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Block Printing Traditions in India

September 24 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

many wooden printing blocks resting with the design side face upParticipants will directly engage with Indian block printing techniques, including how to make layouts on material, gaining an overview of various contemporary uses and applications. 

Sunaina Bhalla is an artist living in Singapore. Educated in India, she moved to Tokyo in the late 90’s and has spent the last two decades in various parts of North and South Asia. Having completed her formal education as a textile designer specializing in print, she pursued an immersive education in the traditional art form of Nihonga in Japan, where she spent five years studying Suiko Ohta-sensei of the Kyoshin-Do school. Bhalla earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from Goldsmiths University in London and Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore.

Bhalla has exhibited internationally and her works are included in the permanent collections of the ESSL Museum, Vienna; Mumbai Airports Authority, India; and in private collections globally.

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Details

Date:
September 24
Time:
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Event Category:
Website:
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Venue

Art and Design Gallery, Second Floor Studio
Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Room D223, Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY 10001 United States

Organizer

Art and Design Gallery
Phone
(212) 217-4683
Email
gallery@fitnyc.edu
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