Residencies
Residencies at the Indo-American Center
About the program
Mandala Arts’ residency program supports artists who both identify with South Asian traditions and seek to engage community through their art. Located off of Chicago’s Devon Avenue, the first home of South Asian immigrants in the midwest, the Indo-American Center is a community and social service center that provides resources and programs to the community. Mandala’s resident artists are offered time and space at IAC to work on personal projects and are invited to participate in the annual Mandala Makers Festival supporting emerging South Asian artists in Devon and greater Chicago. During the three month residency, artists will provide free and public programs to engage Devon’s community members. Curious? Ask us more about our residency program and the application process at info@mandalaarts.org
Shalaka Kulkarni
Interdisciplinary dance
Shalaka Kulkarni is an interdisciplinary dance artist. Her work revolves around the ideas of female identity, questioning societal norms, celebrating gender fluidity, empowering marginal voices and narrating lost stories of female contribution within Indian culture. Shalaka will explore autobiography and fiction through movement and choreography; public workshops will encourage participants to explore their personal narratives through choreography rooted in Bharatanatyam and Kathak.
Krissy Bergmark
Musician and Educator
Krissy Bergmark is a tabla player, percussionist, composer, and educator. Bergmark centers her creative work on bringing tabla to new genres and cross-genres through composition and performance. Krissy will explore her role as an artist in relationship to the Devon community; through four workshops, she will engage the community through rhythm as expression and playful cultural exchange.
