ArtWallah is our annual Los Angeles-based festival showcasing arts of the South Asian diaspora. Through performances, workshops and panels, the event creates channels of communication between artists and diverse communities
A 90-second trailer for Shilpa Agarwal's "stunning debut novel", a supernatural epic set in 1960's India. "A book of wide sweeping imagery and unforgettable characters, a glittering tapestry of vibrant contradictions, characters, and mysteries." "Will definitely appeal to fans of Monica Ali and Jhumpa Lahiri." The trailer offers an intriguing glimpse into HAUNTING BOMBAY, directed by Los Angeles-based actor/director Shishir Kurup.
Poet Pireeni Sundaralingam delivers a shivering reading of her Sri Lankan exile poetry live in studio at KPFK 90.7fm Los Angeles. Reading is followed by questions from host Sonali Kolhatkar.
Host Sonali Kolhatkar interviews festival organizer Shilpa Agarwal about the 2002 ArtWallah arts festival of the South Asian diaspora on KPFK 90.7fm Los Angeles.
Since 1999, the annual ArtWallah Festival has brought together hundreds of South Asian diasporic artists from around the world to Los Angeles for a weekend of dance, film, literature, music, spoken word, theatre and visual art.
Since 1999, the annual ArtWallah Festival has brought together hundreds of South Asian diasporic artists from around the world to Los Angeles for a weekend of dance, film, literature, music, spoken word, theatre and visual art.
Since 1999, the annual ArtWallah Festival has brought together hundreds of South Asian diasporic artists from around the world to Los Angeles for a weekend of dance, film, literature, music, spoken word, theatre and visual art.