Please Join an Exclusive Hand Block Printing Textile Presentation Cum Workshop (11 a.m – 12.30 pm)
Create and take back your own Block Printed Souvenirs!
Followed by an Exhibition and Sale of one-of-a-kind Scarves from the Deivi Handcrafted Collection (12.30 pm -1.30 pm)
Presented by Textile Artist/Designer Hemangini Singh , Royal Family descendent, House of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Hemangini Singh draws her inspiration from the skilled artistry of local artisans in her native Rajasthan. Using this craft tradition as her base, she layers the creation of her textiles in a unique expression of East-meets-West aesthetic, blending traditional style with her own inspired refinement. Hemangini brings together local artisans in curating a collection of innovative textile crafts, ensuring that traditional techniques of the artisan community are not lost to future generations.
SACHI (Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India) and Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, are Proud to Present An Illuminating Presentation By Distinguished Scholar and San Francisco based historian Omar Khan.
Paper Jewels is the story of postcards during the Raj spanning India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Burma. Postcards were the Instagram of their time, depicting the subcontinent, its people, places and preoccupations to the world. The first color and global visual communications medium to represent India between 1892 and 1947, the talk weaves together postcard artists, photographers, and publishers that define the rich history of the postcard in the subcontinent.
A Reception follows in the Loggia at 3.30 PM.
Free with Museum Admission and Open to the Public.
