top of page

Programme Updates

Filter by Year
Filter by Crafts
Filter by Category

Number of items found:

93

Venue scouting in Pipili for Odisha Craft Odyssey community event, exploring spaces for artisan gatherings, appliqué craft exhibitions, cultural engagement, and collaborative celebrations of Odisha’s living craft heritage

The search continues.

Exploring Pipili for more than just a venue.

2025

OCO Residency visit to Pipili featuring artisan discussions with Sujit Mahapatra and Jumna Khan, community engagement, appliqué craft heritage, event planning, and collaborative preservation of Odisha’s traditional textile craftsmanship

Conversations with the community.

Resident Rhea meets artisans to discuss the upcoming event.

2025

Raj Maurya’s cyanotype print experiments for Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency, blending contemporary design with Pipili appliqué heritage, textile innovation, traditional craft techniques, creative research, and handcrafted pattern development

Exploring new textures and techniques.

Creating sample prints for production and design exploration.

2025

The Popular Pipili exhibition by Odisha Craft Odyssey celebrating Pipili appliqué heritage, artisan collaborations, contemporary art, cultural storytelling, craft research, and the transition from residency to fellowship programme in Odisha

The popular Pipili comes to a close.

A residency that honored Pipili’s appliqué while paving the way for its future.

2025

Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency 2025 selected practitioners beginning a six-week immersion in Pipili appliqué craft, collaborating with artisans, cultural communities, and contemporary creative practices to explore Odisha’s living craft heritage

The Residents have arrived.

A new journey of craft, culture, and collaboration begins in Bhubaneswar.

2025

Curatorial walkthrough at Lalit Kala Akademi with Sibdas Sengupta exploring craft exhibitions, public engagement, creative research, Pipili appliqué heritage, residency learning, and contemporary interpretations of traditional Odisha crafts

A visit to Lalit Kala Akademi.

Curator Sibdas shares stories of craft, collaboration, and community with the residents.

2025

OCO Residency field visit across Badamachhapur and Renghalo villages in Pipili, Odisha, exploring traditional appliqué craft, Chandua textile heritage, artisan workshops, handcrafted motifs, and community-based cultural traditions

Across Pipili’s Appliqué landscape.

A journey through villages of craft, culture, and community.

2025

Traditional Pipili appliqué textiles in Puri district, Odisha, featuring Konark chanduā, Rath Yatra cloth, handcrafted embroidery, cultural heritage, artisan craftsmanship, and living traditions of Odisha’s appliqué art

Threads of history in Pipili’s timeless appliqué.

A journey through Konark and Puri to uncover the craft’s oldest treasures.

2025

Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency exhibition in Pipili featuring Madhulika S. Naidu, Rhea Moras, and Raj Maurya, exploring appliqué craft heritage, artisan collaborations, contemporary art practices, cultural research, and curated storytelling by Sibdas Sengupta

A dialogue between art and artisans.

Six weeks of research, making, and reinterpretation in Pipili.

2025

Odisha Craft Odyssey by BEADS and MGM Foundation documenting Odisha’s living craft traditions through artisan collaboration, cultural heritage preservation, craft research, community engagement, and creative storytelling

Where Craft becomes story.

Documenting the timeless traditions of Odisha through art, observation, and collaboration.

2024-25

OCO Residency visit in Puri featuring discussions with Chandua scholar Debi Prasanna Nanda and Darji Nijog leader Seba Prakash Mohapatra, exploring Pipili appliqué heritage, artisan traditions, cultural history, and the living legacy of Odisha’s Chandua craft

Stories shared over books and community ties.

Conversations with author Debi Prasanna Nanda and community leader Seba Prakash Mohapatra.

2025

OCO Residency engagement with Pipili Chandua artisans documenting traditional appliqué motifs, artisan stories, textile heritage, craft livelihoods, cultural preservation, and community-led research into Odisha’s living appliqué traditions

Conversations in Pipili: Stories behind the stitches.

Artisans share their craft, struggles, and spirit with the residents.

2025

OCO Residency field visit in Pipili featuring resident Madhulika with senior Chandua artisans Sashidei and Narsingh Mohapatra, exploring traditional appliqué techniques, artisan stories, and Odisha’s living textile heritage

Conversations with Pipili’s elder artisans.

Resident Madhulika explores the wisdom and stories of Sashidei and Narsingh Mohapatra.

2025

OCO Residency research in Darji Sahi, Pipili, documenting historic Chandua photographs, traditional appliqué motifs, Odisha textile heritage, cultural archives, artisan memories, and the living legacy of Pipili’s handcrafted appliqué tradition

A walk into Darji Sahi.

Searching for Chandua’s timeless frames.

2025

Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency in Pipili exploring a 100-year-old chatti preserved by artisan Sujit Mahapatra, with insights from Umesh Mahapatra on Pipili appliqué heritage, traditional Chandua craftsmanship, and Odisha’s living craft traditions

Day one: Roots and resonance in Pipili.

Beginning the journey through living appliqué traditions.

