Over the years, Gulmohar has been growing as a community of artists & creative people working towards the common good. Carrying forward the same spirit of community & collaboration, we decided to start an art residency: Amaltas.
While taking participants’ feedback after a recently concluded community event@gulmohar, one of our friends gave us a beautiful slogan: “Happiness shared is happiness doubled; when so many join in to share their happiness it is happiness raised to infinity.” This feedback further reinforced our idea of starting Amaltas wherein we intend to share happiness through sharing our space & resources and extending community goodwill.
Disciplines
@Amaltas we invite writers, curators, visual artists, photographers, printmakers & sculptors. We also welcome social changemakers & artists who want to explore art for community/healing.
Duration of Residency
The duration of residency can be from two weeks to six months.
Accommodation
Accommodation is provided on sharing basis in a three bedroom apartment. It is a fully furnished apartment with ample natural light & breeze during all seasons.All the rooms have balconies where one can perch to breathe in the green, enjoy the birdsongs or simply read from the collection of books we have. Guests can also indulge in pottery or weaving(we have a small handloom & potter's wheel).
Location
We are situated in a convenient location, close to all local amenities. The Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University is approximately 4 kms from this place. • Chhaap printmaking studio • Sculpture studio
Residency fees
Depending upon room size & sharing preferences , the fees would be between 20K-80K INR The artist would also have to specify studio+material requirements towards determining total fees.
Application Information
Please email your resume on friends@gulmohar.space along with a portfolio of your work to give us a glimpse into the kind of work that you do. We also request you to enclose a brief statement explaining what you intend to do during the residency.
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Trupti Pandya; the founder of Serving Hearts is formally trained as a psychologist & hypnotherapist.
She is a community weaver; through her initiative HeArt Circles she brings people together to immerse in the power of creativity -through songs, stories, play, clay, visual art or the whispers of nature.
Trupti’s work domain & underlying philosophy aligned so well with the ethos of Gulmohar. It is really gratifying to support her journey where art takes more meaningful and more responsible role socially.
Padmaja. C. runs a textile arts & print studio in Brooklyn, USA. Trained in printmaking from New York Fashion Institute, she leads hands-on art workshops and introductory courses in surface design. Apart from commercial design projects, practicing Japanese Shibori for over a decade, she creates bespoke, one-of-a-kind scarves & clothing in natural fibres with eco-friendly dyes & pigments.
Padmaja’s skill palette is vast and her keenness to learn new skills makes her an ardent learner. It was a delight to witness her enthusiasm to share her ideas & skills with others during our interactive sessions. She conducted a two day workshop on cyanotype (on textiles) and one day workshop on Sashiko: Japanese darning technique. Apart from doing workshops she also did a small commissioned job for one of our client projects @Gulmohar.
Rinni Choudhary is a young artist and aspiring writer whose work and practice is deeply rooted in the belief that creativity is a potent tool to the progress of society. She’s a graduate of Painting from Delhi college of Art and did her Master’s in Painting and Expanded Media from University of Hyderabad.
Her visual art practice is ushered by the love of learning different mediums and the writings of children from Palestine. Through the paper, paint & print, she seeks the quiet melody of peace – art as resistance, art as hope.
While reading & researching about the numerous voices for and from Palestine, she’s also working on a series of prints as she’s learning printmaking at the Chhaap printmaking studio. She could visit many art shows, open studios and lectures at M.S.University. And we believe she would benefit from this experience as a young explorative artist.
