EXHIBITIONS - IN INDIA

EXHIBITIONS IN INDIA

Bangalore; Alliance Francaise, November 2000





Delhi; India Habitat Center, April 2001









Delhi; American Embassy School, April 2002






Mumbai; Sophia College, January 2003






Kolkata; Fine Art Galery, August 2003




Bangalore; Chitra Kala Parishad, December 2004





Belgaum; KLE Society’s Primary School, April 2005





Ahmedabad; Darpana, November 2005










Inspired by the dolls, the Darpana team created a dalit story in Gujurati language to be acted out with puppets -similar to the dolls- they made.  The puppet play was enacted at regular intervals during the exhibitions in Ahmedabad and Vadodara.  This helped visitors – children, students and others -  to understand better the concept behind the creation of dolls.





Seen here, with Mallika Sarabhai, are children belonging to an organisation that fulfilled the last wishes of dying children. These children are afflicted with various fatal illnesses such as Leukemia, HIV, Cancer etc.

                 
Vadodara; Accademy of Fine Arts, November 2005













Trivandrum; YMCA, October 2006





Padanthalamoodu, Matriculation Higher Secondary School, October 2006 







Bangalore NBCLC; Nov 2006, February 2007, September 2007





Guwahati, Christ Church Hall, October 2007




Shillong, St Antony College, October 2007






Trichur; Kerala; Kristolsav, October 2008





Bangalore Shanti Sadhana - 2009




 Delhi Vidyajyoti - 2009




Ahmedabad; SJ Loyola College, September 2009















Bellary: Dharmadaya Seva Ashram  January 2010








Visthar, Bangalore, November 2010 to April 2011
















Visthar, Bangalore, May 2011










Penciljammers visit Visthar, April 2011

Below are seen a group of artists and designers, both amateur and professional, who are part of a group called Pencil Jam ( www.penciljammers.com ). They visited the exhibition at Visthar, and were inspired to sketch, draw and paint the dolls on display. All of them were touched by the sheer beauty, artistry and intricate details of the dolls and the poignant stories that each doll visually narrated. The Penciljammers, being visual artists themselves, could really appreciate and relate to the visual storytelling techniques of these sacred dolls.












ITA, Bangalore - May 2011







Indian Theology Association, Jalandhar, October, 2012





Indian Women Theology Forum (IWTF), Mumbai - Oct 2012




St. John's Medical College, History of Medicine Museum - November 2012




Indian Women Theology Forum (IWTF), May 2013




St Joseph's College of Arts, Bangalore - August 2013




Bandhavi, Koppal, September, 2013






Exhibitions in Visthar, September-October, 2013







1, Shanti Road, Bangalore - 13-16 October, 2013






Koppal Citizens Forum, Dec 2013





St. John's Medical College, Bangalore - 4th and 5th April, 2014







Visthar Bhoomi Habba June 2014





Azim Premiji University Students at Visthar Bangalore; Oct 2014



Gender, Sexuality, Religion at Visthar, Bangalore; Oct 2014



5th National Bio-ethics Conference, Bangalore Dec 2014 at St John’s Research Institute






Gender, Disability and Integral Development; Jan 2015



Fireflies, Dialogue and Humanity Feb 2015



NBCLC Teachers Training Programme on Global Warming for Teachers May 2015



Bhoomi Habba at Visthar, Bangalore, June 2015



St Joseph's College on Gender and Social Transformation, Bangalore, July 2015





MDR TB training programme at UTC Bangalore, July 2015




Sri Lankan teachers training at Visthar, Bangalore; August 2015 




Crea Convention, Chitradurga Oct 2015





Babuji College, Chitradurga Oct 2015




Bandhavi Koppal: VCC students and schools, Dec 2015








Riad Foundation on Art and Education, Jan 2016



Jain University, Bangalore Jan 2016




ITA, Montfort Spirituality Center, Bangalore: Indian Theological Association April 2016 - Annual meeting on the theme of ‘Challenges of Religious Nationalism today, a Theological Response’


IWTF, Montfort Spirituality Center, Bangalore April 2016: Indian Women Theology Forum - Annual meeting on the theme: ‘Political Economy of India; Theologizing Vulnerabilities’



Ecology and Catechetics; NBCLC, Bangalore; May 2016



Bhoomi Habba at Visthar, Bangalore, June 2016





Teachers at Visthar, September 2016




Seminarians at Visthar, Oct 2016



Theatre for Social Transformation at Visthar, Nov 2016



Rajasthan Teachers at Visthar, Jan 2017



Bangalore International School at Visthar, Feb 2017





Manipal University, Woman Centre for Philosophy and Humanity, March 2017





Bhoomi Habba (Earth Festival) at Visthar, June 2017

Bhoomi Habba is held at the green Eco Sanctuary at our campus, and the objective of this edition of the Habba is to increase public awareness of the environmental crises faced by our city and showcase inclusive and sustainable alternatives. 

