Join an evening of presentation and conversation with Director Nandita Das on her recently released film Manto.
The film, Manto(2018), is a story of two emerging nations, two faltering cities, and one man trying to make sense of it all. It follows the life of maverick writer Saadat Hasan Manto and his journey from India to Pakistan following India’s independence from the British Empire and during the Partition (1946-50).
Director Nandita Das has acted in more than 40 feature films in 10 different languages. She has a Master’s degree in Social Work and is a strong advocate for issues of social justice and human rights. Das made her directorial debut with the film Firaaq (2008), and also directed the play Between the Lines (2012) that engages with gender inequalities among the affluent, educated classes in India. She has served as Chairperson of Children’s Film Society of India (2009, 2012) and on the Jury for Cannes Film Festival (2005, 20013).
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO RSVP REQUIRED.
Photo Credit: Aditya Varma.
Meet Artist-in-Residence, Vishal Dar, and enjoy an intimate studio reception with the artist at Headlands Center for the Arts. The studio visit will be followed by an artist-led tour to experience augmented reality light sculptures in former military batteries within the Marin Headlands National Park. Vishal K. Dar’s Edge of See: Twilight Engines uses site-specific light sculptures viewed through an augmented reality app to push our senses of vision, scale, motion, and time.
This event is free for SACHI guests. Please RSVP to events@headlands.org. Specific directions will be shared with those planning to attend.
Image Credit: Vishal K. Dar, Edge of See: Twilight Engines, 2019; © Vishal K. Dar . Courtesy Headlands Center for the Arts.
SACHI, Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India, is thrilled to Invite you to a Curator-Led Private Tour of the Exhibition East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from the Al Thani Collection .
Please join SACHI for a private tour of this dazzling exhibition led by curator Martin Chapman. This exhibition explores the cultural and material exchanges between India and Europe through jewelry and precious objects ranging from the seventeenth century to the present. It features more than 150 pieces from The Al Thani Collection, all associated with Mughal emperors, maharajas, and their courts.
Martin Chapman is curator in charge of European decorative arts and sculpture and interim curator in charge of European art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Limited to 20 participants only. First-come, first/served. RSVP REQUIRED
Image Credit: Catalogue cover for East Meets West: Jewels of the Maharajas from the Al Thani Collection, edited by Martin Chapman and Amin Jaffer, and published in 2018 by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and DelMonico Books | Prestel
SACHI Invites You To A Complimentary Private Tour Of The Mithila Art Exhibition At The Asian Art Museum.
The exhibition titled Painting is My Everything, features the work of contemporary artists. Many of these are women, who express their lives and beliefs through this centuries-old regional style of painting from Bihar. Exhibition Details here .This Docent-Led Tour For A Small Group Will Be A Unique And Personalized Experience.
Free. Museum Admission Included.
SACHI gratefully acknowledges Asha Jadeja and Jadeja Family Foundation for generous exhibition support.
Image: Women’s Power (detail), 2017, by Shalinee Kumari (Indian, b. 1985). Ink and colors on paper. Asian Art Museum, Museum purchase, Mortimer-Harvey Fund, 2018.8. © Shalinee Kumari. Photograph © Asian Art Museum.
Please Join an Exclusive Hand Block Printing Textile Presentation Cum Workshop (11 a.m – 12.30 pm) followed by an Exhibition and Sale of one-of-a-kind Scarves from the Deivi Handcrafted Collection (12.30 pm -1.30 pm)
Create and take back your own Block Printed Souvenirs!
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.
SACHI, Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India, and Textile Arts Council, San Francisco are pleased to invite you to a Rare Showcasing of Nagaland Textiles presented by Radhi Parekh, Founder Director, ARTISANS’ Center, Mumbai. The one-hour presentation will be followed by an Exhibition Viewing and Sale of Textiles.
RSVP Recommended for 2-3 PM Presentation only, Exhibition open to all. info@sachi.org; 650-624-8888.
