Call For Exhibition Volunteer / Mediator – Aval Idam (Her Place)

About the Exhibition Her Place is a photography exhibition that explores how women and girls in Chennai claim space for themselves in public life — through joy, work, leisure, resistance, and everyday acts of agency. This exhibition is both a celebration and a conversation — about who belongs in the city, and what it takes […]

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When does a woman’s story become her legacy?

This heartfelt piece was written by our member, Divine, as she shares her reflections on The Female Legacy Project held in Chennai this April. A Conversation & a Question of Visibility “Women’s stories are often forgotten or hidden purposefully,” said Nivedita Louis, as I sat at the back of the room at Alliance Française. Just moments before,

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Art Without Aura: Ghibli, AI, and the Creative Crisis

This article is written by our member Divine Rizia @divine-rizia-r-v We’re witnessing the gamification of art styles—reduced to filters, stripped of context. Diving into the popular discourse: Can the soul of an artist be generated by an algorithm? It’s been more or less fifteen days. Fifteen days since a trend began surfacing across social media

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Call for Submissions: Women in Chennai Public Spaces

Kala Collective, in collaboration with the Gender Policy Lab (Greater Chennai Corporation), is inviting artists, photographers, and researchers to collaborate on a project exploring: “What does it mean for women to exist, move, and thrive in public spaces?” We are looking for single images, series, texts & illustrations (existing and new works)  that capture the

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Life, Light, Love – A photo Exhibition @ DakshinChitra Utsavam ’24

There’s a story behind every click of a camera shutter. From capturing the vibrant chaos of city life to the quiet poetry of everyday moments, photography gives us the chance to hold onto fleeting moments and turn everyday life into extraordinary art. As part of The Kala Collective, we were thrilled to showcase our work at DakshinaChitra

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