This workshop has been cancelled - The instructor will reschedule this workshop for 2025.

Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is pleased to host a workshop from artist Amita Bhakta titled “Rangoli: Folk Art from India” on Saturday, September 28th from 10-12pm. Admission is $10 per person. 

Rangoli is an art form from India, it is generally done on the front porch and floor in placement of a rug using common household materials such as spices, grains, flower petals, etc. to create patterns.  This tradition is passed down generation to generation and performed daily to welcome a new day.  During festivals and special occasions, more elaborate designs are created as celebratory decoration. 

Amita Bhakta moved to the United States with her family as a teenager. She is now living in North Alabama and working as a full-time artist. Amita’s work combines elements of her ancestral heritage, her present-day life, and the possibilities of the future. Now a master in the art of Rangoli, Amita learned the tradition from her mother. It has become a mission of hers to pass this knowledge on to others through endowments and workshops.