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I Want To Dream<br />
Getting to know such a diverse group of creative people was truly unforgettable. The<br />
evenings were animated with song, dance and sharing of stories. Each person brought<br />
their work to the table and we learned about each other’s abilities. It was a sharing of<br />
minds, memories and magical moments. The group comprised two textiles artists,<br />
Gopika herself and Maggie Baxter from Perth in Australia. Arshiya Sethi a renowned<br />
art facilitator joined them along with Shalini Jaikaria, a talented fashion designer.<br />
Sudeep Sen, a poet who needs no introduction and film-maker Sapna Bhatia, along<br />
with photographers Bandeep Singh and Amitabha Bhattacharya completed the<br />
group. Each has left an unforgettable footprint at <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Ichol</strong>. Soon after, we organized<br />
an international ceramic symposium which had potters from Australia, France and<br />
US, participating along with Indian ceramicists. And there is a lot more to come.<br />
<strong>Art</strong> <strong>Ichol</strong> is to be a benefactor of the creative and their creativity. We hope to sponsor<br />
five underprivileged creative individuals every year and share our space and work<br />
with the art fraternity world-wide. We will not fade into dreams even though that is<br />
where we came from. <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Ichol</strong> is as much you, as it is me. It belongs to the world as<br />
much as it does to me.<br />
Ambica Beri is the director and founder of <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Ichol</strong>, Madhya<br />
Pradesh and is also owner of Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkota. A textile<br />
designer by training, she chose to nurture art and artists through her<br />
gallery and other establishments. She now creates on an altogether
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