A week left to explore living craft traditions.
With just seven days remaining, applications for the 3rd Edition of the Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency Programme are entering their final week.
Step Into the World of Dokra.
Applications are now open for the 3rd Edition of the Odisha Craft Odyssey Residency Programme.
Beginning a Journey with Dokra.
The 3rd Edition of the OCO Residency Programme is set to explore the world of Dokra, Odisha's ancient metal casting tradition.
A New Chapter in Odisha's Craft Journey.
The 3rd Edition of the OCO Residency Programme is almost here.
Understanding Craft Across Communities.
Field Trip 03 – Part II continued the fellows' journey through the appliqué craft clusters of Jharsuguda, where each village revealed unique stories of making, tradition, and community.
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 glance into last year - Kansa
An immersive journey into the living traditions of Kansa craft across Odisha. Through field research, documentation, artisan interactions, and material study, the Fellowship Programme 2024–25 explored the histories, processes, communities, and evolving realities surrounding one of Odisha’s most significant metal craft traditions.
