THE ANNUAL ERASING BORDERS EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART OF THE DIASPORA 2018 MISSION STATEMENT

The Indo-American Arts Council is a registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit, secular service and resource arts organization charged with the mission of promoting and building the awareness, creation, production, exhibition, publication and performance of Indian and cross-cultural art forms in North America. . The IAAC's focus is to work with artists in North America as well as to facilitate artists from India to exhibit, perform and produce their work in the United States. This exhibition will promote and exhibit the work of artists from the Indian-American community. The exhibition will tour the NYC boroughs, the greater NYC area, the Tri-State area and other parts of Eastern United States

The IAAC supports all artistic disciplines in the classical, fusion, folk and innovative forms influenced by the arts of India. We work cooperatively with colleagues around the United States to broaden our collective audiences and to create a network for shared information, resources and funding.

Our focus is to work with artists and arts organizations in North America as well as to facilitate artists and arts organizations from India to exhibit, perform and produce their works here. IAAC GOALS & OBJECTIVES Bivas Chaudhuri

✧ Build an awareness of Indian artistic disciplines in North America ✧ Raise enough money to be able to sponsor artist's activities ✧ Function as a central clearing-house for funds for artistic disciplines ✧ Present artistic events in the disciplines ✧ Have regular outreach programs to schools and colleges ✧ Encourage young artists to present their work ✧ Foster an exchange of artists and arts related information between India and the United States. ERASING BORDERS EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART OF THE DIASPORA 2018

✧ The exhibition, Erasing Borders: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora explores the contributions of artists whose origins can be traced to the Indian Subcontinent. This will be IAAC's 13th annual Erasing Borders exhibition.

✧ The first, 2004 Erasing Borders Exhibition, curated by Sundaram Tagore, focused solely on artists of the Indian Diaspora. Due to its enormous success, the IAAC decided to schedule annual exhibitions of contemporary Indian art. Since then, the annual IAAC Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art has been curated by Vijay Kumar

✧ Many Indian artists went abroad after India's independence from British rule. These artists grappled with dual aesthetic concerns (modernity versus tradition), and with the complex issue of identity. Diaspora artists had to create an authentic artistic language possessing Indian aesthetic components in order to be taken seriously by critics, as well as to reconcile issues associated with being minorities. Today's diaspora artists are scattered across the country and are more socio-economically and religiously diverse than their predecessors. These artists are working to make themselves heard in an art world that is at once more competitive and more receptive to non-Western art than ever before THE EXHIBITION

The Indo-American Arts Council’s 13th Annual Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian art of the Diaspora! will feature work by 28 artists whose origins can be traced to the Indian subcontinent. This group of multinational and intergenerational artists, chosen by Vijay Kumar, reflects a broad range of life experiences and aesthetic values. The artists interpret diverse subject matter—figurative, abstract and conceptual in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, video, sculpture and installation. The resulting works often meld Indian and Western ideas about color, form and subject.

Twenty million people of Indian origin shifted countries in the 20th and 21st centuries. Implicit in the term Diaspora are the concepts of change and adaptation. Cultural dislocation can produce unexpected and powerful results. Subject matter is often drawn from the country of origin, while many of the artistic decisions and political concerns come from the artists’ newfound situations. This exhibition seeks to transcend the borders that confine and control preconceived definitions of Indian and Western art. VISUAL ART STAFF

Executive Director and founding member of the Indo-American Arts Council, Aroon is passionate about its mission to build an awareness of Indian artists and artistic disciplines (performing, visual, literary and folk arts in North America) as well as nurturing and promoting emerging artists from the Indian subcontinent !

President of the Indo-American Arts Council Board of Directors, Aroon sits on the Boards of the Queens Museum of Art, The Lark Play Development Company and the Museum Trustees Association.. Aroon also sits on the Advisory Boards of the Center for Architecture's Jugaad Urbanism, Hindu American Seva Charities, Light of India Awards, Special Advisor to the Kandy International Film Festival, Artefacting Mumbai, the Advisory Board of Immigrant Artists & Scholars in New York (IASNY) and several other art and charity organizations, and has been on the juries of the Emmys, beauty contests, grants, art, film and theatre contests. A passionate patron and participant of the arts, she is involved in various capacities - as a patron / subscriber / member of the International Women's Forum, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Metropolitan Museum, Theatre Development Fund (TDF), New York Women in Film & TV (NYWIFT), IFP, Lincoln Center Theatre, National Organization of Women (NOW), Museum Trustees Association (MTA) VISUAL ART STAFF

Vijay Kumar has curated all the annual Erasing Borders exhibitions bar one. Vijay studied art at Triveni Kala Sangam in New Delhi, and at Pratt Graphics Center in NYC.

He has showcased his drawings, prints and paintings in the U.S. and abroad. Vijay has worked extensively in printmaking techniques and currently teaches etching at Manhattan Graphics Center in NYC, where he was a founding member.

