ART TALK "Crafting Lives" by Laila Tyabji at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm on 22nd October 2016

Laila Tyabji

Time : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 22/10/2016 19:00 22/10/2016 20:30 Asia/Kolkata ART TALK "Crafting Lives" by Laila Tyabji Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/10/art-talk-crafting-lives-by-laila-tyabji.html Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 (Bikes & Bicycles)
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'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)Exit Gate-1' - Walk Direction
'Khan Market(Violet Line)'
Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : TALK "Crafting Lives" by Laila Tyabji
LILA Prism Lecture. 

DASTKAR is a non-Governmental organisation created to act as a bridge between the urban consumer and the traditional Indian craftsperson. It offers producer services, guidance and training in product development, organisation and management; and credit, design and marketing support. Apart from direct assistance to over 230 craft communities around the country comprising approximately 32,000 artisans, DASTKAR's objective is to lobby and create an awareness of craft and craft-related issues in the consumer, the media and policy makers.
Craftspeople comprise India's 2nd largest employment sector, estimated at approximately 10 million, many of them women.

Laila Tyabji is a designer, writer, founder-member and Chairperson of DASTKAR, a Society for Crafts and Craftspeople. She has worked in the Crafts and Development sector since 1978. She received the Padma Shri for her work in 2012. In 2003, she was the first Asian recipient of AID TO ARTISANS Preservation of Craft Award in New York. Laila has served as member on National Committees and Advisory Boards on Handicrafts, the small scale industry sector, Khadi, culture and design. Working in 29 states, with 700 grassroots producer groups, and over 1 lakh artisans all over the country, her organization DASTKAR, strongly believes craft and alternative sector as an enormous social, cultural and economic force. It has helped craftspeople, especially women, use their inherent skills to gain financial independence. The Nature Bazar, created by DASTKAR is a curated marketing platform for over a hundred craft groups. She studied art at MS University Baroda and Toshi Yoshida Studio in Japan, and worked as an artist and designer before DASTKAR.


Chair : Ritu Sethi

Ritu Sethi is the editor of the largest online encyclopedia on the traditional art, craft and textile heritage of South Asia –www.asiainch.org in addition she serves as a Director at the Craft Revival Trust. She has edited several publications including ‘Embroidering Futures- Repurposing the Kantha’; 'Designers Meet Artisans - A Practical Guide’, and written numerous essays in journals and newspapers. Her book on the Patachitra Patuas of West Bengal is expected shortly. She serves as an advisor on national and international policy groups on culture, crafts and heritage.

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