Jun 22 2025 to Jun 22 2025 2 p.m.

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Price: Rs 1200 Book/Buy

Where

Atta Galatta

178, 5th Main Road, 1st Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038

Event Description

The Chittara art form practised by the Deevaru Community is engaged primarily by the women folk of the community as a socio-cultural practice. Nestled in the ranges of verdant western ghats of North Canara live the Deevaru people, a matriarchal-agrarian community of nature-worshippers, residing in and around Sagara, Karnataka. Chittara art has become an integral part of their daily routines. It was never a profession, but a practice that has artistic and socio-cultural value. For women of the Deevaru community Chittara paintings are a source of great joy, beauty and creativity. For painting, women artists use eco-friendly natural resources like ground rice paste for white, charred rice for black, powdered Gurige seeds for yellow, and soil/earth for red.

In this workshop, you will learn to draw a few motifs of Chittara along with their description. You can then draw these on a small cane tray to take home to. You will also get to know how natural paints are used in this art along with the eco-friendly handicrafts they make.

What will you take home?

Knowledge of the socio-cultural aspects of the community

Learn a folk-art form of Karnataka

Completed piece of artwork done by yourself

What you need to bring?

Water bottle to keep you hydrated.

A note book/notepad, a pencil, an eraser and a rag cloth.

Note: Other essential materials will be provided by the host.

About CFRIA

Center for Revival of Indigenous Art (CFRIA), founded by Ms Geetha Bhat, is a non-profit organisation working to preserve and promote Chittara folk art, Karnataka. CFRIA has showcased events, Lec-dems, workshops at various educational, cultural institutions, and exhibitions. Chittara murals can be witnessed at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Indian Music Experience (IME) Bosch, Taneira showrooms to name a few. CFRIA is now working on the Chittara folk art Archival book, which aims to address the dearth of resources on Chittara, essential for its preservation. This book will capture Deevaru’s lifestyle, culture, challenges and way forward, aimed at a wide range of audiences internationally.

Atta Galatta, 178, 5th Main, 9th Cross, Binnamangala, Hoysala Nagar, 1st Stage Indiranagar Bengaluru- 560038

Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025

Timing:  2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Age: 18+

Tickets priced at Rs. 1200/- per person

Ticket Link: https://in.bookmyshow.com/events/chittara-folk-art-workshop-adults/ET00449923