Crafts Design And Shopping at Jaipur Festival
Crafts Design And Shopping at Jaipur Festival
National Crafts Bazaar at Jaipur Festival
Jan14 to 28, 11 to 21.00hrs , Jaipur Udyog Maidan Statue Circle
Recognizing that the makers of handicrafts and village micro industries in India generate livelihood opportunities second only to agriculture, the Development Commissioner Handicrafts encourages crafts bazaars across the country to create marketing opportunities for craftspeople. The Jaipur National Craft Bazaar, brought to the city annually to coincide with the international January festival, is one of three only in India on this scale. It brings to the city a range of handicrafts and assorted items from all over the country, offers a place to experience the diversity of India, to uncover unusual treasures you may never have seen before, shop for bargains for friends and family, and to experience the great range of India’s crafts.
Organised by RUDA, Brought to Jaipur by JVF partner the Development Commissioner Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
Rang Gulabi - An Exhibition of Excellence at Jaipur Festival
Sat 21 & Sun 22, 10.00 to 20.00 hrs, Hotel Clark’s Amer
A unique two-day shopping opportunity! Organised by Shubham Seva Akshar in Jaipur, Akshay Pratishthan Rehabilitation Centre in Delhi to raise funds for the disabled. Part of the proceeds of this sale will go to Disha & Shubham Seva Akshar in Jaipur, Akshay Pratishthan Rehabilitation Centre in Delhi. The sale offers a wide range of crafted items and some of the best brands in the field in the ambience of a buzzing market place. Jewellery, clothes, textiles, household goods and traditional foods will all be on offer, along with fun activities like turban-tying competitions, mehendi (henna) painting on hands and feet, rangoli painting and such like.
Supported by Akshay Pratishthan (Delhi) and Shubham (Jaipur)
Design & Craft at Jaipur Festival
Daily throughout the festival, 11.00 to 18.00hrs, AKFD Shop
A collection of cutting-edge design artifacts, furniture and lifestyle products. Made with unusual yet traditional materials and processes, the designer’s work appeals to discerning, quality conscious, contemporary sensibilities. Ayush Kasliwal, creative director of AKFD and graduate of NID, has worked with leading designers across the globe, giving them access to the rich world of Rajasthani crafts. Today he supplies many of the world’s leading retailers.
Supported by AKFD Shop
Textiles and Antiques at Jaipur Festival
My Daughter’s Dowry – an exhibition
Throughout the festival, 11.00 to 17.00hrs, Gallery Barsana & Museum of Embroideries
Ajrakh, Kantha and Dhabla Shawls – an exhibition plus sale
Gallery Barsana will have its first exhibition from January 15 to 25th, 2006 by national award winning craftspersons. There will be Ajrakh by the family of late Khatri Mohamad bhai of Damadka in Kutch, Kantha by Smt. Takdira Begum of Bengal and Dhoblas by Vankar Valji Visram of Bijoda, a village in Kutch. Also on display will be My Daughter’s Dowry, an exhibition of items that a daughter carries with her at the time of her marriage in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Supported by Gallery Barsana
Workshop at Jaipur Festival
Design and Craft – A Workshop of arts, crafts, design & learning
To bring cutting edge design and marketing inputs to the world of crafts, and to train future designers for the realities of present day global markets, Tom Dixon, a leading contemporary designer of UK, collaborates with Jaipur designers to guide students from the Royal College London and the Indian Institute of Craft and Design to work with local craftspeople in metal and stone.
Supported by the British Council, Anokhi Museum & Good Earth
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Jaipur Heritage International Festival
The Jaipur Heritage International Festival is a community initiative, supported by the Governments of India and Rajasthan, motivated individuals and corporate companies and organised by a group of committed citizens and professionals. It is designed and programmed to Create a single, inclusive, platform; Renew & reinvent local culture every year; Generate employment; Stimulate arts and crafts based industries & commerce; Support a sustainable economy rooted in local living heritage; Provide a motivation to conserve; Attract visitors to the region; Increase local spend; Link local with global to stimulate new partnerships; Brand JAIPUR, and promote it across the world!
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