The KB Thespians, once again present Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of being Earnest”.

Being their second play of 2009, this will be the third time in as many years that The KB Thespians have brought this comedy of manners to the stage in Pakistan.

With an all new cast with both new and known faces, The KB Thespians invites you to come and be a part of what will be undoubtedly an evening not soon forgotten.

Cast:

Sabiha Zia as Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax

Batool Habib as Ms. Laetitia Prism

Sobia Shah as Lady Augusta Bracknell

Amna Khan as Ms. Cecily Cardew

Salik Abbasi as Jack Worthing

Omer Malik as Rev. Frederick Chausable D.D.

Tahir Shamim as Lane/Merriman

Abdul Aleem Shekhani as Algernon Moncrieff

Directed by: Abdul Aleem Shekhani

Venue: Southend Club Auditorium,

          Khayaban-e-Rahat, DHA.  

Date & Time: 8:00pm Sharp,  22nd, 23rd and 24th of May 2009.

Passes available at Agha’s Supermarket and at the venue.

For Further Details Contact: 0334-313-2523  

 An art exhibition of some of country’s senior most artists opened a few days back at the newly formed KSA Art gallery here in Karachi.

The KSA Gallery, another addition to the remarkable contributions of Rabia Zubairy in promoting art has recently opened at the Karachi School of Art with a vision to promote new immerging talent and to expose the art students to the work of senior artists of the country. The gallery is the only Art gallery situated in Gulshan -e- Iqbal a considerably convent spot for people and art enthusiasts living in areas like Nazimabad, North  Nazimabad, Buffer Zone and New Karachi F.B Area to reach for.   

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Yesterday was International Dance Day which was celebrated in Arts Council with a performance of Dance Ballet ‘Song of Mohenjodaro’ by Sheema Kermani and her troupe consisting of her students at Tehrik-e-Niswan.

It was a very beautiful experience. Everything from sets, costumes, narratives, selection of music, choreography and research was near to perfect. The joy on the faces of kids, youth and the veteran dancers really elevated my respect towards these artists to an another level. Sheema Kermani, Amjad Ansari and Mani Chao obviously were fantastic but one participant which really took the spotlight was Suhaee Abro, a fine artist in the making. The intensity of her expressions is unbeatable.

The ballet discusses about how dance forms like yoga, bhairavi, dandiya has been originated and how these were part of expression and communal festivity; how it brought harmony among the people and closeness to the nature. While yoga is linked with spirituality, dance forms like bhangra are linked with celebrations of harvest and bhairavi as rain dance. You will see variety of dance routines there and also get knowledge about them so you get double benefit :) This one and a half hour ballet continues today, will start at 8 pm and is priced at Rs. 500 only.

Concern for Children Trust is hosting an art fundraiser where paintings from notable local artists will be on sale to raise money for Machar Art 2009 at Chawkandi Art Gallery on Monday May 4th 2009. 

Machar Art is a CFC designed program that brings professional artists and photographers to provide training to children in Machar Colony schools. This art therapy program is often the only chance children from the largest unofficial kutchi abaadi in Karachi have to express themselves through art. (more…)

The inimitable Tina Sani invites you to an evening of eastern music, in support of PeaceNiche and T2F on Friday, 17th April 2009, 9:00 pm Sharp

For this lovely evening with Tina Sani at IVS, Nando’s will be standing by to feed you. Buying fod from them means you are donating 50% of their proceeds to T2F and They’re also throwing in a free Rs. 200 dine-in voucher with every meal you purchase.

The event is part of the T2F: Renaissance Fundraising Series. For more information about T2F and their work, please explore their website.

You may also subscribe to their Google Calendar Here.

Date: Friday, 17th April 2009
Time: 9:00 pm
Venue: Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture [Map]
Info: 0300-823-0276 | sabeen@t2f.biz
Web: http://www.peaceniche.org | http://www.t2f.biz
Tickets: Rs. 1,000 per person

Available at Agha’s Supermarket, Nando’s (Clifton), Espresso (Kh-e-Shahbaz), Naheed Store, and Indus Valley School

An exhibition of black and white photographs, by leading photographers Aasim Akhtar, Ayesha Vellani and Tehmina Ahmed will be opening tomorrow 16th of April, 2009, 5 PM sharp at the KOEL gallery.

