{"id":8,"date":"2024-08-16T08:04:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/krittika\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:25:26","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t

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Krittika Arts Space is an interdisciplinary arts space situated in the heart of Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, designed by architect Milon Dutta. Santiniketan has always played the role of a ‘nurturer’. It is the space that allows dialogues – one form engages with other forms. The philosophical understanding of Santiniketan has always been plural in nature. It is varied and layered. Krittika Arts Space is created to cater to that conversational process, nourished by Santiniketan. This art space envisions walking in the footsteps of Tagore, devoting them full-time to promoting a national form of art to revive folk, literature, and other components of India, such as traditional textile techniques at Santiniketan. Renowned artists from various components of the country play an integral role in the functioning of this space. Krittika Arts Space plays a very paramount role in inspiring artists. This space consists of an exhibition hall, art residency, and textile studio. This space additionally provides an open-air stage for various performing arts such as dance, drama, and music for the upliftment of the incipient generation. This art space in Santiniketan functions in the preservation of traditional designs and also emboldens puerile artists to learn modern art and design. Several workshops on weaving, kalamkari, tie and dye, block print, batik, and vegetable dye for local craftsmen in textiles. It also undertakes various art seminars and discussions. This space mainly functions to enrich and inspire art and cultural traditions in the country.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKrittika Arts Space is an interdisciplinary hub in Santiniketan that connects visual, performing, literary, and design arts. It offers an exhibition hall, residency, textile studio, and open-air stage, preserves traditional crafts through workshops, supports young artists blending modern and traditional practices, and hosts seminars and collaborations to celebrate and sustain India\u2019s cultural heritage.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKrittika Arts Space, inspired by Tagore\u2019s ethos, nurtures diverse dialogues among art forms in Santiniketan. It celebrates India\u2019s cultural richness\u2014folk traditions, literature, performing arts, and textiles\u2014while fostering innovation and interdisciplinary exchange to preserve heritage and inspire artists old and new. It supports emerging talent, encourages collaboration.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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SHRABANI ROY<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Shrabani <\/strong> is a renowned textile artist who completed her BFA (2001) and MFA (2003, First Class) from Kala-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. She is the recipient of prestigious honors including the National Scholarship (2003\u201305), Merit Scholarships (2000 & 2002), the National Academy Award (46th National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, 2003\u201304), and the Lalit Kala Academy Prize (2002).<\/p>\n
Her solo exhibitions include \u2018Land of Dream\u2019<\/em> (Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara, 2006), \u2018Shrabani\u2019s Alternative\u2019<\/em> (Akar Prakar, Kolkata, 2008), and \u2018Safarnama & Continuing Traditions\u2019<\/em> (France & Indian Museum, Kolkata, 2014\u201315). She has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions in Munich, Berlin, London, and across India.<\/p>\n
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Shrabani has also been featured in documentaries such as Pop Art in Kolkata<\/em> (Swiss National Television, 2014), Shrabani\u2019s Alternative<\/em> (2008) & The Art of Shantiniketan (2019) and has contributed to several publications and seminars as a speaker on contemporary textile art.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our Mentors<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Pranabranjan Ray<\/h3>
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ABOUT Home \/ About History of the Foundation Krittika Arts Space is an interdisciplinary arts space situated in the heart of Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, designed by architect Milon Dutta. Santiniketan has always played the role of a ‘nurturer’. It is the space that allows dialogues – one form engages with other forms. The philosophical… Continue reading About Us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":577,"href":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3090,"href":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/3090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonatestaging.com\/krittika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}