The on ongoing traditional tribal woodcraft and Dhokra art at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal was concluded today. In the fortnight long workshop titled as ‘Katha-Srishti’ on traditional tribal woodcraft and Dhokra metal art. In this workshop 22 artists from Chattisgarh and MP participated at premises of Tribal Habitat open air exhibition, IGRMS. Prof Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri (Director, IGRMS) was distributed certificates to the participant on the last day of workshop.
On this occasion, Prof Chaudhuri told that, the creation of skilled craftsmen and artisans of the new generation is a very complicated task for preservation of traditional inheritance art and craft of nation. This work are execute under the special skill development workshop by the museum. After certificates distribution, participants shared their experiences and views during the workshop and thanked IGRMS & requested to organise such enlightening workshop in near future.
On this occasion, Assistant Program Coordinator, Sanjay Sapre said that, this workshop was organized by IGRMS with the aim of the presenting the dimensions of art and life through crafts. In the 10 days workshop, the participants participated enthusiastically and they made many types of crafts from wood and metal through our traditional techniques in front of audience. The program was conducted by Rashmi Shukla (Assistant Keeper) and the vote of thanks was presented by P Shankar Rao (Assistant Keeper) of IGRMS.