Growing Up Asian In America Hosted by AACI and in partnership with NBC Bay Area, Growing Up Asian in America (GUAA) is an annual art, essay and video contest that reaches thousands of Bay Area students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Founded 25+ years ago, GUAA encourages young Asian Americans to take pride in their […]
Among the sculptures visitors encounter in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ gallery of Indian and Southeast Asian art is a life-sized yogini goddess from southern India, carved from stone sometime between the late ninth and mid-tenth century. Embodying both attractive and threatening characteristics, she projects an unmistakable power. In the temple for which she was […]
For over two thousand years, artists in the Indian Subcontinent have depicted Hindu deities through a wide range of media, frequently innovating when new techniques and materials became available or in response to social or religious changes. One such moment occurred during the 19th century in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata), when new technologies […]
Vidushi Kala Ramnath performs with her “Singing Violin” in a duo performance with Pandit Abhijit Banerjee on the tabla. Her playing has been featured on the Grammy-nominated Miles from India project. Her compositions have appeared on the Grammy-winning album In 27 Pieces and the Kronos Quartet’s 50 For The Future. The UK-based Songlines magazine hailed […]
INDIA COMMUNITY CENTER’S FIRST ICC SOUTH ASIAN BRIDAL SHOW & HANDICRAFT FAIR Planning a wedding or browsing for Indian art and handicrafts? ICC’s South Asian Bridal Show and Handicraft Fair is the place to go! OUR AIM is to be the largest Expo for all things Indian while supporting the community! So come and support […]
Avya Poddatoori, student of Shyamjit Kiran & Viraja of Kalakshetra, will be performing Bharatanatyam, a classical South Indian dance form.
Shambhavi’s International School of Kathak is excited to invite you to a mesmerizing evening of dance and celebration to honor the legendary Kathak artist, Pandita Maneesha Sathe, on her 70th birthday. Together with her talented daughter-disciple, Shambhavi Dandekar, Maneesha ji will present ‘Nritya Samvaad - Conversations Through Dance’. Proceeds from the event will go towards […]
A classical bharathanatyam dance drama from Shri Krupa dance company , Bay area with live orchestra
To honor the age old Maharashtrian tradition of 'Pandharpur Wari' (a 21-day pilgrimage), Maharashtra Mandal Bay Area (MMBA) and Mudra Performing Arts is bringing you, Indrayani Kathi (On the banks of Indrayani), a multi-dimensional live performance that promises to be an unforgettable experience. Folk dances, classical dances and theatre will mesmerise you as you experience […]
Join us for the opening day of The de Young Open exhibition. Celebrate the Bay Area’s artistic communities and the featured artists from Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma including South Asian artist Ashima Yadava. This all-day, free event includes live performances by local musicians, food trucks, pop-ups, […]
Indian arms and armor are frequently adorned with auspicious and sacred imagery to induce shakti (divine power) to enter them, thus transforming functional objects into implements that hold within them the quality of numen—magical or divine power. This presentation will survey the varieties of Hindu sacred images—goddesses, gods, demi-gods, mythological beasts—that adorn arms and armor of the Indian […]
Traditional Bharatanatyam Margam presented by Priyanka Raghuraman for Yuva Bharati's Pratibha Concert Series. The performance will feature popular classical compositions of renowned composers like Adi Shankara interwoven with humorous works of writers like Sri Kalki and presented in a vibrant solo format. Priyanka is a multidisplinary Performing Artist, Teacher and Choregrapher based in the Bay […]
