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SUTRA NEPAL
SUTRA is an autonomous, artist-led creative group which formulated in September 2003 under registration with government of Nepal with a collective zeal to introduce the innovative art with activities such as art workshops, dialogues; artists exchange programme, and other art activities, which are rare and very new to Nepal. The Sutra began with an unofficial art workshop “Monsoon Harmony” in 2002 where nearly ten energetic artists from different genre come together to create installations and performance in the secluded forest of Tapoban. However the lack of seed money and problematic huddle in fundraising during the conflict period in Nepal detained Sutra from many wondrous art projects to come true.
With the bighearted financial support of Ford Foundation, and good help from our regional partner organizations, Sutra took some of the decisive steps in the Art Arena of Nepal. Sutra has become synonym as a promoter of cutting-edge art practices in Nepal and a platform for opportunities and artists' exchanges. Sutra, apart from its regular art activities, is now in process to establish a digital networking and personal section of artists on web making it accessible and serving it as an open forum. Sutra hopes to encourage this digital network as an unbiased connecting solution for anyone who would search for opportunities or vice versa.
Sutra Art Center is a creative art group based in Kathmandu. It is an independent organization of artists working in different genres of music, theatre, film, writing living in Nepal with an impulse to bring about better changes in the society through creative arts.
Sutra promotes conceptual artists whose works are beyond conventional and traditional forms. Its objective is to propagate ‘Art’ to create a positive impact in the aesthetic, social and ideological aspects of the society by these newer artistic expressions. It encourages artists and facilitate artistic community through creativity and experimentation within Nepal and to affiliate with different international art community. Sutra propagates unconventional art practices through different workshops, residencies and dialogues. This international workshop is also the part of our entire schedule.
Sutra has successfully organized five major national workshops “Monsoon Harmony” (2002), “Coaxing the Nature” (2003), “Genius at Work”, "Uttistha" (2005) and Pokhara local artists' workshop (2005). Four of the events were organized in the forest at Osho Tapoban, 7 km away from Kathmandu city and of them was carried out in the mountain museum, Pokhara. A sixth workshop for amateurs was organized at Gallery Nine in Kathmandu. Besides these local art workshops, Sutra has also successfully organized two international art workshops "Nuga Mikha" in 2004 and international artists' workshop at Patan Durbar Square in 2006. Sutra also organized a month long artist international residency program in Bhaktapur (2006). Along with other art activities, exhibitions and promotions, many other art awareness programs were held bringing amateurs and children to walk on the artistic path. Ceramics workshop is also being organized to Local Artists and painters. Sutra also conducts discourse program “Echoes of Tomorrow” which invites people from all walks of life to openly discuss creative works. Sutra also ran Gallery Nine for a year from 2004 to 2005 in order to promote the arts in Nepal.
However the lack of seed money and problematic huddle in fundraising during the conflict period in Nepal detained Sutra from many wondrous art projects to come true. With the bighearted financial support from our sponsors and good help from our regional partner organizations, Sutra took some of the decisive steps in the Art Arena of Nepal. Sutra has become synonym as a promoter of cutting-edge art practices in Nepal and a platform for opportunities and artists' exchanges.
Sutra, apart from its regular art activities, is now in process to establish a digital networking and personal section of artists on web making it accessible and serving it as an open forum. Sutra hopes to encourage this digital network as an unbiased connecting solution for anyone who would search for opportunities or vice versa.
