Join us to explore art, memory, and material. Across India and the world, Indigenous communities have long worked with soil and clay as pigment. These practices carry deep ecological knowledge, where the land itself holds stories of survival, belonging, and care.

In this workshop, participants will work with earth-derived textures and tones such as ochre, mud pigments, charcoal black, turmeric stains, and plant-based colours to create layered artworks inspired by land and lived experience. Through intuitive mark-making and material exploration, participants will discover how soil can act as a visual archive- preserving memory and meaning.

Audience Takeaways:

 ● Explore art-making using natural, earth-based materials

● Gain insight into Indigenous knowledge systems and ecological practices

● Create a unique artwork rooted in material exploration

● Engage in a reflective, hands-on creative experience

 This workshop accompanies Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, the first major National Museum of Australia exhibition to tour India, presented in partnership with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, at the Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum.