Mumbai Diary: Saturday Dossier

Toy StoryA little boy leans on his mini fourwheeler in SionMusic across boundariesAra Olamuyiwa and Manasi PrasadAhead of this World Music Day a virtual session hosted by the Indian Music Experience Museum will bring together talents from three continents and genres mdash troubadour Eliezer Cohen Botzer from Israel flamenco guitarist Carlos Blanco from Spain and talking drummer Ara Olamuyiwa from Nigeria ldquoThe true power of music is felt when it is made a shared experience World Music Day celebrates this universal language which draws people together irrespective of which part of the world they belong to Wersquore excited to put together this special tribute the artistes will perform in genres which arenrsquot common to our part of the world Itrsquos our little way of sharing the language of musicrdquo said its director Manasi Prasad Head to Indian music experience on Facebook on June 20 to tune into this global exchangeQueer panoramaA still from Surviving The SilenceThe inaugural edition of the One World International Queer Film Festival is being organised by The Humsafar Trust in collaboration with Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival This year the threeday festival will be conducted virtually ldquoThe festival will focus on the legal and social aspects of the struggle for LGBTQiA rights in different countriesWe are starting with the USA We have curated a selection of awardwinning films and have two panel discussions The films address diverse issues such as acceptance religion and politics and intersectionality between disability and queerness We hope the films are a harbinger of changerdquo said Sridhar Rangayan festival director of KashishArt through a crypto lensBibi XVIIBlockchainpowered platform Terrainart has announced an exhibition featuring artworks of Bengalborn artist Lalu Prasad Shaw inset which have certified using Nonfungible Tokens NFTsBabu amp Bibi IIAparajita Jain its founder said ldquoAs one of the first platforms in India to register artworks using NFTs we seek to provide a transparent method of buying selling and securing artrdquoLalu Prasad ShawAbout the collection Shaw added ldquoThis collection celebrates the multiple facets of everyday life and is inspired by my formative years It is the culmination of local styles of Kalighat pats and traditional handicrafts of Bengalrdquo The exhibition can be viewed online on TerrainArt until July 31Books for a causeBarefoot Foundation is encouraging students to donate their old textbooks to those who cannot afford them ldquoWe are requesting donation of books for the SSC curriculum from Class 1 to 10 We are offering to pick up the books from donors who reside between Mahim and Worlirdquo shared Mukesh Chapa who is conducting the drive Books are being collected until July 1 The Juhubased SeaBuzz Bakers community has also announced a donation drive to buy new books If yoursquod like to donate call 7977235416A virtual artistic splash for kidsThe Kiran Nadar Museum of Art is conducting an online artsbased summer camp for kids This year the camp will focus on the history of arts movements combining interesting historical tidbits with DIY activities and crafts ldquoWe will explore various arts movements such as Renaissance Impressionism Cubism and contemporary art and much more Each episode will feature an arts project inspired by an artist from that particular movement In addition to getting introduced to art history children will also learn to use elements of the style discussed to create their own homemade interpretationsrdquo said Kiran Nadar its chairperson The 10day camp begins on June 19 and all episodes will be available for viewing on the KNMA website and its social media handles