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School students, celebrate Archaeology Day

Three organisations are observing Archaeology Day over two days, starting today, and school students will have a lot to learn.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

This is one celebration school students in Mumbai should definitely not miss.

The Centre for Extra-Mural Study and the Centre of Archaeology of the University of Mumbai celebrates the Archaeology Day each year on December 10 and 11, along with the India Study Centre (INSTUCEN) Trust, Mumbai. This year too, the same organisations will celebrate this event at the Vidyanagari Campus of the University of Mumbai at the premises of Health Centre Building.

The two days provide a great learning opportunity for school students, since the event will present all facets of an archaeological exhibition. Besides, this year, the organisers are also hosting free study tours to Jogeshwari and Mahakali Cave, in groups, for school children, on December 11.

Archaeology Day Take a look at the activities planned for Archaeology Day 2014, in which students are invited to participate:
– Mock excavation trench, where students will dig to find buried antiquities, learn about methods and rigours of excavation.

– Types of ancient burials – installations.

– Ancient scripts workshop: Brahmi, Kharoshthi, and Modi.

– Tribal painting: Demonstration and workshop.

– Building Daub house and painting it in Warli style.

-Numismatics – The display of ancient Indian coins and a stall selling coins at affordable rates.

– Stone tools replication workshop where students can see tools from prehistory being recreated in front of their eyes.

– Fossils: Display and preservation techniques, dating methods.

– Pottery workshop, where a live potter will domesticate one of the oldest crafts in our world.

– Sculpting workshop, with a stone sculptor at work to explain style and technique.

Additionally, the excavation at village Chandore by the Centre for Archaeology, CEMS will be the largest single display where the excavator Dr Kurush Dalal will explain the entire process through a display of posters and actual findings. A few private collectors will also be displaying a selected number of artefacts from their collections

The organisers have kept a free study tour for school students to Jogeshwari-Mahakali Caves on December 11, with students being guided by Dr Suraj Pandit and his students. Any school can register its students (Classes 7 to 9) in groups of 45 (accompanied by two teachers).

Do you want to enroll your students or your child for the workshops and study tour? Look up www.extramural.org for details. Entry to the event is free, and the event is open on both days from 11 am to 6 pm.

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The st+art of all things awesome

After ‘st+art delhi’, art festival ‘st+art mumbai’ kicks off across multiple locations in city today; two Mumbai artists are part of the Indian artists’ group.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

We can’t get enough of art in our metros, so any initiative that promotes street art and encourages public participation always gets attention.

‘st+art mumbai’ already started with mural painting in Bandra from November 3, 2014 but officially kicks off from today with the completed mural being presented to the public. From today, November 7, 2014, ‘st+art mumbai’ will kick off across multiple locations in Mumbai, and will go on for a month, till November 30. This is an urban art festival that aims to promote street art on Indian landscape, as well as provide a collaborative platform for street artists from all over the world. The festival will take a whirlwind tour across Bandra, Dharavi, Kala Ghoda, Peddar Road and Versova.

On the anvil are mural paintings, stencil workshops, graffiti workshops, sticker making workshops, and street art walks. See the entire calender of events here.

Participating artists are Akacorleone, Amitabh, Ano, Anpu, Bond, Daan Botlek, Daku, Dome, Gomez, Harsh Kadam, Harsh Raman, Pobel, Ranjit BAP, Seikon, Tika, Tofu, Tona, Tyler, Yantr.

The initiative aims to make the normally ‘exclusive’ art world more accessible to the man on the street – literally. Participating artists will also conduct workshops on stencilling and graffiti, among others. International artists for the initiative include Bond (Germany), Seikon (Poland), Ano (Taiwan).

(Featured image is used for representational purpose only. Photograph shows Ranjit Dahiya’s mural of Amitabh Bachchan in Bandra, Mumbai)

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Send your child to this football camp

Experienced coaches will train children aged between 5 and 10 years in this four month long football camp in Borivali.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

The importance of sports in daily life cannot be underlined enough. Unfortunately, several parents don’t actively encourage their children to take up a sport.

However, football is slowly gaining prominence in the minds of parents, especially with the launch of the recent football league. Now, very young boys and girls are showing an interest and aptitude for the sport.

The Vintage Football Club in IC Colony, Borivali, has been catering to a large population of young children and teenaged footballers in the area for several years now. Prominent among its activities is the free training imparted to the children living in the Ganpat Patil Nagar slums close by. Says Conrad Pinto, one of the coaches attached to the Club, “Football is a sport that inculcates discipline, team work, solidarity and utmost fitness. We hope many more children will take up the sport in the days to come.”

In keeping with their several programmes promoting the sport, the Club is hosting a four-month football camp for children aged between five to 10 years at the ground. Titled ‘Grassroots Football Programme’, the camp starts today and enrollment for the same was opened last week to a very good response. The camp will take place between November 3, 2014 to February 27, 2014.

