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Kolkata: Lokshilpa O Karukriti Mela held at Jorasanko Thakurbari

May 17, 2019, at 10:35 pm

Kolkata, May 17 (IBNS): The West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University’s Lokshilpa O Karukriti Mela was held from May 7 to May 9 at the Dwarakanath Mancha, Jorasanko Thakurbari, with the participation of nearly 60 artists, craftspersons and weavers from 17 districts of West Bengal, who are themselves present with a wide range of attractive traditional art and craft items made by them.

Kolkata gets a chance to celebrate the Lepcha New Year

Dec 14, 2018, at 02:43 pm

Kolkata, Dec 14 (IBNS): Kolkata got a chance to witness the New Year rituals of the Lepcha tribe from the Himalayan region of West Bengal at a colourful event organised at the Jorasanko Thakurbari.

Rabindra Bharati University holds 43rd annual convocation

May 11, 2018, at 06:41 pm

Kolkata, May 11 (IBNS): The 43rd Annual Convocation of the Rabindra Bharati University was held at its Jorasanko campus here on Tuesday.

Rabindra Bharati University to confer D.Litt. to Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Apr 28, 2018, at 02:47 am

Kolkata, Apr 27 (IBNS): Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) will confer D.Litt. (Doctor of Letters) degree to eminent writer-professor Nabaneeta Dev Sen on the occasion of the university’s 43rd annual convocation, which will be held on May 8.

Kolkata: Rabindra Bharati University hosts seminar on impact of nature and environment on music

Mar 24, 2018, at 07:02 pm

Kolkata, Mar 24 (IBNS): Rabindra Bharati University's vocal music department recently held a two-day international seminar on the impact of nature and environment on music at the Dwarakanath Mancha of Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, on Thursday.

Decoding Phalguni, a dance drama composed by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore

Mar 17, 2018, at 07:23 pm

Kolkata, March 17 (IBNS): West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University held ‘Phalguni’ Niye, a one-day seminar on Rabindranath Tagore’s dance drama ‘Phalguni’, with talks by experts and the enactment of selected scenes, at Bichitra, Jorasanko Thakurbari in Kolkata, recently.

Annual art exhibition of RBU's Faculty of Visual Arts begins in Kolkata

Mar 16, 2018, at 08:44 pm

Kolkata, Mar 16 (IBNS): The annual exhibition of Rabindra Bharati University's Faculty of Visual Arts was inaugurated on Thursday at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata.

Workshop focuses on preservation of traditional mask-making art of north Bengal

Nov 30, 2017, at 07:00 pm

Kolkata, Nov 30 (IBNS): To encourage the traditional mask makers of north Bengal and to pave the way for research and documentation of this art form, an eight-day workshop was recently organised under the aegis of  West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, and the Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Kolkata.

Reviving rare, traditional musical instruments of Dhimal community of Bengal

Oct 21, 2017, at 06:50 pm

Kolkata, Oct 21 (IBNS): West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, and the Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, Kolkata jointly held a workshop on the making of rare, traditional music instruments of the Dhimal community of northern West Bengal.

Kolkata: Workshop on Jhumur ensures survival of one of Bengal's folk music genre

Mar 16, 2017, at 07:22 pm

Kolkata, Mar 16 (IBNS): Noting a revival in popular interest in folk and traditional songs of Bengal, the West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music & Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University and the Sangeet Natak Academy have organised a workshop on Jhumur in Kolkata.

Workshop on traditional folk music Jhumur to be held in Kolkata

Mar 10, 2017, at 11:51 pm

Kolkata, Mar 10 (IBNS): The West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, with financial support from the Sangeet Natak Akademi, will hold a 17-day workshop on ‘Traditional Jhumur Songs of Bengal’ from Tuesday.

Rabindra Bharati University to hold Annual Art Exhibition in Kolkata

Mar 10, 2017, at 11:50 pm

Kolkata, Mar 10 (IBNS): Bratya Basu, West Bengal's Minister for Information, Technology and Electronics, will inaugurate the annual art exhibition by the students of Rabindra Bharati University's Faculty of Visual Arts on March 14.

Annual Art Exhibition commences at ICCR, Kolkata

Feb 01, 2017, at 06:20 pm

Kolkata, Feb 1 (IBNS): The artistic legacy of West Bengal was brought to the forefront at the Annual Art Exhibition recently organised by West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) at the ICCR in Kolkata.