Jun 22 2025 to Jun 22 2025 11 a.m.

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Price: Rs 1200 Book/Buy

Where

Atta Galatta

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

Event Description

Come and learn about Karnataka’s own ancient art form, Chittara! Done on walls of houses for different celebrations, 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.

Kids, come join this workshop where you will learn to draw some cool Chittara designs and know where they came from - like the Patanga or butterfly, and Poppali! We will show you natural colours, and tell you stories about how Chittara artists used them many years ago! You will also get to see and feel beautiful products made with ecofriendly grass from different parts of our state.

The fun part is; painting your own cane tray using all the designs you learn in the workshop and take it home with you! 

What will you take home?

Stories of Chittara art and natural colours!

Your own original Chittara artwork!

What you need to bring?

Water bottle to keep you hydrated.

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

Note: Other essential materials will be provided by us!

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:  11 AM – 1 PM

Age: 12+