Events in Pune this weekend
Events — By The Desk on March 1, 2012 at 4:30 PM
March is here! Time sure flies!
Time to gear up for yet another weekend packed with art and painting work shop, art of living workshop and a grand performance by David Guetta to name a few.
Take a look and take you pick!
Dakshinayan Music Festival
Violinists Ganesh and Kumaresh Rajagopalan bring their repertoire of Carnatic music to the Dakshinayan music festival to be held in the city.
For over 40 years, brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh Rajagopalan have been on a musical journey together. The violin is their area of expertise. They are all set to present their mastery over the instrument in the city at the fifth Dakshinayan Carnatic music festival, for which they have teamed up with Padma Bhushan T V Sankaranarayanan, a Carnatic vocalist known for his vibrant music which is an inspiration of the style of his late uncle and guru, Madurai Mani Iyer.
Venue: Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium, Kothrud
Date: 3rd March’12
Time: 7 pm onwards
‘Rhythmic Life’- Painting Exhibition
Art2Day Gallery is celebrating ‘International Woman’s Day’ & colorful festival of Holi by having a unique exhibition titled ‘Rhythmic Life’ by well-known painter Ms.Anuradha Thakur.
Anuradha a well-known painter based in Ahemdnagar, will be showcasing her works after a long interval in Pune, she will exhibiting recent works from 3 different series. Her works are creative & in indian decorative style, colourful vibrant compositions depict Indian tribal & folk festivities. Anuradha has travelled to various places in India like Gujarat, Assam, Madhya Pradesh etc. to study folk culture and which have helped her to brilliantly capture it’s rhythm & spirit on to the canvases presented.
Venue: Art2Day, Samarth, 1048, Near Hirabaug Chowk, Tilak Road
Date: 1st March – 10th March’12
Painting Exhibition By Subhash Despande
The beautiful scenery of Kashmir, Canals of Venice and other picturesque places across the world have inspired artist Subhash Despande’s artworks. At his ongoing exhibition at Darpan Art Gallery, Deshpande will be donating the funds collected from the sale of his artworks to help charities that aid children affected with AIDS, blood cancer as well as senior citizens living in old age homes. The exhibition is divided into four categories – Extracts, Venice, Kashmir and re-worked paintings from his previous works.
Venue: Darpan Art Gallery, Senapati Bapat Marg
Date: 29th February – 5th March’12
Art Workshop
Art2Day Gallery is organising a 12 session, interesting workshop on ‘How to Draw & Sketch Portraits’; this unique workshop will be taken by Manjiri More, a portrait artist of repute and a alumni of prestigious Raheja Art College, Mumbai.
An opportunity to learn the basics of Drawing & Sketching Portraits in a specially designed, short course for art lovers in Pune by guidance art masters like Prof.Sudhakar Chavan, Milind Mulick and others. This is a unique opportunity for busy art lover professionals like Architects, Doctors, IT Engineers to participate in this workshop along art students and especially senior citizens to learn to draw and sketch Portraits in enjoyable course.
One can expect to Learn secrets in creating incredible life-like portraits. With step-by-step exercises and guidance, Manjiri will give hands-on lessons in using color, light, and glazing techniques to bring richness & depth to your colored pencil portraits. Learn to create smooth skin tones, render hair and capture a likeness.
Venue: Art2Day, Samarth, 1048, Near Hirabaug Chowk, Tilak Road
Date: 9th February – 12th March’12
Paintings by Artist Shyamoli Varma
Shyamoli Varma is exhibiting her artworks at Malaka Spice. Inspired by nature, the paintings are rendered in pointillism style. The former supermodel and Lakme’s first face is a self-taught artist.
Venue: Malaka Spice, Lane 5, North Main Road, Koregaon Park
Date: 23rd February – 28th March’12