“The camp will be taken in the evening hours, every day from Monday to Friday,” Conrad explains. “Children in this age group are free in the evenings, and their time can be productively utilised in learning to play football.” The camp costs Rs 4,500 for four months or Rs 1,200 per month, with Rs 500 charged extra for the child’s uniform. “We are not admitting very young children as of now, because they might fall and get hurt. Broadly, we are looking at enrolling Standard I to IV for the camp.” Underprivileged children will be trained free of cost. “All children have to arranged for their own shin pads and football boots,” Conrad says.

The Vintage Football Club is located near Bhakti Complex, IC Extension, Link Road, Kandarpada, Dahisar (W). Call Neel on +91-98208 20297 for details. 

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Participate: Film making contest on ‘women’s safety’

If you’re a champion of gender equality and dabble in filmmaking, this contest is tailor made for you. Opens today.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

Every initiative that promotes gender equality and addresses issues like gender-based violence must receive maximum participation. Coupled with a medium like film, such initiatives only serve to ensure maximum reach and interest.

The US Consulate, Mumbai recently announced its ’16 days of activism against Gender Violence’ global campaign, and to kickstart it in India, it opened a filmmaking contest from today, October 21, 2014. The contest theme is ‘Women’s safety and empowerment’ and seeks video submissions of three to five minutes duration on the theme.

Videos can be in the form of stories, testimonials, public service announcements, ads, or any other suitable format that stays true to the theme. Interested participants must send their complete videos and other relevant details to cgmumbaifilmfest@gmail.com.

Look up complete contest rules at http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/gbv_film_contest.html. Entries can be submitted only up to November 25, 2014.

(Picture courtesy makingwavesfilms.com)

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Shoot against gender violence

This photography contest entreats you to stand up against gender violence with positive pictures of individuals, community or organisations effecting change.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

This is a photo contest aimed at gender violence awareness. And it asks you to not stand by, but stand up.

SPAN’s ‘Don’t Stand By! Combat Gender Violence’ photography contest is open to all Indians aged between 16 and 30 years. The contest invites positive images of people or institutions combating gender violence, through the efforts by an individual, community or an organisation to effect change and give dignity to women.

Up for grabs as prizes are iPad Air, iPad Mini, Nikon Coolpix L830, and SPAN hampers for entries with the most likes, the most creative quotient, the most faithful to the theme, and which scores the highest on originality. The contest closes on December 1, 2014.

For a list of rules, visit this page.

 

(Picture courtesy southasiainstitute.harvard.edu)

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Attend: ‘Stillness in Motion’, pottery and painting exhibition

A melange of canvas and clay, the showing will feature pottery work by Shalan Dere and paintings by Radhika Bawa. Don’t miss.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

With the onset of the festive season, the city is currently deluged with several high-quality events and exhibitions. A noteworthy example of these is ‘Stillness in Motion’, an exclusive display of art work through a culmination of paintings and pottery.

The week-long exhibition starts today, October 6 and continues till October 11 in Mumbai and includes a marvellous collection of horse paintings by Radhika Bawa and enticing colourful pottery by Shalan Dere. The motion of the wheel and horses produces the beautiful stillness that has been captured in the form of pottery and paintings with the artists’ mindfulness and enthusiasm for art.

Shalan Dere's work for Stillness in Motion - CopyShalan Dere, a business management professional-turned-potter is the proud owner of Potters Place, a pottery studio in Mahim. She also conducts regular pottery classes. Radhika Bawa is a painter and an art connoisseur who creates magic with her paintbrush and has participated in numerous shows. Shalan and Radhika have come together for the first time to express their unique interpretation of colours and forms.

Shalan will showcase simple wheel-thrown forms in unique shades of colours. With great likeness for aesthetic sensibility, she brings various forms of clay to life. Testing and trying new hues with different glaze techniques is her forte. Every pot is a piece woven with amazing colours especially blue, turquoise and brown. Fired with alternative firing techniques, like Raku resulting in a vibrant metallic sheen and Saggar firing which results in very soothing, marble like finish, each pot is unique in its form and color.

Radhika will showcase a series of paintings of horses in acrylic and water colors as a medium to express her understanding of the physical form. A horse lends itself as an apt medium due to its rugged yet graceful structure and symmetry in its creation. What makes these conversation pieces stand out is the artist’s attempt to visualise plains and contours through different colours and textures alone and eliminating the infusion of lines in the painting. Radhika has beautifully captured the various moods of a horse through her brushstrokes and brought to life its power, agony and beauty.

Largely self- taught, both artists believed there is a certain stillness in every motion.

Head to the Bajaj Art Gallery, Bajaj Bhavan, Jamnalal Bajaj Road, Nariman Point, between 11 am to 7 pm. Call 9773095005/9820329807 for details.

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