Sep 13 2026 to Sep 13 2026 11 a.m.

Where

Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

Kasturba Road, Bengaluru 560001

Event Description

Drawing from MAP’s textile collection, this workshop explores how textiles can carry memories through colour, material and repair. Using a curated selection of objects, including kantha, patchwork, appliqué, quilting, embroidered purses, shawls, saris and shade cards, participants will closely observe the traces of making, mending, wear and care embedded within each object.

Beginning with observation, participants will reflect on the personal associations these textiles evoke, whether it is a grandmother’s quilt, a mother’s sari, a well-worn shawl or a favourite piece of clothing. These memories become a starting point for developing a visual vocabulary of colours, marks and rhythms that responds to the material qualities of the objects rather than reproducing them.

Registration for the event will open soon!

This programme is exclusively for 18–25 year olds.

This session is conducted as part of our engagements for the MAP Youth Collective. The MAP Youth Collective is a community for young people (18-25 year olds) to engage with the arts and culture sector. The collective is for, of and by young people — to explore our shared identities and interests through art.

Koyal Raheja
Drawing is a way for Koyal to observe, understand and navigate systems. Using the grid as both a structure and a constraint, Koyal examines how repetition can produce order, variation, and disruption. While studying in Italy, an engagement with the technical, time-sensitive chemistry of classical fresco painting opened up a deeper interest in traditions where predetermined rules and repetitive systems guide the process.

This foundation evolved while working at Vitra, where an ethos of “serious play” led me to experiment with color, form, and subtle anomalies that invite moments of discovery.

Drawing from her memory and the observation of daily rhythms, my work translates everyday gestures into a study on how individuals transverse hierarchy and control, investigating the quiet tension between conformity and deviation.