His work is featured in many permanent collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the New York Public Library (all in NYC), the William Benton Museum of Art in Storrs, Connecticut, the National Gallery of Art in New Delhi, and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK.

In 2002, his work received the highest prize in an exhibition of prints by the Royal Society or Painters and Printmakers in London. GLIMPSES OF ARTISTS OVER THE DECADE

Chitra Ganesh Reeta Gidwani Karmarkar Alka Mukerji

Anu Thadani M.D. Tokon Claudia Dias GLIMPSES OF ARTISTS OVER THE DECADE

Vijay Kumar Nidhi Jalan Haresh Lalvani

Nidhi Jalan

Rasika Reddy Roshani Thakore Shobha Menon Participating Artists in 2016

Anna Bradfield Padmini Mongia Anujan Ezhikode Parul Mehra Arun Prem, Bivas Quinza Najm Chaudhuri Pooja Gupta Bolo Radhika Mathews Delna DasturGeorge Rahul Mehra Oomen Reeta Gidwani Karmarkar Indrani Nayar Gal Renuka Khanna Mansoora Hassan Rochana Dubey MD Tokon Sejal Krishnan Nipun Manda Tara Sabharwal Norbert Gonsalves Uday K Dhar m PARTICIPATING ARTISTS IN 2016 Anna Bradfield Title: Brazil Medium: Mixed media collage Dimension: 18" x 24" Year: 2014 Price: $3000 Anujan Ezhikode Title: wind #2 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimension: 60 " x 36 " Year: 2015 Price: $1500

Arun Prem Bivas Chaudhuri Title: Yellow Piece Title: Grandma’s true stories Medium: Acrylic on canvas Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimension: 24” x 24” Dimension: 40 ”x 60 " Year: 2014 Year: 2015 Price: $2000 Price: $12500 Bolo Title: Ghost of Empire Medium: Acrylic on wood Dimension: 48" x 36" Year: 2015 Price: $7000

Delna Dastur Title: Grit Medium: Mixed media Dimension: 40" x 30" Year: 2014 Price: $5000

George Oomen Title: Climate Change Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Dimension: 12” x 42” Year: 2015 Indrani Nayar-Gall Price: $8000 Title: How to write a myth detail Medium: two-plate A la poupée relief and wood intaglio on paper, carbon transfer, Dimension: 21.5" x 22" Year: 2015 Price: $2000 Mansoora Hassan Title: The Diologue Project 01 Medium: Digital photography Dimension: 8" x 11" Year: 2015 Price: $450

Gautam Rao

Nipun Manda Title: Interplay 1 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas MD Tokon Dimension: 24” x 18” Title: The Land I Still Love Year: 2015 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Price: $ 3000 Dimension: 84" x 56" Year: 2015 Price: $12000

Norbert Gonsalves Title: Despair and Hope Medium: Encaustic on wood panel, Charred sari fabric, glass bangles Dimension: 16” x 20” Year: 2015 Price: $600 Padmini Mongia Title: Building Matters 4 Medium: Ink and India ink on canvas. Dimension: 8" X 24" Year: 2015 Price: $5000

Pooja Gupta Title: Tell me I'M Pretty Medium: Oil on canvas Dimension: 27" x 17" Year: 2015 Qinza Najm Price: $650 Title: Treasure of Love Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimension: 48" x 36" Year: 2015 Price: $4000

Parul Mehra Title: Which World do we Live in Medium: Digital Photograph Dimension: 16” x 20” Year: 2015 Price: $500 Rochana Dubey Title: Is it really You or is it Me Medium: Acrylics and modelling paste on canvas Dimension: 48" x 48" Year: 2015 Price: $3999

Radhika Mathews Title: Contained/Uncontained Medium: Acrylic and Block Print on Handmade Paper Dimension: 6" x 16 " Year: 2014 Price: $750 Rahul Mehra Title: Sarvottam Quality Cinema Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimension: 48” x 36” Year: 2015 Reeta Gidwani Karmarkar Price: $6,000 Title: Shutter Shadows Apartheid The cruel, vicious oppression and segregation of non-whites in South Africa. Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimension: 26" x 36" Year: 2015 Price: $1,000 Uday Kdhar Reet Das Title: Chahe Jiyenge Medium: oil on canvas Dimension: 24" x 30" Year: 2014 Price: $1000

Renuka Khanna Title: Our Daughters 1 Medium: Digital giclee prints Dimension: 18" x 24" Year: 2015 Price: $750

Sejal Krishnan Title: Oh Lord let there be Light Medium: Latex and acrylic paint Dimension: 30” x 36” Year: 2015 Price: $600 Tara Sabharwal Title: City Stories Medium: Ink, watercolor and collage on paper Dimension: 15" x 11" Year: 2015 Price: $8500 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Aroon Shivdasani Talat Ansari President and Executive Director Legal Counsel

