The 10 different traditional art styles taught at the National Art Camp were Mysore Painting, Kalamkari, Kerala Mural, Thanjavur Temple Mural, Chitrakathi, Madhubani, Mata ni Pachedi, Gond Art, Sattriya Painting, and Patta Chitra.
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As 12th-generation artist Paresh Chitara speaks, a story unfolds of how an entire community turned art into a quiet rebellion against the barricades of caste nearly 300 years ago.“Earlier, people of our community were denied temple entry as we were considered lower castes and untouchables. So, we started painting illustrations of the mother goddess on large pieces of cloth and started using them as our shrines,” says Mr. Chitara, a Mata ni Pachedi artist from Ahmedabad. Mr. Chitara, son of prominent artist Jagdish Chitara, along with his family, was in Bengaluru to mentor fine arts students from across the country at the National Camp on Indian Art, held by Bengaluru-based non-profit Yuvaka Sangha with the support of the Ministry of Education.
The month-long camp concluded on February 27.
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