Curator’s Tour with chief curator Sharmini Pereira 13 Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Our Chief Curator, Sharmini Pereira shares her insights into the artwork exhibited in ‘Encounters.’ The tour will be followed by a special event where the museum’s Curatorial Team will look at what is behind Pradeep Thalawatta’s work ‘Athi Vishesha (Extra Special)’. They will
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Valentine’s Special Curator’s Tour with assistant curator Sandev Handy 13 Sunday, 4pm–5pm Register here Celebrate Valentine’s Day with an intimate, specially curated tour of ‘Encounters’ by Assistant Curator Sandev Handy. Make your date extra special and enjoy two complimentary glasses of pink champagne or cocktails, at Tea Lounge or Plates located at Cinnamon Grand. Due
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Workshop Objects and Storytelling (12–16yrs) 12 Saturday, 2pm–5pm Register here Join theatre practitioner and educator Piumi Wijesundara in this workshop about creative storytelling using everyday objects. Workshops are free and all materials will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring an object which means something to them for this workshop. Piumi Wijesundara is an
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Gallery Talk Pradeep Thalawatta 11 Friday, 6pm to 7pm Register here Artist Pradeep Thalawatta speaks to Assistant Curator, Sandev Handy about the creative processes behind ‘Athi Vishesha (Extra Special)’ and how his practice has evolved over the years. ‘Athi Vishesha (Extra Special)’ by Thalawatta will be on display at the Museum of Modern and
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Poetry Reading Love Poems with Malinda Seneviratne, Phusathi Liyanaarachchi and Vivimarie Vanderpoorten 25 Friday, 6pm–7pm Register here In this hour of poetry, Malinda, Phusathi and Vivimarie will read to us a selection of poems about love and intimacy. Malinda Seneviratne is a poet, critic, and journalist based in Colombo. His poetry collection ‘Edges’ won
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Gallery Talk Malaka Talwatte 19 Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here ‘Encounters’ is an exhibition that draws from the John Keells and George Keyt Foundation collections. Join trustee and art patron Malaka Talwatte in a conversation with Chief Curator Sharmini Pereira about George Keyt’s painting ‘Pounding Paddy’ which is on display until 10 April 2022.
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Gallery Talk Abdul Halik Azeez 18 Friday, 6pm–7pm Register here Artist Abdul Halik Azeez talks to Chief Curator Sharmini Pereira about his ‘Lotus Power’ series and his focus on documenting urban development in Colombo using photography. His work ‘Lotus Power V’ is on display at the museum throughout the six months of ‘Encounters.’ Abdul
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Workshop Art Inspired Drama Games (5–10yrs) with Basement Playback Theatre Company 26 Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here A special workshop for children aged 5 to 10 years focusing on movement and interaction with art and space at the museum.
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‘Make a Mess. Make Art.’ Museum Trainee, Harith Wirasinha looks at how artists use different ways of making art–and is inspired to make his own. The title of this artwork is ‘GPS Drawing: Kudirimale to Wilpattu National Park Gate, 53km, 1.40 pm to 5.40 pm, Jeep, 7 October 2017’. It was made in 2017 by
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‘Colouring with Jasmine Nilani’ Download this worksheet as a pdf About the Series ‘Address of Residence’ “These works talk about two different places, Jaffna and Vavuniya. My family moved from Jaffna and settled in Vavuniya because of the civil war. I returned to Jaffna to study art in 2010 and decided to continue my
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‘Art is a Feeling' Project Manager, Puja Srivastava tells us how an artwork reminds her about her own life as a mother. The name of this artwork is ‘Cradle’. It was made in 2012 by the artist Manori Jayasinghe (b. 1972). This work is made with safety pins. See the full caption Download this
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‘Bringing a Photo to Life’ Sharmini Pereira, Curator of the exhibition ‘one hundred thousand small tales’, sets a fun activity using this photograph. The title of this artwork is ‘St. Peter’s Old Boys’ Reunion’. It was made in 1991 by the artist Stephen Champion (b. 1959). This work is a high quality reproduction photograph made
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‘A Story of Two Windows’ Our Assistant Curator, Sandev Handy, sets an activity using two examples of paintings, which were part of the exhibition ‘one hundred thousand small tales’ The title of this artwork is ‘View from Layards Road House Window’. It was made in 1969 by the artist W. J. G. Beling (1907–1992). This
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‘Seeing the World with Our Minds’ Download this worksheet as a pdf Think Have you ever wondered how a dog sees the world? Even better, have you ever wondered how your parents, siblings or friends see the world? Can it be different—yes, even completely different—to how you see it? Can we ever get
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‘Get Inspired. Stay Inspired.’ Download this worksheet as a pdf Reading takes us to new worlds, lets us meet new people and experience different things from the comfort of our homes. Isn’t it amazing how you can move from Hogwarts, to Middle Earth and hop onto Madol Doova and then return back right
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