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Art & Insight: Online Lecture Series
Godna Painting and The God
Centre for Creativity, Folkarotpedia Foundation, Patna, in collaboration with Creative Mithila, NJ, USA, is pleased to announce the opening lecture, the first among many forthcoming lectures with experts from diverse fields of Folk, Traditional and Tribal arts.
Topic: Godna Paintings and The God
January 10, 2026 | 9.30 pm IST | 11 am EST
Speaker: Sunil Kumar, Director, Folkartopedia
Moderator: Nupur Nishith, Director, Creative Mithila
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You are cordially invited to attend the LOKA 2025, the 1st National Exhibition of Jharkhand, comprising folk, traditional and tribal arts.
Folkartopedia Foundation, in collaboration with the Directorate of Culture, Department of Tourism, Art-Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs, Government of Jharkhand and Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Patna, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India is pleased to announce the LOKA 2025: Celebration of Folk Traditions, the 1st National Exhibition of Folk Arts in Jharkhand. Experience mesmerising collection of Folk, Traditional and Tribal Arts from across the country.
- October 10 - 15, 2025
- Audrey House, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Folkartopedia, in collaboration with ICCR, Patna, is organising the 1st art exhibition in PSK, Patna, under the title, Saha-Loka. (Preview on invitation only)
- July 25 - August 15, 2025
- PSK, Pataliputra, Patna
Engage with the 1st National Exhibition of Bihar, showcasing folk, traditional, and tribal arts in Patna, under the title ‘Celebration of Folk Traditions’.
- April 18 - 20, 2025
- Art College, Patna, Bihar
Engage with State award-winning artist Khushboo Kumari to explore the future of Tikuli painting and learn the process step-by-step.
Eminent artist Khushboo Kumar lives and practices Tikuli painting in Patna, Bihar.
- December 16 - 20, 2024
- Folkartopedia Eduction Series
Films on board
1. Naina Jogin: An Ascetic Eye
Director: Praveen Kumar
2. Sama In The Forest
Director: Carlos Gomez
3. The One Eared Elephant from Hazaribad
Director: Susanne Gupta
- December 05, 2020
- Art Talk Series
Contemporary Connect lectures 4/4 Contemporary Art in Bihar / Gen Z Speaker I Vikas Kumar
Curator I Consultant & Educator
An overview on art practices by younger generation of artists of Bihar.
Curator I Rawindra Das
- December 13, 2020
- Art Talk Series
Until the end of the fifties, Bihar had no interaction with national art movements but just in next two decades and by the end of eighties, the then young artists were exploring new avenues on national level and were getting recognition. Here, a new term ‘Migration’ also comes in light. To have a concise picturesque, please join art talk with senior artist of Bihar, Ajit Dube.
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Curator I Rawindra Das
- December 05, 2020
- Art Talk Series
In early 1980, young artists from Bihar started breaking zink thoughts of being unaffected from contemporary art practices in India and across the globe. In search of recognition and to add new dimensions in their art, they explored themselves and draw a very different line on national and international art sphere. How this transformation begins, join us to have a look with Director, Bodhgaya Biennale and senior art writer of Bihar, Vinay Kumar.
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Curator I Rawindra Das
- December 06, 2020
- Art Talk Series
We have witnessed many notable deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. Among them, there were many artists. Nobody knows, who is the next. So, let us come and pray for them together, and take a walk down memory lane.
- November 28, 2020
- Art Talk Series
When we think of contemporary art, what does it mean actually for Bihar art scene, where is the opening mark and who were the early artists? There are many questions we have to deal with, especially on the account of it’s early chapters.
Curator I Rawindra Das
- November 28, 2020
- Art Talk Series