Cultural workshop, photo exhibition on today`s Ubud Fest

Gianyar, Bali - A full-day workshop on batik is scheduled to be held on the fourth day of the annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival today, to give participants knowledge on one of the iconic art forms of Bali.

Renown Batik artist Nyoman Suradnya will tell the story of batik and demonstrate the tools, materials and techniques needed to produce a piece of batik cloth.

This workshop will start at 10 a.m at Nomad Cafe, Ubud.

Today`s festival will also include a photo exhibition showcasing works of emerging young Indonesian photographers.

Taken from different areas of photographic spectrum, they represent the future of Indonesian photography.

The "Image makers of the future" exhibition is scheduled to be held from 5:30 until 6:30 p.m at Alila Ubud.

Another special event is a lunch session with Indonesian writers: NH Dini, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Dede Oetomo and Nurhady Sirimorok, that will be an occasion to delve into Indonesian literature while enjoying the country`s finest dishes.

This session will start on 12:30 p.m at Maya Ubud Resort and Spa.

At today`s festival, the International Publishers Forum will bring together around 15 publishers from Asia-Pacific and give opportunity for authors and translators to speak directly to them about the possibility of publishing their works.

"Meet the Publishers" forum is going to be held in Bhagawan starting 10 a.m.

Four books are also set for launching on the festival today.

Singapore-born American author Wena Poon will launch her romance titled The Proper Care of Foxes, on 1 p.m at Casa Luna.

Located at Four Seasons Sayan at 6 p.m, there will be a launching of "Not a Muse", an anthology about the 21st century woman featuring more than 100 poets from 24 countries. (Desy Nurhayati)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com
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