Join GemArts for the Holi Festival of Colours from 12-4pm on Saturday 11th March at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates spring, love, and new life. This free event is for people of any faith and those with none.
Participants can enjoy exhibition tours and join artists exploring Rangoli and mandala making, henna art, drumming and dance performances and free rice and daal. Click here for the full list activities and timings. Everything is free of charge.
The celebrations will culminate in the famous colour throwing at 3pm, gathering outdoors to throw colourful powder pigment and celebrate the arrival of spring. This bit is fun and messy, so please wear something you don’t mind getting dirty. You need to book a place to for the colour throwing finale – click here to book your free place. Please don’t bring backpacks or your own powder pigment with you. Free pigment will be provided at the event for those who have booked.
Holi Festival of Colours is part of GemArts core South Asian celebration programme, connects with Baltic’s Neighbourly strand, which asks the question: How can Baltic be a good neighbour to the communities that surround it?
The event is supported by: Newcastle Hindu Temple, Chai Events, Spice FM, Newcastle University Tamil, Malayali Society, Gateshead Council and Arts Council England