The Oriental Arts Open Exhibition day takes place on 29th May 2018, 12.00pm to 2.00pm. The venue is Robin Mills, Unit 4 Robin Mills, Leeds Road Idle, Bradford BD10 9TE.

Oriental arts are making a series of small videos for benefit of the community and are pleased to announce that a short video is being made to highlight the plight of homeless people and conversely that of landlords when squatters take over buildings and turn them into a vandalised and derelict site. Filming will take place once the site has been placed with the assistance of the owner who has agreed to internally remove and demolish redundant parts of the property to create a scene which will represent the scenario which is to be portrayed.

We are seeking actors who will assist in looking, feeling and acting the role of homeless persons. A site has been selected and preparation has been underway since November 2017.

Oriental Arts are currently involved in work that brings together Britain’s Gujarati communities with artists, museum curators and library staff. The conversations we have will help to create an exhibition that explores over four hundred years of history shared between Gujarat and Britain; from 1608 when the first British ships arrived in India to the present day. Photography, film and sound recordings from Gujarat, together with material from museum, library and personal collections in Britain, will tell this fascinating story. We hope to tour it to six venues around the country.

To enable us to do this we need your help. If you have a connection with Gujarat we would like to talk to you about your ideas, your experiences and the stories you think we should include. You may have your own personal recollections to share, or objects or photographs you may be willing to lend or have copied for display. Please get in touch via our contact page.

If you are an event organiser or a venue owner and are looking to book an artist who has a South Asian art form as their skill, we can help you. Whether it is one henna painter or a troupe of Bhangra dancers, a four hour long Kathakali performance or a ten minute Bollywood dance, we have the capacity to find the artist for your needs.