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Rain Barrel - April 2013
Artists were asked to turn plain rain barrels into functional art for Cary causes. Me and couple of other like-minded artists participated in creating this rain barrel using the "Madhubani" folk art style.
Our group - Vividh - is a group of like-minded women who are talented, creative, and who have a burning desire to give back to society.
Designed barrels are currently on display throughout Cary for the month of April, including at Spring Daze on April 27 as part of Earth Day. Following Spring Daze, the artisan rain barrels will be auctioned off, with proceeds benefiting the Town’s OASIS program and Relief for Recreation Scholarship Fund.
Cary Diwali 2012 Exhibition
Sampada Agarwal October 2012
Hope you did not miss to check out the exhibition tent at Cary Diwali 2012!!
Activities at the Exhibition Tent:
- Collaborative canvas painting portraying “Maitri – The Friendship Circle”: Be part of a beautiful creation. You could be the lucky winner to win the painting in the raffle. Raffle was conducted at 5 pm.
- “Rustic Motifs” – A Folk Art exhibit: Participants from the Visual Art workshops offered in Summer 2012 through Town of Cary will displayed their fabulous work.
- Live art demonstrations: Visual Art workshop participants demonstrated various styles of art like Warli, Madhubani, and Zentangle. Teen and adults demonstrators will answered visitors' questions you might have about the art forms and the workshops.
- “Weaver to wearer” – an informative and inspiring talk by local student entrepreneur Marisa Heyl who is helping block print artists and weavers in India with her efforts to help thrive the art and artists. The talk was held at 12:30 and 3:30, followed by a Q&A session.
- Kids registered for free hands-on activities of decorating Lakshmi’s footprints, making rangoli plates, and diya luminaries.
- Rangoli chalk artis was available for the kids to participate in coloring a beautiful rangoli design on the sidewalks. Encourage your children to learn and enjoy this ancient tradition.
'Chittara' - a tribal art form from India
Sampada Agarwal July 2012
I spent 5 days with my sister in the Uttar Karnataka area in India learning a new tribal art form called 'Chittara'. The incessant rain, the paddy fields, the mooing of cows, painting in a hut - all these events combined to form a novel experience for me.
I hope to work on this art form on my own and experiment on various mediums. For now, I am happy to have learned it from one of the masters of the art form.
Visual Art Classes at Town of Cary
Sampada Agarwal June 2012
Summer 2012 was pretty hectic for me - I offered 4 different art work shops for 2 age groups in collaboration with Hum Sub and Town of Cary. It was the very first time that Indian art workshops were offered through the Town of Cary. It was a great experience for me, both as an artist and teacher.
I am looking forward to exhibiting work done by my students at the Cary Diwali 2012 Exhibition.
As a prelude to the workshops, here is a story about my journey as an artist by Lindsey Chester.