Programme Updates

A Delhi-based visual artist, Muskaan brings her interest in community art and cultural memory to her engagement with Odisha’s Dhokra craft community.

Another day of observation, conversations, and learning at the Dokra artisan cluster in Sadeibereni.

Residents and the research team visit the Dhokra artisan cluster in Dhenkanal, beginning a journey of fieldwork, learning, and exchange with the artisan community.

Agency, Adaptation and Evolution.

Artists as Ethnographers: Reimagining Local Knowledge Systems.

The 2026 residency brings together three selected practitioners in art, research, and visual practice.

The 3rd Edition of the OCO Residency Programme is set to explore the world of Dokra, Odisha's ancient metal casting tradition.

The fellowship fieldwork in Puri combined archival research, site observations, and artisan interactions to document the living traditions surrounding Rath Yatra.

Field Trip 02 took the fellows to the appliqué craft clusters of Masterpada and Pianpada, where research unfolded through observation, dialogue, and shared experiences.

Insights gathered through conversations and observation within appliqué communities.

Dr. Reema K joins the OCO Residency Programme 2026, bringing her research in visual culture, the ethnography of art, and South Asian art practices into dialogue with Odisha’s Dokra craft community.

Residents and curator Sibdas Sengupta visit the venue for the residency’s concluding exhibition, considering how individual research, explorations, and experiences may come together in a shared public presentation.

Artists, researchers, and lens-based practitioners come together to explore Odisha’s Dhokra craft traditions through fieldwork, research, documentation, and collaboration.

A journey through the people, processes, and histories behind Chandua.

Mapping Transitions: Art, Craft, and the Ethnographic Turn.

With just seven days remaining, applications for the 3rd Edition of the Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency Programme are entering their final week.

The 3rd Edition of the OCO Residency Programme is almost here.

Conversations with master artisans in Puri offered valuable insights into the traditions, challenges, and future of appliqué craft.

Field Trip 01 – Part II continues the fellows' journey through Boudh's appliqué craft clusters, where observation gave way to deeper understanding and meaningful exchange.

Tracing community, continuity, and regional expression in appliqué.

OCO residents continue their field engagement with the Dhokra craft community in Sadeibereni, Dhenkanal.

Project Orientation with Curator Sibdas Sengupta.

The 3rd OCO Residency Programme engages with the living traditions of Odisha’s Dokra craft.

Institution Building between Art, Craft, and Anthropology.

A space for critical dialogue, diverse perspectives, and collective thinking around craft, knowledge, and practice.

Applications are now open for the 3rd Edition of the Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency Programme.

Field Trip 03 – Part II continued the fellows' journey through the appliqué craft clusters of Jharsuguda, where each village revealed unique stories of making, tradition, and community.

Fellow Raj Murya's field visit to Puri explored the enduring relationship between appliqué, ritual practice, and public life during Rath Yatra.

Field Trip 01 revisits the appliqué craft clusters of Boudh, where research began with conversations, observation, and shared experiences.

Listening to craft, learning from people, and understanding place.