More than 500 artists in age groups will turn Cenomoji Ponga into a dazzling polymorphic of colors on 2 February. The second edition of Chennaiil and Ovia Sangam, an art exhibition presented by the Indian art factory, will see the participants, out of some other cities, the inch of their stalls under the canopies of the tree to introduce a lively art gallery and behind the plants. The incident is a big platform for aspirational and upcoming artists. Many of these artists do not have the means or ability to present their tasks in art galleries.

While the big goal of taking art to public places is to bridge the gap between artists and audience through creative manifestations, the road is not so easy for this.

For six versions, journalist and publisher Vincent d. Kala Utsav has served as a public engagement date at Nageshwar Rao Park in Maylapur, cuisted by Suja and artist Ganpati Subramaniam. This year, however, the celebration during the last week of February will see a change in the site.

Since civic works are running at Nageshwar Rao Park, this site is not perfectly suitable for an art show, a post on Facebook says. Meanwhile, people want people to keep their artworks ready.

In August 2024, for the first time, the Government College of Fine Arts in Egmore organized an art exhibition at the Egmore Museum campus.

In 2023, Anna Nagar Tower Park received the Tamil Nadu Art and Craft Trust Expo 2023, but with conditions. The Greater Chennai Corporation did not allow artworks to sell, they could only be displayed. Organizer Jafar Baig, who is a member of Tamil, “We wanted to give a platform to many struggling artists and we wanted to give a platform to many struggling artists and somewhat the Open Air Exhibition gave its objective.” Nadu Artists Association.

Ganpati Subramaniam of Art Fest says that he too was asked not to promote the program as a “sales program”. “Art requires a lot of promotion, so the minimum support we ask is that more and more Chennai Corporation gives us place,” says Ganpati.

Like the Chitra saints held every year on a neighborhood roads in Bengaluru, such incidents require continuity and in case of providing a place, some support is required from the government or civil body that attracts people Can do. Jaffer is looking for a place to host the art exhibition this year, but he can only bear the minimum amount as a fee.

Ganpati says that not all public places are suited to host an art program. “Nageshwar Rao was correct in every sense from the park place to size and hosts various programs including Space Mylapur Fest, so we did not need to promote it,” they say.

Selvakanan Rathinam, the founder of the Indian art factory, says it is not easy to organize an incident on such a scale. Selvakanan said, “I have paid ₹ 75,000 to the horticulture department for a day’s fare, which is fine, but I am requesting an entry fee exemption for visitors on D-Day or it attracted the public Will not, “Celvakanan says.

In the first edition, 125 artists, this time there are 525 people in the event, 70 from other states, participate in it. “We do not have an application process to shortlist artists; We look at the Instagram profile and their artifacts and charge per stall and 1500 and they have an analog location at the venue, ”says Selvakanan. As a self-centered artist, he has faced several rejections from the art galleries so that he does not like to shortlist the participants.

Last year, the artist community worked for ₹ 4 lakhs. This time, our goal is ₹ 25 lakh, so we want a good footfall, they say.

Lesson from Chitra Seth

Most organizers of art programs and artists will take oath by Chitra Santhe of Bangalore. The Karnataka Chitrakala Parishaath organizes this art festival around its premises and extends it to some VIP roads on the first Sunday of January.

Roads are strictly pedestrians for the whole day, the traffic of vehicles for art is diverted for art to spread in all forms, sizes and sizes. Such a big street art festival has increased that this year the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation offered feeder services to the venue and the Namma traveler offered a free autorickshaw ride.

Shashistha Rao SN, General Secretary of Karnataka Chitrakala Akaath, says that this festival has its own set of challenges which used to come out slowly.

Last year, 1,800 artists from 22 states presented their work and more than six lakh people participated in the day -long celebration. Many participants are from rural areas of Karnataka, who get a platform. Says Rao, “Many stalls have sold the art of more than 3 lakhs and we do not charge any of them, except for the registration fee of 1000, which breakfast for the outstation artists, lunch for the outstation artists And involves the housing, “says Rao.

From a manual process, three years ago a particular website was designed to process their application form for participants, know if they have been shortlisted and paid.

Does the Karnataka government fund this incident? Rao says that the government has been helpful, but he is not being given a certain amount every year. “Sometimes promises are made and sometimes we get only 20% amount but we have no complaints. We are happy with the support of various departments, which includes we closing vehicles for 12 hours which is a major challenge in a city like Bengaluru, ”he says.

Rao says that the registration fee is a component through which the expenses of organizing this festival are completed. Given the increasing crowd, which is changing for the incident, Paraishaath is telling it to take it to a park.