Srila Chatterjee

Baro Market

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Srila Chatterjee spent 25 years helming Highlight Films, which nurtured many Talents and furthered many a successful career in cinema, fashion, production and set design. She built teams that set the bar for production in India, and helped shape the careers of some of the most successful Directors in advertising. She works now at the intersection of art, design, craft and fashion : has curated the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in its early years, co-founded BLUE FROG - the iconic music space in Bombay, co-founded a furniture and craft based concept store (Baro) where she curated a yearlong art and cultural calendar and created an iconic brand, styles interior spaces for people who are charmed by her distinctive style, and curates art experiences that are original and exhilarating. In 2020 she founded Baro Market, a very successful brand (both online and at special markets) where “authenticity” is the key to the brands, artists, craftspeople and designers from all over the country who are showcased. Her newest passion is the design gallery she has co-founded in the historic village of Khotachi Wadi in Bombay - 47-A, where she is responsible for half the programming. Her obsessions include her dogs, great food, much reading, art and craft, exciting travel, interesting people, Nadal playing tennis and F.C. Barcelona.

Vaishnavi Kumari

Studio Kishangarh

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Vaishnavi Kumari studied accessory design at NIFT, New Delhi followed by a diploma in asian art at the British Museum and a Masters in history of art and archeology at SOAS, University of London. She founded Studio Kishangarh in 2010, modelled after an art atelier or Tasvir Khana. The studio aims to inject new patronage into the traditional art form of miniature paintings. With her training in design and art history as well as maintaining the Royal Family's tradition of supporting cultural fields such as art, music, and literature she endeavours to bring Kishangarh art to a global audience. The studio is an amalgamation of old aesthetics and techniques with new materials and concepts. It aspires to preserve miniature painting by employing local artists and artisans. Many of them have had this vocation in their family for generations. The focus in the past decade has been to develop the Studio Kishangarh style. This unique art style uses miniature painting and Picchwai techniques in a modern way. These contemporary works often take inspiration from art in the royal collection, the architecture of the forts and palaces of Kishangarh and even devotional poetry.

Mitchell Crites

Art Historian

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Mitchell Shelby Crites is an American art historian who has lived and worked in India for more than fifty years. His primary focus has been the revival of traditional Indian and Islamic arts and crafts as well as working closely with indigenous, folk and tribal artists. He also serves as senior cultural advisor and trustee of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation in Kabul, Afghanistan, founded by King Charles III in 2006. Over the years, Crites has participated in a number of major art and architectural projects ranging from Mexico to Malaysia.