Exhibition Tour 2 June Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, Read More
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Exhibition Tour in Tamil 1 June Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘The Foreigners’ in Tamil led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, on view until 7 Read More
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‘Creating a Stamp of Minnette’ with Kiyawana Muddara (for ages 18 and above)
Workshop ‘Creating a Stamp of Minnette’ with Kiyawana Muddara (for ages 18 and above) 1 June Saturday, 3–5pm Register here Why is there no stamp of Minnette De Silva (1918–1998)? Can we commemorate her and her life with stamps? Join Niroshana and Viranga Peiris of Kiyawana Muddara as they delve into the history of women Read More
‘Imagining Minnette’ with Irushi Tennekoon and Ruhanie Perera
Reading Group: ‘Imagining Minnette’ with Irushi Tennekoon and Ruhanie Perera 31 May Friday, 6–7.30pm Register here Irushi, artist and educator, and Ruhanie, lecturer in English at the University of Colombo, lead a discussion about Minnette De Silva’s practice of self-documenting. They will also discuss examples of ways in which other creative practitioners remember/imagine Minnette and Read More
Exhibition Tour 26 May Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, Read More
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Exhibition Tour 19 May Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, Read More
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Exhibition Tour 12 May Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, Read More
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Artist Tour for Families 18 May Saturday, 3–5pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ led by artists Irushi Tennekoon (b. 1989), Sumedha Kelegama (b. 1988), and Sumudu Athukorala (b. 1980), whose specially commissioned film ‘is this an architectural documentary?’ (2023) about the Watapuluwa Housing Scheme Read More
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in Tamil
Exhibition Tour in Tamil 18 May Saturday, 11am–12 pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ in Tamil led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Read More
Exhibition Tour 5 May Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, Read More
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‘Make Your Ideal Space’ with Shenuka Corea (for ages 8–13)
Workshop ‘Make Your Ideal Space’ with Shenuka Corea (for ages 8–13) 4 May Saturday, 3–5pm Register here In this workshop conducted in response to the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, artist and illustrator Shenuka will guide participants to develop their own visual narratives about their ideal space. This Workshop Read More
in Sinhala
Exhibition Tour in Sinhala 4 May Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ in Sinhala led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme Read More
‘Geddes and the Garden City’ with Ramla Wahab-Salman and Sumedha Kelegama
Gallery Talk: ‘Geddes and the Garden City’ with Ramla Wahab-Salman and Sumedha Kelegama 3 May Friday, 6–7pm Register here Researcher and Executive Director of the American Institute for Lankan Studies, Ramla speaks to Artist and Architect Sumedha. They speak about Conservative Surgery by Patrick Geddes as an approach to community housing, participatory architecture, and the Read More
Exhibition Tour 21 April Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’ led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘88 Acres: The Watapuluwa Housing Scheme by Minnette De Silva’, Read More
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