Listening Room with Sakina and Tashyana 22 September Friday, 6–7pm Register here Join Sakina and Tashyana for a unique listening experience of poetry, performance, music, and sound in response to ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023. This event has been curated as part of the Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on
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Curator’s Tour with Sandev Handy 17 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘The Foreigners’ with Sandev Handy, Curator at the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Curator’s Tour is offered as part of the Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Exhibition Tour in Sinhala 16 September Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of 'The Foreigners' 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 ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Exhibition Tour 10 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of 'The Foreigners' led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Workshop ‘Comic Making and Storytelling’ with Shenuka Corea (for ages 16 and above) 9 September Saturday, 3–5pm Register here In this workshop Shenuka will guide participants to develop their own comic characters and narratives, with prompts designed to inspire and encourage creative thinking. This Workshop has been curated as part of the Public Programmes of
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Reading Group: ‘Strangers in Waiting' with Natasha Ginwala 8 September Friday, 6–7.30pm Register here In this fourth Reading Group associated with ‘The Foreigners’, join curator and writer Natasha Ginwala to engage critically and extensively with the notions of otherness, identity, and belonging, which are thematics related to the exhibition. She will do a close reading
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Exhibition Tour 3 September Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of 'The Foreigners' led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Exhibition Tour in Tamil 2 September 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 ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Exhibition Tour 27 August Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of 'The Foreigners' led by a Visitor Educator of the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Exhibition Tour is offered as part of Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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‘A Shared Space’ with Tehani Chitty (for ages 18 and above) 26 August Saturday, 4.30–6.30pm Register here Join actor and dramatherapist Tehani Chitty for an enactment and retelling of a mythical story from the frozen north. Participants are encouraged to contribute to the narrative and reflect via conversation, embodiment, and sound-making. This event has been
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Gallery Talk ‘Narratives of Conflict and Displacement’ with Prof. Sumathy Sivamohan 25 August Friday, 6–7pm Register here Filmmaker, researcher, and academic Prof. Sumathy Sivamohan speaks to Pramodha Weerasekera, Assistant Curator Education and Public Programmes about her approach to developing and presenting narratives about the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict and its resultant displacement. This Gallery Talk
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Curator’s Tour with Sandev Handy 20 August Sunday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of ‘The Foreigners’ with Sandev Handy, Curator at the MMCA Sri Lanka. This Curator’s Tour is offered as part of the Public Programmes of the exhibition ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Workshop ‘Zinemaking and Art Journaling’ with Zainab Hudha (for ages 16 and above) 19 August Saturday, 3–5pm Register here In this workshop, with the support of poet and artist Zainab Hudha, participants develop their own zine with visual and verbal depictions of their childhoods as they remember. This Workshop has been curated as part of
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Exhibition Tour in Sinhala 19 August Saturday, 11am–12pm Register here Join a tour of 'The Foreigners' 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 ‘The Foreigners’, on view until 22 October 2023.
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Gallery Talk ‘Protest, Memory, and Outsiderness’ with Radhika Hettiarachchi 18 August Friday, 6–7pm Register here Development practitioner, curator, and researcher Radhika Hettiarachchi speaks to Pramodha Weerasekera, Assistant Curator Education and Public Programmes about her recent research on the Gotagogama site as a space of social construction, memory, and identity. This Gallery Talk has been curated
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