Save the date -- March 20, Saturday evening at Emory MCCM
GAPI and GIACC, with support from other Indian American organizations, will be hosting a reception.  If you wish to be notified of the details, please send an email to narsi@paalam.com or call 404-488-7310.

Exhibition period: March 20 through July 12, 2010.
Venue: Michael C. Carlos Museum (MCCM) at Emory University

Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum is hosting an incredible exhibition titled, "When Gold Blossoms: Indian Jewelry from the Susan L. Beningson Collection" which celebrates the dazzling beauty and awe-inspiring technical craftsmanship of Indian jewelry with more than 150 pieces spanning 2,000 years, primarily from South India. The title alludes to the preference for gold in South Indian jewelry—North Indian jewelry, on the other hand, is known primarily for the use of precious and semiprecious stones—as well as to the strong influence of nature on the designs, from ear studs in the form of a lotus to armbands featuring petal-and-leaf weaving. When Gold Blossoms includes spectacular rings, anklets, earrings, hair pendants, jeweled crowns, ivory combs, and an elaborate swing and a gold throne for a deity. Some of the pieces are worn in daily life, others dedicated to deities in Hindu temples. Photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries will be displayed alongside the jewelry to provide a fuller understanding of the ways in which jewelry is worn and used.

Please visit  www.carlos.emory.edu/when-gold-blossoms     for more details.

Family Sponsorship -- We have set a goal of identifying at least 100 "family sponsors" to support this exhition.  As a family sponsor, you are requested to donate $200, and you will receive 50 passes to the exhibition ($8x50 = $400 value), plus a mention in MCCM web site, in addition to the satisfaction of supporting such a wonderful project.  Please call Narsi at 404-488-7310 or send an email to narsi@paalam.com  to pledge your support.