1 February, 2020 @ Amphitheatre, Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi
An on-the-spot portrait painting of artists, organized by members of the College of Art Alumni, took the city by storm
Innovation and acumen went hand-in-hand at Amphitheatre, Indian Habitat Centre when a group of established artists who call themselves the ‘Cloud in the Box’ (CITB) group formed by members of the Alumnae of College of Art, held an on-the-spot portrait painting of famed artists in situ, in a live show, infused with the core objective of initiating and enhancing dialogues between art, its maker and the viewers. This organization has been in the forefront of holding unique art programmes on live stage platforms earlier, but the portrait painting event was a one-of-a-kind, even for the organizers.
This pioneering art initiative held in February, saw famed personalities, such as Sonal Sehgal, actor and author, Subir Malik of Parikarma fame, as subjects for portraits sitting on stage and being painted by a group of chosen artists Amit Srivastava, Vandana Kumari, Tirthankar Biswas, Sandeep Kumar, Kamal Rao, and Javed Mulani, in full view of an admiring public, who too, took up the initiative and began sketching their own masterpieces.
The event had drawn together an audience of doctors, IT professionals, engineers, hotel industry professionals, fashion and finance honchos as also leading art practitioners, such as Anandmoy Banerjee, Niren Sengupta, Abhinav Dhar, Mala Sapra, Jayesh Desai, Naved Akhtar, Prashant Solomon, Naren Kailmal, Adit Dave, Hemant Khandelwal and Probir Dutt, among others.
Following the runaway success of this maiden venture, the organizers have announced that the forthcoming event will be held for a day, across five months , culminating in a five-day Art Exhibition, at the same venue. The event was supported by IHC, Chintels India, Cottons & Satins and Old School Films.
The next event is scheduled for 7th March, 2020, so keep the date free and come and try your hand at discovering your hidden talent.
