The essence of Goa's diverse creativity was on display at the second edition of the Goa Open Arts Festival from February 23-28, 2024, at the historic Old GMC complex in the heart of Panjim. This vibrant event presented Goa as the melting pot of global creativity and showcased Goa’s artistic talent across an incredible mix of visual arts, music, spoken word, performance, theatre and film. Along with food, drinks, live sessions and workshops the festival was the place for friends and families, for art lovers and pleasure seekers to gather and enjoy the spirit of Goa.
Festival 2024 : Participating artists
Visual Arts
Afrah Shafiq
Akshay Singh
Aldona Community Collaborative
Ali Monis Naqvi, Rah Naqvi
& Srishti Roshan
Archival Matter & Angana Jhaveri
Asavari Gurav
Ashish Ulhas Phaldesai
Avril Stormy Unger
Ayesha Seth
BGirls
Bharat Sikka
Dhaee Aakhar
Diptej Vernekar
evildog
Goa Artists Collective:
Bhisaji Gadekar, Kalidas Mhamal, Nimmy Joshi, Prabhav Gaonkar, Pradeep Naik, Rajendra Mardolkar, Sanayvi Naik, Shilpa Mayenkar, Siddhesh Chari, Subodh Kerkar
Gopika Chowfla
Katerina Kubareva
Laila Vaziralli
Manjari Manoharan
Mansi Trivedi & Tenzin Gopal
Moda Goa
Natalia Marynenko
Natalie Lycops
Nikhil Chopra
Niharika Chauhan
Nilankur Das
Otherworlds
Orijit Sen
Pradeep Naik
Prashant Nageshkar
Pretika Menon
Priyanka Mishra
Purvai Aranya
Raavi Jaltare
Rai
Rajaram Naik
Rajendra Mardolkar
Sanayvi Naik
Savyasachi Anju Prabir & Rai
Shido
Siddhant Pillai
Siddharth Kerkar
Subhash Sajja
Subodh Kerkar
Sumit Naik
Swapnesh Vaigankar
UnSchool (Hafsa Bukhary & Rashmi Baruah)
Urna Sinha
Vinita Barretto
Yash Korat
Music
Elvis Lobo & Friends
Aki Goa Trio
Jenn Steeves
Kristian Bent Band
Merak
Ohara
Suraj Jagan Band
Wumbaya
Zane Rodrigues
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Poetry
Aaron Monteiro
Anwesha Singbal
Brian Mendonca
Deepali Sutar
Ivan Cordo
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Spoken Word
Mansi Bhatia
Pragya Bhagat
Rochelle D'Silva & Zane Rodrigues
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Performance
BGirls
Debi K
Dhaee Aakhar
Ryle Faustino Souto
Theatre Flamingo
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Film
Aiz Maka Falea Tuka
by Shreejith Karanavar
Goldfish
by Pushan Kripalani
Guntata Hriday He
by Sainath Uscaikar
Hanging by a Thread
by Akshay Parvatkar
Jhini Bini Chadariya
by Ritesh Sharma
Kunde
by Ayappa KM
M Cream
by Agneya Singh
Melody Day
by Shaliesh Singh
Ready Steady
by Safdar Rahman
Stolen
by Karan Tejpal
Tungrus
by Rishi Chandana
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Workshops
Screenwriting Masterclass
by Anjum Rajabali
Screenwriting Workshop
by Anjum Rajabali
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Ugly Plasticine Project
by Natalia Marynenko
Doodle Art
by Mamta Singh
Mural Art
by Isa Flores
Scrapbook Binding
by LAFA Lab
The Theatre of Drawing
by Baadalghar
Poetry appreciation
by Rochelle D'Silva
Montage de Goa
by Shruti Narayan
Sketch Walk
by Urban Sketchers
Mobile Photography
by Vinita Barretto
Linocut Printmaking
by Leticia Alvares
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