2025

OCO Residency engagement with Pipili appliqué artisans, exploring Chandua craftsmanship, artisan knowledge, cultural heritage, traditional textile practices, community storytelling, and the living legacy of Odisha’s handmade craft traditions

Meeting the makers, learning the craft’s soul.

Residents connect with artisans to discover the roots of tradition and the stories behind the stitches.

2025

OCO Residency interaction with Women Self-Help Groups in Pipili, Odisha, exploring appliqué craft traditions, women artisans, community livelihoods, textile heritage, skill transmission, and the preservation of traditional Chandua craftsmanship

Hands that shape heritage.

Residents connect with Women Self-Help Groups to understand the present-day appliqué craft and its future.

2025

State Museum collection of Pipili Chandua showcasing traditional appliqué textiles, Odisha craft heritage, historic handcrafted embroidery, cultural preservation, artisan craftsmanship, and the legacy of Pipili’s timeless textile traditions

A Visit to the State Museum.

Discovering Pipili Chandua’s Living Heritage.

2025

The Popular Pipili exhibition curatorial walkthrough featuring Pipili appliqué craft, Odisha textile heritage, artisan interactions, art students, cultural engagement, and traditional handcrafted chandua textiles

Crowds connect through the craft of Pipili.

A vibrant curatorial walkthrough brings artists, students, and women artisans together.

2025

Odisha craft documentation project capturing artisan workshops, traditional craftsmanship, cultural heritage, craft research, storytelling, and the preservation of living craft traditions through publication and archival work

From the clang of tools to the texture of pages

A visual archive of Odisha’s enduring craft.

2024-25

OCO Residency visit to Odisha Textile Mills exploring textile manufacturing, fabric production, weaving processes, industrial craftsmanship, textile heritage, and the intersection of traditional craft and modern textile innovation in Odisha

Resident Raj Maurya Visits Odisha Textile Mills.

A closer look at Odisha’s textile landscape and its link to craft practices.

2025

OCO Residency research documentation in Pipili featuring artisan consent collection, traditional appliqué motifs, Chandua craft patterns, cultural archiving, textile heritage preservation, and contemporary craft research in Odisha

Collecting Stories in Stitches.

Documenting consent forms and gathering traditional motifs for the residency archive.

2025

Chandua embroidery exploration in Pipili, Odisha, showcasing traditional appliqué craftsmanship, textile innovation, artisan creativity, heritage design, handcrafted embroidery techniques, and the evolving legacy of Odisha’s Chandua craft

Every stitch tells a new story.

Exploring embroidery as a path to innovation and renewal.

2025

Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency 2025 participant selection announcement featuring Raj Maurya, Madhulika S Naidu, and Rhea Moras, chosen through a competitive residency application and interview process for craft research and cultural engagement

Participants list finalised: 22nd July marked as announcement date.

The curatorial team went through all applications and finalised the participant list for the 2025 OCO Residency Programme.

2025

OCO Residency research in Darji Sahi, Pipili, documenting historic Chandua photographs, traditional appliqué motifs, Odisha textile heritage, cultural archives, artisan memories, and the living legacy of Pipili’s handcrafted appliqué tradition

Through the lanes of Pipili.

An unfolding of stories in colour, cloth, and conversation.

2025

OCO Residency visit to Odisha State Tribal Museum and Craft Museum exploring tribal heritage, traditional handicrafts, Pipili appliqué craft, cultural history, artisan traditions, and craft preservation in Odisha

Walking through Odisha’s living archives.

Discovering traditions and inspiration at the State Tribal Museum and Craft Museum.

2025

Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency research presentation featuring curator reviews, artisan fieldwork, craft community engagement, Pipili appliqué research, cultural documentation, and creative exploration of Odisha’s living craft traditions

Reflections, discoveries, and the road ahead.

Residents present the first ten days of research to the Curator.

2025

Elder Chandua artisans of Pipili, Odisha, preserving traditional appliqué craftsmanship, cultural heritage, ritual textile traditions, artisan knowledge, and generations of handcrafted Chandua making through storytelling and skilled embroidery

Spending time with the keepers of tradition.

Stories of Chandua through the hands of elderly artisans.

2025

Launch of “Kansa: Forging Traditions, Shaping Futures” documenting Odisha’s Bell Metal craft heritage, master artisans, traditional Kansa metalwork, Odisha Craft Odyssey Fellowship research, cultural preservation, and endangered craft documentation across 18 craft villages

Kansa: Forging Traditions, Shaping Futures – Book release ceremony.

The publication is the outcome of five months of intensive field research, capturing techniques, practices, and the voices of master artisans.

2024-25

Odisha Bell Metal craft heritage explored through OCO Fellowship Programme 2025, documenting traditional metalworking techniques, artisan stories, cultural preservation, handcrafted Kansa traditions, living craft communities, and the revival of Odisha’s fading metal craft legacy

When Craft Speaks, History Listens.

Reviving Odisha’s Bell Metal Legacy through the OCO Fellowship 2025.

2024-25

bottom of page