Diwali 2024
Date: Sunday 3rd November 2024
Venue: Colchester Arts Centre, CO1 1NF
Time: 11am-2.30pm
Cost: £5 - book now

We warmly invite you to celebrate Diwali with us!

With henna-painting, delicious Diwali snacks and entertainment from the community - there is something for everyone to enjoy in this family-friendly event celebrating the fabulous Festival of Lights! 
Past Events:

I'm Indian but...
Date: May-June 2024
Venue: Signals Media and Arts Centre, CO1 1HF

We explored our experiences, insecurities and perceptions of what being Indian means through conversations and craft.

Weekly workshops were held at Signals Media where members of the community had the opportunity to share and connect. It was a brilliant and powerful experience.

I’m Indian but… is part of the Peoples of Essex project run by Signals , made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The Indian Dance Collective offers a range of Indian dance styles and choreographies, taught by our fab Collective.

Classes will return soon - watch this space!
Creative Colchester First Thursdays:
Mudras, Movement and
Mark Making
Date: Thursday 7th March 2024
Venue: patch, Trinity St, CO1 1JN

This was a fantastic culturally-enriching and fully-entertaining evening of classical Indian Dance and simultaneous Experimental Live Drawing. Jaymini Bedia and visual artist Mary Pullen Deacon, created unique and entertaining performance with the invitation to participate - dance and draw!

Photographs by Jayne Lloyd.
Women Assemble:
International Women's Day
Date: Saturday 9th March 2024
Venue: Firstsite Colchester, CO1 1JH

To mark International Women's Day 2024, Jaymini presented the next chapter of 'The Women Within' - an interactive, unique performance combining spoken word poetry with Bharatanatyam mudras and movement.

This empowering event was a call to action for incredible women from all walks of life to be inspired, engage in thought-provoking discussion and connect with like-minded individuals who believe in the strength of women.