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Threads of Visual Exploration: Textiles and Allied Practices - Part I & II

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Provider

Swayam
Pricing

Free Online Course
Languages

English
Certificate

Paid Certificate Available
Effort

12 weeks
Sessions

Self-Paced
Level

Intermediate

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Explore a 12-week course on textile arts and allied practices taught by Prof. Rajarshi Sengupta from IIT Kanpur. Delve into the world of textiles through the expertise of an accomplished practitioner and art historian who brings academic rigor and practical experience to the subject. Prof. Sengupta, who completed his PhD in art history from the University of British Columbia and received the IARTS Textiles of India Grant from the Royal Ontario Museum, offers insights informed by his scholarly publications in respected journals and his contributions to "Cloth that Changed the World: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz." Benefit from his perspective as both an exhibiting textile artist and a researcher currently working on an edited book about Deccani material culture with Dr. Baishali Ghosh.

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Prof. Rajarshi Sengupta

IIT KanpurProf. Rajarshi Sengupta is a practitioner and art historian, presently teaching fine arts at the Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India (2021-). Sengupta completed his PhD in art history from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (2019), and received the IARTS Textiles of India Grant, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (2017-18). He has published in Journal18, Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, and South Asian Studies, among others, and contributed to Cloth that Changed the World: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz (2020). Sengupta exhibited his most recent textile works in the group exhibition Crafting the Crossroad, Dhi Artspace, Hyderabad (2022). Along with Dr. Baishali Ghosh, he is working on an edited book on Deccani material culture.