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Wonderful Workshops
and the Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF)
Wonderful Workshops was conceived in collaboration with The Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF), a multi-disciplinary non-profit making trust. The trust was registered in India in 2002 with HRH the Prince of Wales as its International Patron. It is dedicated to the conservation of Rajasthan’s cultural and built heritage.
In order to safeguard the region’s rich cultural legacy, JVF aims to link poverty alleviation with sustainable livelihood generation among the traditional communities of folk artists and craftspeople, by repositioning their skills as cultural assets in a rapidly modernizing India.
JVF also encourages cultural diversity by running a series of annual Festivals which showcase the wide spectrum of indigenous talents to both local people and the world community.
JVF was shaped by the vision of its Founder Patron, Faith Singh MBE, who, as the founder and driving force of Anokhi, transformed the numerous textile traditions of Rajasthan into creative opportunities that have sustained local craftspeople continuously over the last three decades.
JVF’s work is promoted by two registered international trusts, Jaipur Heritage Trust in UK, and Les Amis de Jaipur in France. For more information, please visit the JVF website, www.jaipurvirasatfoundation.org
Jaipur Virasat Foundation (JVF) Festivals
JAIPUR IN JANUARY 10th – 25th JANUARY 2011
Including JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL - Jan 21st - 25th
The Wonderful Workshops programme is a major part of Jaipur in January, a JVF Festival which promotes the many arts and crafts of Rajasthan and includes:
- Wonderful Workshops, Mon 10th- Sun 16th January
- The Late Stage music programme, Mon 10th - Tue 25th January
featuring artists as diverse as Anoushka Shankar, Susheela Raman and Jason Singh alongside some of the greatest living Indian masters - Crafts Bazaar and Arts and Crafts Exhibits and Temple Recitals
- The Jaipur Literature Festival, Fri 21st - Tue 25th January
with an impressive rollcall of authors including Salmon Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Ian McEwan, Christopher Hampton, Louis de Bernieres and William Dalrymple.
"India's most successful literary event" - The Economist
www.jaipurliteraturefestival.org
JODHPUR RIFF, OCTOBER 21st - 25th 2010
In collaboration with the Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur
"RIFF was heady!" - Mick Jagger
www.jodhpurfolkfestival.org
Peoples’ platform for creativity and sustainable development, supported by UNESCO