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Atrium Alive: India
Artist Demonstration
Noon-4 pm, Atrium
See March 15 Calendar listing.
Performance
Dance Katha with Anita Ratnam
1 and 4 pm, Atrium
See March 15 Calendar listing.
Drop-in Art Activities
1-3 pm, Art Studios
See March 15 Calendar listing.
Films
Shown in Morse Auditorium. Included with museum admission. Made possible by the Lowell Institute.
A Darker Side of Fear
2004, 59 minutes, directed by Deepak Leslie
1:30 pm
Reservations by March 14
Today in India, fairness of complexion is a benchmark for beauty: fair means "lucky"; dark means "ugly." With a focus on the emotional and psychological impact, this film addresses the factors that contribute to the pressures thrust upon Indian women (and increasingly, men) by a society obsessed with fair skin.
Singing Pictures
2005, 40 minutes, directed by Lina Fruzzetti, Äkos Östör, Aditi Nath Sarkar
3 pm
Reservations by March 14
For generations, people in the Patua (Chitrakar) communities of West Bengal, India, have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls - they unroll a scroll, a frame at a time, and sing their own compositions. Follow a group of women who have formed a scroll painters collaborative, as they paint, sing, cook, tend to their children and meet with the cooperative.
Date: 03/16/2008
Location: PEM, Salem, MA
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:
Contact: 978-745- 9500, ext. 3011
Web: www.pem.org
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