A tribal folk art workshop ‘Manjari’ began at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum. It is one of its kind workshop for the art enthusiasts of the city.
Organised by Tribal Folk Art and Boli Development Academy, the workshop ‘Manjari’ is all about Indian miniature paintings and its various versions.
The workshop was inaugurated by Principal Secretary, Culture Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh Manoj Shrivastava at 10 am. During the workshop, the artists will learn the Indian miniatures including Kangda, Basohali, Guler, Kisangadh, Chamba and Gadwal.
Interestingly, these miniature versions of Indian tribal art will be taught to the participants using the traditional ways. Notably, these paintings were made using the natural colours.
On Saturday, one of the noted artists of Kangda art Anil Raina gave a lecture on this art. While interacting with the audience, he said that Kangda is being carried out from eight generations and with the time it has experienced much changes. Basically it experienced changes in the terms of uasage of colours. He also talked about its origin and history.
He also quoted that the artists of Kangda get inspire from the miniatures mentioned in Ram Charitra Manas and Geet Govind and Bhagvat Geeta.
The use of vibrant and fizzy colours has always been a major part of these paintings. The painters used to experiment with the colours like black, yellow, blue, golden, white and red. With the time new experiments also took place in this art. So, there are various reasons why this art comes amongst the superior arts of the country.
But in this workshop the artists will use natural colours like the colours from leaves, herbs and other options. It is noteworthy that there is no specific institute that teaches this art so this workshop is being organised.
A questionnaire was also held to mark the conclusion of the session. The workshop will continue till September 5.