Odisha Craft Odyssey Trust
Programme Update
Meet Muskaan Singh: Exploring Folklore, Craft and Cultural Memory.
A Delhi-based visual artist, Muskaan brings her interest in community art and cultural memory to her engagement with Odisha’s Dhokra craft community.
Sharing Practices and Perspectives Across Disciplines.
Dr. Reema K joins the OCO Residency Programme 2026, bringing her research in visual culture, the ethnography of art, and South Asian art practices into dialogue with Odisha’s Dokra craft community.
Observing, Documenting, Understanding.
OCO residents continue their field engagement with the Dhokra craft community in Sadeibereni, Dhenkanal.
14/10/2026
Field Notes from Sadeibereni.
Another day of observation, conversations, and learning at the Dokra artisan cluster in Sadeibereni.
Exploring the Exhibition Space at Lalit Kala Akademi.
Residents and curator Sibdas Sengupta visit the venue for the residency’s concluding exhibition, considering how individual research, explorations, and experiences may come together in a shared public presentation.
Odisha Craft Odyssey (OCO) is a multi-year research, residency, fellowship, exhibition, and publication initiative documenting Odisha’s living craft traditions — through field research, oral histories, visual archives, and collaborations with artisan communities
Programmes
OCO is structured as a long-term interdisciplinary initiative combining research, field immersion, exhibitions, publications, and archival practices. Each annual cycle brings together researchers, artists, designers, curators, and artisan communities to study Odisha’s craft traditions through direct engagement, documentation, and collaborative knowledge-building.
A documentary on the appliqué craft of Odisha
This documentary explores Odisha’s living appliqué tradition, tracing its history, techniques, and cultural significance through the artisans who sustain it. From traditional Chandua canopies to contemporary adaptations, it captures a craft shaped by generations of knowledge and evolving practices.
