This year, we are teaching a series of 4-day portrait workshops with Her Future Coalition, highlighting the life of Frida Kahlo and her work as an artist and activist. The first workshop was held at Rabindra, a jewelry studio in Kolkata, where 16 young women are designers and metalsmiths, proving income for themselves and uplifting … Continue reading Portrait Workshop 2019: Frida Kahlo Inspired
On Kolkata, time and a grasshopper
As I sit back—head finally rested after one week of miserable jet lag—with familiar faces surrounding my workspace, a Mary Oliver poem shouts at me. One line, really. I'll let you figure out which one, but I can't bear leave out any stanza from one of my favorite poems, "The Summer Day". The summer wind … Continue reading On Kolkata, time and a grasshopper
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