TALK "Under the People Tree: A Meeting of Hands, Heads and Hearts" at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 23rd August 2016

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 23/08/2016 18:30 23/08/2016 20:00 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Under the People Tree: A Meeting of Hands, Heads and Hearts" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/08/talk-under-people-tree-meeting-of-hands.html Seminar Halls 1&2, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Seminar Halls 1 & 2, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "Under the People Tree: A Meeting of Hands, Heads and Hearts"

People Tree – a tree that grew into a shop in New Delhi. A shop that is not just a shop, but also a great place to be at. Here runs an alternative book store, a magazine, a crafts store, a studio… Its a meeting ground – and of course, breeding ground too – of art, commerce and madness. People come to this tree from everywhere. To share. To buy and sell. To laugh, draw, search, read, speak out, locate, relocate. LILA PRISM 2016 brings to you the story of how some madly magical people have been joining hands, heads and hearts under this people tree for years. You hear it from the founders, Gurpreet Sidhu and Orijit Sen

Gurpreet Sidhu is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, and has been the ‘hands-on’ director of People Tree since its inception. She contributes to every aspect of its activities: crafts development, arts workshops and training, garment design, printing and dyeing, networking and interaction, support and social action…She has worked on design projects for organizations such as UNICEF, and the Gujarat State Handicrafts Development Corporation as well as for Oxfam and other NGOs and citizens’ groups. Currently, she is working in a unique photographic and sociological study of a small rural community in Goa. According to her colleagues, Gurpreeet is the one who carries the spirit of People Tree across time and space – directing the present, preserving the past and envisioning the future.

Orijit Sen studied graphic design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He has worked on several exhibitions and museum design projects in India, the UK and Russia. He also works as a freelance graphic designer, comics creator, and illustrator, in addition to functioning as the Creative Director of People Tree, which he co-founded with his wife Gurpreet Sidhu in 1990. His published works include The Rive of Stories, Imung, and the award winning collaboration Trash! His colleagues guarantee that he brings a brilliant combination of wit, imagery, and acute social sensitivity to his multi-faceted work on comics, book covers, posters, t- shirt, and so much else!

Jasleen Dhamija (Chair) is a veteran Indian textile art historian and crafts expert. She is best known for her pioneering research on the handloom and handicraft industry, especially history of textiles and costumes. In 1954, she started working with Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay towards raft revival, community development and women's employment. While working with the Handicrafts Board of India, she started engaging directly with artisans in rural areas, which led her to work with the UN to develop self-help programmes for women in war-torn Balkan countries.Over the years, she has curated several textile and crafts exhibitions. In 2007, she published a biography of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and her role in the revival of the arts and crafts in modern India. She has remained a faculty at the National Insitute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, where she taught History of Indian Textiles and costumes, and a professor of living cultural traditions at the University of Minnesota.   Over the years, during her career as a textile revivalist and scholar, she has authored several books on textiles, including Sacred Textiles of India (2014).

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