Celebrating International Women’s Day, Parul Mehta, director, Ishanya, is bringing together a show called Equal Wings at Tilting Art Gallery. Twenty-seven women artists from across India and abroad will be showcasing their artworks. From mesmerising canvases to state-of-the-art installation video art to dance performances to vocal renditions, Equal Wings will be a visual treat.

“We are not restricting the art to the canvases. We are giving a wide variety of choices to the viewers who nowadays prefer art in different mediums. So we have creative tapestry, installations, centre tables, clocks, canvases and more beautifully expressing the unparalleled creativity of the artists,” says Parul, who is curating the show.

To give you an inkling, the immensely talented Lalitha Lajmi will be showcasing her soft, expressive watercolours. Goa artist Liesl Cotta de Souza will be displaying her unique thread and fabric artworks. Pune artist Bharati Pitre will be exhibiting her bold and beautiful paper mache work and Gauri Gandhi will be displaying her sculptures. Other Pune-based artists include Falguni Gokhale, Ketaki Pimpalkhare and Italian artist Shola Carletti. Russian artist Ekaterina will also be showcasing her work.

“Most of the artists have contributed two of their works keeping to the theme. Among the Mumbai artists, we also have the renowned Brinda Miller and young artist Radhika Goenka (from the Welspun family) demonstrating her talent through cushion art. Radhika will be donating the sale proceeds from her art to Akansha Foundation,” adds Parul.

The performances for the evening will also be centred around the theme Equal Wings. Hrishikesh Pawar has done the choreography for the contemporary dance performance, which will be followed by Vidula Tade’s A Cappella songs and Tamar Alsberg and Regine Orren’s Silent performance (a pledge for equality).

Talking about the ‘equality’ theme and sending across her message for International Women’s Day, Parul says, “The first and foremost thing that comes to my mind is that girls and boys should be treated equally and the process must begin at home. Parents must not encourage any kind of inequality or gender discrimination between sons and daughters. If a daughter is helping her mom in the kitchen, a son should also be encouraged to step into the kitchen and help his mother. Also, every parent must teach their sons to respect women from an early age.”