Mumbai’s First Women’s Street Art Festival!

by Madhusree Chatragadda
Mumbai’s First Women’s Street Art Festival!

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Early March 2019, in Mumbai, saw it’s very first all Women Street Art Festival! Here’s everything that went down there.

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Credits: Ladies First Street Art

What Is It?

Marol streets in Mumbai were doused in bright hues and colours from 25th March 2019-30th March 2019 as part of the first Women’s Street Art Festival held here.  A 10,000 square feet canvas, in the form of buildings, was provided to these women artists belonging to all parts of the world!

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Credits: Ladise First Street Art

Called Ladies First, the festival came about as a collaboration between the Military Road Residents Welfare Association (MRRWA) and a Graffiti Art Agency known as Wicked Bros.

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Credits: Ladies First Street Art Festival

What’s More?

The festival’s aim was to provide women with an equal opportunity to showcase their talent and encourage more women to take up art.

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Credits: Ladies First Street Art

Worry not if you missed the festival, you can still visit to gaze at the finished artworks speckled all over the streets and buildings of Marol.

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Credits: Ladies First Street Art