Artist Talk: Aaron Sinift: The Five Year Plan Project

Visiting artist and Iowa native Aaron Sinift will discuss his 5 Year Plan project by showing three cloth books from GCMoA’s collection, including a limited-edition copy of Dreaming It Forward, hand embroidered by women of the Kadam Phool Katna in Murshidabad, West Bengal. The project is a collaboration of Aaron Sinift in the US with Kahakashan Khan & Jitendra Kumar in India, and Mr. Vijay Kumar Handa, an elder at the Gandhi Hindustani Sahitya Sabha, in New Delhi. It is a fusion of women’s, Muslim, Dalit, Gandhian, farmer, and transgender voices to create a living portrait of India through the lens of cotton, labor, and khadi. This presentation is co-sponsored by the departments of Studio Art and Religious Studies. The discussion begins at 5 p.m., followed by the opening reception for Primary Sources from 6 to 7 p.m. The books will be available for viewing during the evening.