Creative break with `patas'

THE NATIONAL Folklore Support Centre in collaboration with the Government Museum, Chennai, will conduct a workshop on "Pata Paintings" from September 17, at the Centenary Exhibition hall, Government Museum.

This is the ninth workshop in the series on Visual Art Traditions of India. Pata paintings are narrative scroll paintings used as visual aids by storytellers during performances. Nurtured by the Patuas from Bengal, Pata has three distinct forms {frac12} the Tamluk-Kalighat-Tribeni school, Birbhum-Kandi-Katwa school and Murshidabad-Behrampur school. The Patuas paint on paper and cloth, which are rolled into scrolls. The themes are drawn from tradition and the puranas. For details and registration contact 2450553/2448589.

Two artists from Midnapore — Pulin Chitrakar and Nani Gopa Chitrakar will conduct the workshops. There will be an exhibition-cum-sale of their works at Amethyst, Sundar mahal, 14 Padmavathi Road, Gopalapuram, on September 19 and 20.

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