Pura Artwork Cafe
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At Pura Artwork Cafe in Mankuttipadam, a picturesque village set on the foothills of the Kodasseri hills in Kodali, 16 kilometres from Chalakkudy city, one finds the sort of quiet artists are fairly prone to get pleasure from. A retreat for anybody who needs to take a while off their busy schedules to work on their artwork, write, or simply exist, Pura can be the best place.
The artwork studio was previously part of artwork trainer Priya KG’s ancestral home. “It was an ageing constructing and really small. As my household grew, we moved into a bigger area subsequent door. However on the identical time, I wished to protect the previous home. That’s after I determined to transform it into an area for artwork,” she says. She started working and with assist from her husband and kids Devangana and Devahara, renovated the present property. They strengthened the tiled roof, modified the doorways, gave the mud partitions a number of new licks of paint and did some artwork work on the partitions outdoors.
“This village has no artwork galleries or residencies and I assumed we might open up an inviting area to those that wish to practise their artwork in peace,” she provides.
Pura Artwork Cafe
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Priya teaches artwork on the Authorities Mannequin Residential College, Wadakkanchery. Obsessed with artwork, she teaches the youngsters in her village as effectively.
Pura Artwork Cafe
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Pura Artwork Cafe has been designed as a small studio. It has one corridor, a room, a patio and a piece space and the kitchen has been transformed to a gallery. “Although very small, Pura welcomes anybody who needs to work on their craft. They will dwell right here; those that want to cook dinner for themselves can accomplish that; however in any other case, I can present meals cooked at my residence subsequent door,” she says.
Youngsters on the three-day camp held at Pura
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Formally inaugurated in Might, Pura Artwork Cafe had a small opening ceremony with a three-day artwork camp ‘Ilakal Manja, Pookkal Pacha’ (which interprets to the ‘leaves yellow, flowers inexperienced’), which had individuals from the village attend. “Youngsters and adults from across the village obtained collectively, painted and a few did craft,” says Priya, whose elder daughter Devangana manages the studio.
For enquiries, name Priya might be contacted at 8943564636.