The show will continue till the 7th of May 2009 Daily from 11 – 8 pm

Koel Gallery
F-42/2, Block 4, Scheme – 5 Clifton,
Email: gallerykoel@gmail.com
Phone: (+92-21)-5831292

A reflection of renaissance, a showcase of creativity, a testament to talent: IBA’s Arts, English Literary and Photography Societies fuse their spirits and combine their energies to produce the first ever event of its kind at IBA in many years.

“Talking Pictures- elevating Craft to the level of Art”
Talking Pictures will take place on Friday, 10th April 2009, 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the IBA City Campus.

The event promises a blend of imagination and recreation for the evening:

My Fair Lady – an adaptation of the famous play by Bernard Shaw,
and
Dhanak – an exhibition of original artworks by IBA students, including breathtaking photographs, stunning still lifes, and more.

Participants at IBA are working towards what is much more than simply entertainment- a step towards culturing an aesthetically sound thinking process in society. A step towards proving that excellence, harmony and beauty are what we appreciate as Pakistanis – not a misguided sense of self-righteousness.

Do attend the Talking Pictures on Friday, the 10th of April at the IBA City Campus. The play MY FAIR LADY starts at 6. There is no entrance fee to the event, however, the tickets for the play will be available at location for Rs. 100.

TLISM ended yesterday after a spell-bound performance of more than 2 hours of Ek Hazar Aur Ek Thi Raatein having stories depicting powerful women in Arabian Nights. The play got an awesome response with an standing ovation. After all, it is not a child’s play to perform and sing for 2 hours, remember so many lines and above all giving a perfect performance which touched everyone’s heart and enriched everybody’s mind. IT IS AN ART!

The purpose of declaring this at KMB: TLISM, a theater festival which celebrated the 30 years of Tehrik-e-Niswan’s astonishing work for women empowerment and social development in Karachi and elsewhere, and their work speaks for itself; their work is there ode to the mission, and this post is ode to the people behind the vision.

The activities continue. One of them will be a dance ballet SONG OF MOHENJODARO on 29th and 30th April marking the International Day of Dance.

Dawn Feature: http://dawntravelshow.com/dawnanimation/tehrik/

Koel art Gallery opened it’s doors to an exciting art exhibition by master ceramist Sadia Salim on the 19th of March 2009. 

The show exhibits some intriguing forms in ceramic derived right out of disposable bottles, tin cans or yogurt containers giving a new meaning to the common use items we rarely pay much attention to. Her installation titled “Chaos” a representation of how every element gets attracted and attached in a desire for find peace and a solution to end the chaos but oblivious of the harsh realities and ending up being a part of the chaos it’s self, is an inspiring  work of art. Another one which will instantly grab your attention is Transience, which is again a really interesting installation.

The mugs, bowls, the square plate, bottles and much more all in a display of interesting textures, colors forms and shapes, abstracted, molded, fired in ceramics makes this exhibition an inspirational display of art work.

 The exhibition is to continue till the 30 of March 2009, 11  to 8 pm.

KOEL Gallery: 
   F-42/2, block 4, Scheme 5 Clifton , Karachi
Phone: (+92-21) 5831292 and 5364013
E-mail: gallerykoel@gmail.com

KOEL, The recently opened Art gallery in the city brings the color of our traditions into the world of art with a stunning display of hand printed Ajraks,  a collection designed by Noorjehan Bilgrami in a  stunning exhibition “Sindh Ji Ajrak” in collaboration with AHAN.

 Centuries old tradition of making Ajrak, a hand printer and dyed fabric, goes through 21 stage painstaking process till completion. Over the last hundred years with the advent of synthetic dyes the use of naturally extracted indigo and madder in Ajrak had gone out of practice.in the past two years a series of workshops were held at the Ajrak Centers in Matiari, Bhitshah, and Sehta to revive the practice of using natural dyes.

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