for the workshop) , Kavita Nayar (artist), Ritu Kamath (artist) ,Ruchika Wason Singh (curator- organiser of the workshop), Merlin Moli (artist) , Shruti Gupta Chandra (artist) and Kanchan Kapruwan (volunteer).
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