Bhoomi Habba is a  day-long celebration filled with environment campaigns and workshops, exhibitions and shows, art workshops, theatre presentations, folk music, traditional food festival  and many more.  The  Habba promotes exhibition and sale of eco-friendly crafts, organic farm produce and traditional and millet foods from all over the country. The film festival screens documentaries and films focusing on ‘sustainable cities and communities’. It also features workshops on recycling, upcycling, iconic doll exhibition, cartooning, warli, pottery, dream catcher making, theatre and storytelling for children. Schools and parents are urged to bring children to enable them to discover the beauty of nature within the nurturing space of the Visthar Eco Sanctuary.
  
 

  

  


 





Kristu Jayanthi College, Bangalore, December 2017 - Gender Violence and Social Transformation



Rishi Valley School, Andhra Pradesh, December 2017 - A reflection on Christmas through the iconic dolls.



Fireflies and Dialogue, Bangalore, February 2018 - Annual meeting on the theme ‘Dialogue, Reconciliation and Healing’


Bangalore; Vidyavanam Ashram, April 2018



Varanasi Kiran Society, Varanasi, April 2018 -  A center for people with physical disabilities. Celebration of the Holy week and Easter Sunday with iconic dolls visuals





Indian theology association April 2018: Challenges of Religious Nationalism in India Today – A Theological Response




Summer camp for children at Visthar. Protect Nature, May 2018



Gender, Diversity and Social Transformation, Visthar, May 2018




Bhoomi Habbba, Visthar, June 2018: Held at the green Eco Sanctuary, the objective of this edition of the Habba was to increase public awareness of the environmental crises faced by our city and highlight inclusive and sustainable alternatives.






Pastors from Hyderabad on Climate Justice June 2018



US students from Minnesota Duluth University June 2018 on Empowerment and Hope 



Indian Women Theology Forum (IWTF) at Monfort Spirituality center on Political Economy of India -Theologizing vulnerabilities, Oct 2018





Volunteers on Visthar campus from Cisco corporation Oct 2018



Researchers on Shelter Homes from Karnataka in Visthar, Oct 2018



Friends of St Charles de Foucault, a retreat at Vidyavanam Ashram Oct 2018





Christian Fellowship retreat for children at Visthar Nov 2018




Volunteers of Cisco corporation at Visthar Dec 2018



Story Telling and Creative education workshop at Visthar Dec 2018



The 14th World Congress of Bioethics and 7th National Bioethics Conference on ‘Health for all in an Unequal world at St John’s Medical College, Dec 2018





The theme of the 14th World Congress of Bioethics (WCB) was “Health for All in an Unequal World; Obligations of Global Bioethics”. The Parallel Arts Festival was embedded within the programme of the Congress and curated to reflect its theme.

‘The Dolls speak of an Unequal World’ was an exhibition by Francoise Bosteels, an iconic doll maker who is inspired by people’s day to day life, their gripping struggles, pains and dreams and used intricately crafted “faceless” dolls to reflect life in all its complexities. Each doll had accompanying poems, stories or written reflections. The dolls speak of enduring tragedies on the one hand and of resourcefulness, resilience and the spirit of hope on the other. At one level, the dolls are a reflection of the issues of our times, but the intent of their creation is much more – they force people to confront harsh realities through what can be perceived as a purely artistic exhibit. It was not uncommon for people to enter the exhibition in a curious light-hearted frame of mind, only to leave, deeply moved, or disturbed. This is the power of carefully curated art exhibits ‒ they can promote social change by providing “a space where we can give dignity to others while interrogating our own circumstances.” The use of dolls for social change has resulted in various projects, some global, such as the “Dolls for Change” project which collects dolls from all over the world – the intent being to bring people together to discuss important issues – each doll becomes a voice‒a voice for peace, climate change, clean water, human rights, and more.

US Theologians on Gender and Social Transformation, Eucharistic celebrations, Dec 2018





Christmas celebration at Visthar Dec 2018



Fireflies and Dialogues on Wellbeing and Justice, Bangalore Feb 2019





International Women’s Day at Indian Social Institute ISI Bangalore March 2019 




Artists Unite at Visthar - Resist, Reclaim, Represent, March 2019




Palm Sunday celebration at ‘Liza Home’, Bangalore, a home for mentally impaired women, April 2019



Holy Week celebration at Silvepura, April 2019

  




Gender, Diversity and Social Transformation at Visthar, May 2019





Bhoomi Habba: Earth Festival at Visthar, June 2019 - The thematic focus of Bhoomi Habba 2019 is on water with the slogan ‘Save Water, Save Life!’. According to Vandana Shiva, 'The water wars of the twenty-first century may match or even surpass the oil wars of the twentieth.’ There is an urgent need to focus on the water crisis we are faced with.










Samvada Bangalore, on Justice to the Earth, July 2019





Baithak Art House, Bhopal MP, Ecology, Children’s Rights July 2019






Spirituality Retreat at Vidyavanam, Bangalore, October 2019