Serendipity Arts Festival Explained

Serendipity Arts Festival
Location:Goa, India
Founded:2016
Dates:December (annually)
Genre:Arts Festival
Attendance:450,000[1]
Website:Serendipity Arts Festival

Serendipity Arts Festival is an annual arts festival held in Panaji, Goa over a week in late December.[2] It was founded in 2016 by Sunil Kant Munjal, chairman of Hero Enterprise.[3] It is the only arts festival in the country whose programming spans multi-disciplinary fields such as art, theatre, music, literature, dance, food and crafts.[4] [5] The festival's inter-disciplinary approach has been reported in Indian media, along with its impact on "India's art scene".[6]

Admission to the festival is free, and in 2018 it received 450,000 visitors.[1] [7] For the 2019 edition, the festival took over 12 venues, including some of the heritage structures along the Mandovi river, and featured over 95 projects, including workshops, live performances and art exhibitions.[2] [8]

The festival is organised by the non-profit Serendipity Arts Foundation.[9] Every edition is programmed by a new curatorial team, which includes established figures in particular fields; in 2019, the visual arts programming was curated by artists Jyotindra Jain and Sudarshan Shetty, culinary arts by chef Rahul Akerkar, dance by Mayuri Upadhya, music by Sneha Khanwalkar, among others.[10] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Serendipity Arts Festival founder: 'What India offers in terms of art and culture is phenomenal'. The National.
  2. Web site: The art of expression at Serendipity Arts Festival. www.telegraphindia.com.
  3. Web site: The arts need as much attention as the economy, says Sunil Kant Munjal, founder, Serendipity Arts Festival. October 29, 2017.
  4. Web site: Serendipity Arts Festival strikes again. Tanuj. Kumar. December 8, 2017. Livemint.
  5. Web site: 'Culture can become India’s most powerful strategic weapon': SK Munjal at Serendipity Arts Festival 2018. www.indulgexpress.com.
  6. Web site: Serendipity Arts Festival 2019: Goa’s culture party gets bigger. Surya Praphulla. Kumar. December 14, 2019. www.thehindu.com.
  7. Web site: Reviving patronage in arts and culture around the country. February 1, 2020.
  8. Web site: What to watch out for at Goa’s upcoming Serendipity Arts Festival. October 18, 2019. Condé Nast Traveller India.
  9. Web site: Post-Hero MotoCorp, Sunil Munjal is drawing up a new plan: Driving art via Serendipity Trust. December 2, 2016. The Economic Times.
  10. Web site: Goa’s Serendipity Arts Festival announces new set of curators. May 9, 2019. www.thehindu.com.
  11. Web site: This year, at the Serendipity Arts Festival, an exploration of culinary legacies and the craft of food. December 16, 2019.

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