Exhibition Tour in Sinhala 29 October Saturday, 11–12pm Register here Join a Sinhala language guided tour of ‘Encounters’ Rotation 2 by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka.
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Gallery Talk ‘Sustainable Tourism Today’ with Aoife O’Sullivan and Manodha de Silva 28 October Friday, 6–7pm Register here Aoife O’Sullivan, Creative Director of Una Bambu and Manodha de Silva, Founder of Manodha De Silva Associates talk to Pramodha Weerasekera, Assistant Curator Education and Public Programmes about their recent architectural projects related to sustainability and tourism
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Workshop Visual Journaling with Safiya Sideek (for ages 18 and above) 22 October Saturday 3–5pm Register here Join Safiya to learn how to collect and visualise your thoughts on paper through illustration and sketching. Entry to the museum and its workshops are free. All material will be provided.
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Workshop Sewing and Embroidery with Hema Shironi and Shahdia Jamaldeen (for ages 16 and above) 15 October Sunday 2–5pm Register here Join Shironi and Shahdia to explore ways of storytelling through sewing and embroidery in relation to Display 2 of ‘Encounters’ Rotation 2. Entry to the museum and its workshops are free. All material will
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Exhibition Tour in Tamil 15 October Sunday 11am–12pm Register here Join a Tamil language guided tour of ‘Encounters’ Rotation 2 by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka.
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Curator’s Tour with Ritchell Marcelline 2 October Sunday 11am–12pm Register here Our Assistant Curator, Ritchell Marcelline shares his insights into the artwork exhibited in ‘Encounters.’
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Workshop ‘(Y)our Story’ with Jake Oorloff (15–18 yrs) 17 September Saturday, 2–5pm Register here Join theatre practitioner and performance artist Jake Oorloff of Floating Space Theatre Co. in a special workshop for teens. The workshop will focus on the basics of storytelling; participants will be supported to find inspiration from one's own life and the
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Curator’s Tour with Ritchell Marcelline 18 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Our Assistant Curator, Ritchell Marcelline shares his insights into the artwork exhibited in ‘Encounters.’
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Curator’s Tour with Ritchell Marcelline 25 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Our Assistant Curator, Ritchell Marcelline shares his insights into the artwork exhibited in ‘Encounters’.
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Poetry Reading ‘Nature Poems’ with Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe, Shailendra Ahangama, and Yusuf Barrie 24 September Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here In this hour of poetry, Ramya, Shailendra, and Yusuf will read to us a selection of poems about nature as depicted in Display 2 of ‘Encounters’ Rotation 2.
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Gallery Talk Firi Rahman 23 September Friday, 6–7.30pm Register here Artist Firi Rahman (b. 1990) speaks to Curator Sandev Handy about his series ‘Enclosure’ (2020). The series is on display in Rotation 2 of ‘Encounters’ until 13 November 2022.
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Special Behind the Scenes Exhibition Tour by Jonathan Edward, Sandev Handy, and Ritchell Marcelline 16 September Friday, 6–7.30pm Register here Join Jonathan Edward, Sandev Handy, Curator and Ritchell Marcelline, Assistant Curator on a walkthrough of ‘Encounters’ Rotation 2 to learn more about the approaches they adopted for exhibition design, construction, and conservation of the artwork
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Curator’s Tour with Sharmini Pereira 11 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Our Chief Curator, Sharmini Pereira shares her insights into the artwork exhibited in ‘Encounters.’
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Curator’s Tour with Ritchell Marcelline 4 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Our Assistant Curator, Ritchell Marcelline shares his insights into the artwork exhibited in ‘Encounters.
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Workshop Botanical Drawing with Sanath Herath (16 yrs and above) 3 September Saturday, 2–5pm Register here Learn the techniques of botanical drawing with artist and art educator Sanath Herath.
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