#phoolpatti

[tapujaveri]

Truck artist #haiderAli #phoolpatti ‘s paints @truck_artist #tapujaveri #taputravels https://www.instagram.com/p/B9HOa3QBJPC/?igshid=8305az70vxfn

[nishajamvwal]

My #ChampagneTea with #RoseTree in our attempt to revive the #royal #traditionalCraft of #PhoolPatti To take #traditionalcraft to the #champagnecrew & make it fashionable is my mission! I have written two books on savingindiancraft. Over Champagne, Wines and Hor's D'ouvres I presented Festive Gold and Silver Phool-patti Karigari by Craftspersons in the Nawabi tradition designed & brought to MuMbai by #Rosetree to encourage traditional craftspersons of the paramparik lineage. I have been a craft crusader for some fifteen years, first initiated into the movement by #RoshanKalapesi who was a follower of #KamaladeviChattopadhyay. Under her guidance I had presented a very successful auction to Bombay where the monies from the auction went directly to the craftspersons. Thereinafter I did another few auctions to present the traditional #Rajasthan #stonecarving on #preciousstone. This show was in support of the revival of our craft traditions and artisans. (at The St. Regis Mumbai) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq4Ja_SDVbb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=llicf2tjwirn

[umassdonahueinstitute]

A visit with Pakistan truck artists

The Civic Initiative had time in Karachi to visit with Phool Patti, a local “independent social enterprise and Social entrepreneur project, working to promote Pakistani Truck Art around the world”.  They were given a tour of the “outdoor studio” of trucks and ornaments and also were allowed to add a few brush strokes to one of the current projects.

Thanks to director founder/creative director Ali Salman Anchan, master truck artist Haider Ali, and their entire team for their graciousness in letting us visit and letting us to pretend to be Pakistani Truck Artists for a day!

A tanker truck has our names on this art but we didn’t deserve this kind of credit!

Becky Howland, Civic Initiative Program Manager gets painting guidance.

A flower takes shape.

Previous Phool Patti work.

The Civic Initiative team with Phool Patti team.

Truck Artist Haider Ali with Becky Mazur

When it’s time to have tea, you have tea. Especially in a truck yard.

A colorful mud flap in the truck art tradition.

A truck artist’s tools.

Ornaments for sale in a vendor’s shop.

The UMass Civic Initiative previously worked with Phool Patti in 2016 at the Pakistani-American Cultural Center in Karachi.

Learn more about that collaboration.

[saifuddinabbas]

@phool_patti contributing towards beautify the #city of #karachi #truckart #art #phoolpatti #bridge #pillars (at Regent Plaza Hotel & Convention Centre Karachi)

[truck-artist]

Dover Rug & Home is pleased to present the internationally acclaimed truck artist Haider Ali, for a special session on “Truck art, peace, and pluralism in Pakistan, India and beyond” Friday, August 14, from 5:00PM to 8:00PM, at the Dover Rug Showroom, 721 Worcester Road (Route 9), Natick, MA. World renowned for his expertise in ‘truck art’, the distinctive folk art form unique to Pakistan, Haider Ali was barely seven years old when his father started teaching him the skill in 1987. After dropping out of school in 9th grade, he pursued his passion full-time. In recent years, Ali and his students, and their students, have started a company they named Phool Patti, which translates to 'flowers leaves' in Urdu/Hindi. Clients in Pakistan use this term when they want to get their vehicles decorated. This captivating artist has visited several countries around the world to present his art, including Turkey, Korea, Canada, India and Afghanistan. In 2002 the Smithsonian Museum invited him to the United States to teach and exhibit his work. One of Haider Ali’s goals is to continue mentoring young artists so they can carry on the legacy. On August 14th at Dover Rug & Home, Haider Ali will talk about his work, his life and his views on truck art, peace, and pluralism, in Pakistan, India and the region. His visit to Boston comes at the end of a three-week teaching workshop in Washington D.C. The event also commemorates India and Pakistan’s Independence Days together, something that Indians and Pakistanis around the world have been doing for several years on August 14-15 annually in the face of government tensions and hostilities. Haider Ali will present and also feature some of his artwork for sale during the event.“We are thrilled to host Haider Ali here in Boston,” states Dover’s CEO Mahmud Jafri. “The impact his art has had on the culture of South Asia resonates around the world. Through art, he expresses everyone’s desire for peace and unity. We are eager to share his talent with our friends here in Boston.”