Meera Goradia
Residency at University of Cumbria
HAT Residency Meera Goradia will be based at Cumbria Institute of the Arts September-October 2007. Her residency will be
linked with Dayalal Vankar but each will have their own specific objectives. Meera’s
residency will run for 3 weeks and Dayalal’s for 6 weeks.
Meera Goradia
1. Agency research promoting and advocating Khamir and its work in Kutch (Time: 6 days)
- Objective: to raise profile of work of Khamir and Kutch NGO’s, research partnerships and funding for future programmes
- collaboration with CIA research programmes and projects/Jude Stoll
- seminar with other agencies/professionals working in the area of craft/ community development
- meetings with potential partners for development projects
- meeting with AFL and with funders for further craft/international exchange partnership programme
2. Schools Education Project (Time: 3 days)
- Objective: to pilot a programme introducing Indian crafts into schools raising awareness , introducing skills and cultural learning
- 2 x I day workshop in Cumbrian Schools (Creative Partnerships)
- package including - Dayalal working with textiles, process of spinning weaving dyeing
- contextual documentation/information/interpretation, rural life, tradition economy etc
3.Work with CIA crafts staff and students (Time: 6 days)
- Objective to articulate theory and practice of Khamir and Kutch NGO’s working for the crafts and development.
- introduction/lecture
- workshop with Dayalal demonstrating skills, techniques, materials
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Crafts of Kutch
Meera Goradia talks about the work of Dayal, and other crafts from the Kutch area of Gujarat - cHAT week at Sanskriti, Delhi, India. March 2007
