Jitish Kallat | Artist Talk: In Conversation with Dan Werthimer and Atreyee Gupta

Date:     Sunday, March - 08, 2026
Time:    11am
Location:   Samsung Hall
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street, SF

Explore some of the big questions of existence with acclaimed contemporary artist Jitish Kallat and SETI Chief Scientist Dan Werthimer. Don’t miss this singular opportunity to hear two pioneering figures in their fields discuss art, science, and what the search for intelligent life in the universe reveals about us.

Delhi-based Contemporary Artist Seema Kohli – The Body: Inner and Outer Worlds

Date:     Thursday, February - 26, 2026
Time:    4.30pm
Location:   Palo Alto Art Center Meeting Room
1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto
In a unique & experiential encounter with the ‘Mandala’, a powerful meditation tool, Seema Kohli will lead us on a journey of The Body:  Inner and Outer Worlds

From Golconda Diamonds to Jadaau with Sirjana Singh

Date:     Sunday, May - 04, 2025
Time:    3.00 - 5.00 pm
Location:   87 Nora Way, Atherton, CA 94027
Sirjana Singh will share her personal insights and learning as a designer, her work with craftsmen who use generational tools and techniques, and showing how she takes a piece from inception to the final jewel.

Becoming Rational About Reincarnation: The Upanishads, the Pythagoreans & the Gita

Date:     Sunday, March - 17, 2024
Time:    2 pm
Location:   Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
George Hammond, Chairman, Board of Humanities West, will lead an intriguing discussion on Reincarnation and Indo-Greek exchange.

Reflections of Divine Love

Date:     Sunday, August - 27, 2023
Time:    4:00 -6:00 pm
Location:   Private Residence
405 Melville Avenue
Palo Alto CA

Jayanti Sahasrabuddhe presents select music compositions that enliven the recent Exhibition theme at the Asian Art Museum: Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art (March 31-July 10, 2023). This program echoes the moods and sentiments, the deities and the seasons, depicted in exhibition paintings and sculptures. The classical, raga-based music compositions are joyful and evocative. They reflect the beauty embedded in different facets of divine love.

Shanti and the Knot of Protection: A Rakhi Story

Date:     Sunday, August - 20, 2023
Time:    11:00 am
Location:   Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium
1313 Newell Road Palo Alto, CA

SACHI and Palo Alto Art Center Invite You to a

Spellbinding  In – Person Live Family Event coinciding with Rakhi Festival

A Book Launch Celebration

And Exploring South Asian American Identity

Shanti and the Knot of Protection: A Rakhi Story

With Amita Roy Shah (Author) & Faariha Mastur (Illustrator)

The Event is Free and Open to the Public

Please RSVP:  info@sachi.org; 650-315-2095

 

Families will discover the history and traditions of ‘Rakhi’

with ‘Shanti and the Knot of Protection: A Rakhi Story —

a captivating new children’s book. 

Children will also engage in a hands-on ‘rakhi’ activity.

THE GODDESS AND HER LIEUTENANT

Date:     Thursday, March - 09, 2023
Time:    2:00 pm
Location:   Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto

A Festive Celebration of Dance in Rituals

In Joyful Anticipation of

A Major Asian Art Museum, SF Exhibition

Beyond Bollywood:  2000 Years of Dance in Art  

(March 31 – July 10, 2023)

SACHI, SOCIETY FOR ART & CULTURAL

HERITAGE OF INDIA, AND PALO ALTO ART CENTER

Invite You to Join

A Rare and Special Afternoon on Kerala Crafts & Festivals

THE GODDESS AND HER LIEUTENANT

Presented by Design Scholar and Historian

Sarita Sundar

Fulbright Visiting Scholar

Dept. of History, University of Vermont

Exploring Styles, and Wearing the Turban with Pride : Dastaar, Paag, Pagri Safaa, Ushnisha

Date:     Friday, December - 16, 2022
Time:    2:30 pm
Location:   Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto

Please Join SACHI and Palo Alto Art Center

In an enticing Holiday Turban Event:

Exploring Styles, and Wearing the Turban with Pride

Dastaar, Paag, Pagri Safaa, Ushnisha

In this talk, Shivi Singh Legha

unfurls the story of the turban:

its heritage and traditions, styles and colors,

from palaces to the streets of India.

A joyful & colorful turban tying demonstration

accompanies the presentation with 

Abhay Pratap Singh and Nirbhay Pratap Singh

We look forward to having you!