Here’s some good news for all art lovers! The most popular and fun-filled art fest, the Kala Ghoda fest is back again and like always, this year too the Fest has some fun workshops and stalls. The Kala Ghoda Fest will be held from 4th February- 12th February.
Kidsstoppress takes you through a quick glimpse of what you can expect from this year’s fest. Your kids will be able to sample books from different genres, attend interesting workshops and learn tons of new things all while interacting with interesting people from all over the world!
Here is the schedule for the literary fest:
4th February 2017
Opera of Puppets by Magical Whispers (Age- 4-10 years)
Description:Â Epics & Folk tales are brought alive through an interactive performance using recycled art. A perfect recipe to create magic for every child followed by a puppet making workshop from recycled material
Date: Saturday, 4th at Museum Gardens
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
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A Naturally Nerdy Affair (Age- 6-12 years)
Description: A fun-filled session putting your nature quotient to test, presented by Saevus Magazine.
Date: Saturday, 4th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Read-y Stead-y Go! (Age- 8-14 years)
Description: Open Bracket presents- A magical time of imagination building and story-writing for your kids with Vinitha Ramchandani, Samidha Gunjal, Amirkhan Pathan.
Date: Saturday, 4th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 5:00 – 6:30 PM
5th February 2017Â
Bird Stories For Children Conducted by Deepak Dalal and Bittu Sahgal (Age: 6-9 years)
Description: A Mumbai flamingo disappears one day. Has he been bird-napped? Is it the crows or the seagulls who have taken him away?
Date: Sunday, 5th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Kathak Meets Ballet, A Classical Fusion (Age: 6 + years)
Description: Explore steps in classical Ballet and Kathak ending with a short dance, presented by Neha and Ashifa.
Date: Sunday, 5th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 1:00 – 2:30 PM
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6th February 2017Â
Story Ideation Through Observation by Wordloom Workshops (Age: 7-13 years)
Description:Â This interactive & fun-filled workshop will make children learn the art of identifying story ideas through their own observation of themselves and their surroundings.
Date:Â Monday, 6th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 4:00 – 5:00 PM
7th February 2017Â
Story on Postcards (Age: 8-12 years)
Description: Run a riot with colours and imagination; An illustration workshop by Soniya Bhase
Date:Â Tuesday, 6th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 4:00 – 5:00 PM
8th February 2017Â
The Magic of OrigamiÂ
Description:Â Lailta Iyer on her quirky family’s quirky tales
Date:Â Wednesday 8th at The Atelier, Rampart House
Time:Â 5:30 PM Onwards
9th February 2017Â
Poems Come Alive by Richa Gupta (Age: 6 – 13 years)
Description:Â A workshop aimed at introducing kids to the magic and joy of writing poetry.
Date:Â Thursday 9th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 4:00 – 5:00 PMÂ
S.A.M Presents Tangram Creative Design (Age: 6 – 13 years)
Description: Explore Shapes & understand tangrams through Design.
Date:Â Thursday 9th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 5:00 – 6:00 PM Onwards
10th February 2017
The Little Entrepreneurs (Age: 8 + years)
Description: Build products out of colourful crops to learn the building blocks of business. A creative workshop by Ichchha Foundation.
Date:Â Friday 10th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 3:00 – 4:00 PMÂ
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Wild Nature (Age: 8-12 years)
Description: A short nature trail followed by a talk about our planet’s intriguing wildlife by Katie Bagli.
Date:Â Friday 10th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 5:00PM – 6:00 PM
Colourful Shadow Stories
Description: Let’s create our own magical world of shadows. Learn shadow art.
Date:Â Friday 10th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 6:00PM – 7:00 PM
11th February 2017
Story Hunt (Age: 6-10 years)
Description: A fun activity for children where they have to find the pages of the story, and read the whole story with a quiz at the end.
Date:Â Saturday 11th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 11:00AM – 12:00 PM
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Find Your Folk Tale (Age: 7-12 years)
Description: Storytelling in India goes back thousands of years. Visit the vibrant world of Indian folklore with Amar Chitra Katha in this fun-filled activity!
Date: Saturday 11th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 3:00PM – 4:00 PM
Iris Creative Education: Fun With Puppets (Age:6+ years)
Description: Iris Creative Education brings puppet making workshop and an Opera Style Puppet Play: The Magic Flute.
Date: Saturday 11th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 5:00PM – 6:30 PM
Tenalirama Ka Ludo (Children’s Play – Hindi/ English)
Description:Â A story about a blind boy, his superhero Tenalirama and a game of Ludo. Presented by Dhakkan Theatre.Â
Date: Saturday 11th at NGMA
Time:Â 4:30PM – 5:40 PM
12th February 2017
Telling Untold Stories Presented by -CatharsisÂ
Description: What happens when a group of children go out in search of the truth? A group of Teach for India and Akanksha students who will present stories that have touched their hearts the most.
Date: Sunday 12th at David Sasson
Time:Â 11:00AM – 11:40 AM
Play with Clay (Age: 6+ years)
Description: This clay workshop will include building 3D clay forms using basic hand building techniques of forming clay.
Date: Sunday 12th at Museum Gardens
Time:Â 1:30PM – 2:30 PM
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Mansi Zaveri