Jonathan Hollander Ambassador Prakash Shah Vice President and Co-Founder ADVISORY BOARD

Dilip Advani Nari Pohani Mallika Sarabhai Veena Advani Rajika Puri Ambassador Neelam Deo Shabana Azmi Zeyba Rahman Tino Puri Robert Browning Indur Shivdasani Chandrika Tandon Yakub Mathew Sundaram Tagore Gerson da Cunha Priyanka Mathew Shashi Tharoor Uma da Cunha Dr. Sunil Kothari Madhur Jaffrey Mahesh Dattani Javed Akhtar Mira Nair Vishakha Desai (late) Ismail Merchant Salman Rushdie Wynn Handman Dinyar Devitre Dr. Murali Ustad Amjad Ali Khan James Gara Doriaswamy Deepa Mehta Dr. Manjula Bhansal Jane Gullong (late) Maqbool Fida Husain

EXHIBITION SPACES Queens Museum of Arts Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Project Space The Gallery at Penn College ! Tabla Rasa Art Gallery Charles B Wang Center The Guild Art Gallery Jorgensen Gallery Aicon Gallery Bronx Charter School for the Arts Asian Contemporary Art Week Visual Arts Centre of New Jersey Manhattanville College Art Gallery Twelve Gates Art Gallery Hammond Museum Consulate General of India, New York South Asian American Art Festival Crossing Art Queens

Flushing Town Hall Dowd Gallery Williamsburg Art and Historical Centre Art6 PAST SPONSORS

Crossing Art New York State Council for the arts( NYSCA)

Harrice Miller Entertainment TV Asia

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Masala Junction.com

India Abroad Filmy Rediff.com Lassi with Lavina Pennsylvania College of Technology Bronx Charter School for the Arts DOWD Gallery Queens Museum of Art Asian Contemporary Art Week Freelance US Media Navila Group FUNDS

The Indo-American Arts Council relies on corporate support, private family foundations, and individual donors. IAAC also relies on a bevy of volunteers and personal contacts to present these annual Exhibitions. Costs for the exhibition, including transportation of the artwork, insurance, gallery rental, advertising & publicity, opening and closing receptions, press packages, preparation, hanging of artwork, brochure design, and printing will be shared by participating galleries. Gallery openings and closings are coordinated by the IAAC. We send out mailings to our entire list , upload the information on our website, place it on facebook, twitter and Youtube to spread the word to support our artists. MARKETING AND INTERPRETATION

Utilize its growing listserv (e-technology) to ✧ Reet Das update its patrons. ✧ Send out postcards, brochures, take

advertisements in NYC-based mainstream, ethnic, and artist-related media outlets. ✧ Coordinate with other arts organizations, artists, and partner organizations to support the Exhibition. ✧ At the exhibition, audience members will receive a catologue with listings of the artists, artwork, and contact information for contacting the artists. There will also be postcards on a table to gather audience's contact information, and advertisements for future IAAC events. ✧ The IAAC will utilize E-technology to disseminate information about the Exhibitions, the artists, and the artwork being displayed. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY

✧ IAAC partners with select organizations whose

objectives align with those of the Erasing Borders Tarik Currimbhoy exhibition thereby engaging and nurturing long-term mutually beneficial and culturally rich relationships ✧ As the exhibition continues to grow, it becomes an increasingly formidable marketing platform for partners and organizations to garner targeted exposure ✧ Provides access to the Indian Diaspora in the entire East Coast market ✧ Opportunity for an international brand to establish and entrench itself amongst North American consumers ✧ Targeted marketing to specific income, occupation and gender based groups ✧ Association with brands of a distinguished caliber and recognizable talent who regularly support and participate in the festival ✧ Recognition for involvement and support in developing the arts and culture of New York City ✧ Reach an IAAC mailing list of 45,000 arts aficionados SPONSORSHIP & BRANDING

Marketing benefits associated with the Exhibition include:

✧ Effective brand development and Anujan Ezhikode visibility ✧ Showcases social and community responsibility ✧ On-site corporate hospitality and benefits

✧ Networking with co-sponsors, developing corporate ✧ relationships ✧ Media exposure ✧ Signage ✧ Promotional presence on website and collateral materials ✧ Interaction with members of the US and Indian art industries ✧ Right to promote / co-brand SPONSORSHIP LEVELS Sponsorship levels range from $10,000- $250,000. Details on specific benefits can be provided upon request. Sponsorship packages may be tailored to specific sponsor requirements

Tara Sabharwal

✧ Diamond Exclusive Sponsorship –

$250,000 ✧ Emerald Sponsorship -$150,000 ✧ Ruby Sponsorship - $100,000 ✧ Sapphire Sponsorship – $50,000 ✧ Amethyst Sponsorship – $25,000 ✧ Topaz Sponsorship – $10,000 ERASING BORDERS EXHIBITION OF

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART OF THE DIASPORA 2018

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