Events & Exhibitions
LIST OF EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS:
June 24, 2024: JUPITER INVINCIBLE is a live performance of a new radio play and comic book by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa in collaboration with Stella Adler Center for the Arts. Audience members will see JUPITER INVINCIBLE come to life through a dynamic radio play performed by the cast and directed by Melissa Maxwell. La MaMa, 74A East 4th Street (btw Bowery & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10003. TICKETS / Facebook
May 7, 2024 at 2:00 pm: Priya and Sahas at UK Asian Film Festival, The Beck Theatre, Grange Rd, Hayes UK.
April 29, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
April 22, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
April 15, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
April 8, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
March 18, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
March 4, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
March 1, 2024: Inauguración Exposición KAIA. Centro Cultural Comfandi, Cali, Colombia.
February 28, 2024 from 6:30-9pm: Spoken-Word Poetry Open-Mic + reading “Visions of the future for the African Diaspora” at Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC. Commemorate Black History Month with the Bowery Poetry Club and the New York City Commission on Human Rights (“CCHR”) with a night of spoken word. The theme for the night is “Visions for the Future for the African Diaspora” and poems will be grounded in the collective advancement towards racial equity. Featuring poets Roya Marsh, Kiana St. Louis, and Randy Mason.
March 4, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
February 26, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
February 12, 2024 at 7pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
November 30, 2023 at 6:30pm: Launch of “Dragon’s Teeth” comic book, American Center, Shanghai, China.
September 23, 2023 from 3-5pm: Comic Book Writing & Illustration (Workshop) at Aangan Lit Fest – Ram Devineni & Regine Sawyer
June 25, 2023 at 1pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
June 8, 2023 at 8pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
June 5, 2023 at 8pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
June 4, 2023 at 8pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
June 3, 2023 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM China. How to create comic book characters and stories with impact? Instructors MELANCONNIE and FAEBIAN CERULEO. The event is sponsored by the Shanghai American Center, U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, China Women’s Film Festival, and Power of Priya Comics.
June 1, 2023 at 9pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
May 28, 2023 at 12pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
May 27, 2023 at 12pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
May 27, 2023 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM China. Learn how to make a mini-comic and use it in your real-life to entertain and educate audiences. The course is ONLY in Mandarin Chinese. Instructor MIGO. The event is sponsored by the Shanghai American Center, U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, China Women’s Film Festival, and Power of Priya Comics.
May 26, 2023 at 8pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
May 22, 2023 at 6pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
May 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM China. How to create comic book worlds and characters? Instructor REGINE L. SAWYER. The event is sponsored by the Shanghai American Center, U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, China Women’s Film Festival, and Power of Priya Comics.
May 17, 2023 at 5:30pm: Jupiter Invincible Virtual Screening, Bowery Studios, 310 Bowery, New York City. Free
May 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM China. How to write a comic book and create characters? Instructor IVAN VELEZ Jr. and RAM DEVINENI . The event is sponsored by the Shanghai American Center, U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, China Women’s Film Festival, and Power of Priya Comics. Video.
May 2, 2023: JUPITER INVINCIBLE is a live performance of a new radio play and comic book by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa in collaboration with Stella Adler Center for the Arts. Audience members will see JUPITER INVINCIBLE come to life through a dynamic radio play performed by the cast and directed by Melissa Maxwell. New School, 66 W 12th St., New York City at 6pm. Free tickets.
April 12, 2023: Ram Devineni lecture on Priya at Ram Devineni at Michelle Loris Forum. Free and open to the public. Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06825 at 2pm.
February 17, 2023: Catch American comic creator, Regine L. Sawyer and Ram Devineni as they discuss how comic books can be a powerful tool to address social change. American Center New Delhi at 5pm.
October 14, 2022 to January 12, 2023: KAIA: exhibición de cómic de realidad aumentada at Cinemateca Bogotá, Cra. 3 #19-10, Bogotá, Colombia.
December 11, 2022 at 1pm IST: Meet the writer of ‘Priya’s and the Twirling Wind’, Shubhra Prakash at the American Center New Delhi booth, New Delhi Comic Con, India.
December 5, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST. New Radio Play, “Jupiter Invincible” with Stella Adler Center Center for the Arts. Bowery Poetry Club. JUPITER INVINCIBLE is live performance of a new radio play and comic book by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa in collaboration with Stella Adler Center for the Arts. Audience members will see JUPITER INVINCIBLE, a comic book come to life through a dynamic radio play performed by the cast. Story by Yusef Komunyakaa. Director Melissa Maxwell. Artwork by Syd Fini, Neda Kazemifar & Ashley A. Woods CAST (in order of appearance): De’Marcus Woods, Steve Maurice Jones, Pete McElligott, Mary Cavett, Olivia Washington, Pauletta Washington, Shawn Williams & Joanne Edelmann. Part of the Harold Clurman Poetry Reading Series. Producer Ram Devineni. “Jupiter Invincible” is made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Art and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of New York State Governor and the New York State Legislature. The launch event is funded in part by Creative Engagement supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.
November 18, 2022: An Introduction to Writing Comics. DESIblitz Literature Festival, London. Virtual 19:00 – 20:00 GMT. Video of the workshop.
November 18, 2022: Screening of “Priya and the Twirling Wind” at AIM Literary Festival, The Nehru Centre, London. 10:30 am to 1:00 pm GMT. Free tickets.
October 29, 2022: Visita Guiada 2 of KAIA: exhibición de cómic de realidad aumentada. MIDBO event at Cinemateca Bogotá, Cra. 3 #19-10, Bogotá from 3-4pm.
October 28, 2022: Comic Book workshop at MIDBO at Cinemateca Bogotá, Cra. 3 #19-10, Bogotá from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
October 27, 2022: Cómic disponible el MIDBO Evento at Cinemateca Bogotá, Cra. 3 #19-10, Bogotá from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
October 27-30, 2022: KAIA: exhibición at ARTBO in Corferias, Bogota.
October 22, 2022: Visita Guiada 1 of KAIA: exhibición de cómic de realidad aumentada. MIDBO event at Cinemateca Bogotá, Cra. 3 #19-10, Bogotá from 3-4pm.
October 21, 2022: Comic Book workshop at MIDBO at Cinemateca Bogotá, Cra. 3 #19-10, Bogotá from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
October 19, 2022: Discussion about KAIA at Universidad Minuto de Dios with Natalia Ponce de Leon, Melanconnie, Laura Velandia, Ram Devineni & Faebian Ceruleo.
October 14, 2022: KAIA: exhibición de cómic de realidad aumentada. MIDBO event at Cinemateca Bogotá, Cra. 3 #19-10, Bogotá from 5-6 pm.
October 13-17, 2022: KAIA at SOFA, Corferias, Bogota, Colombia. Workshop on October 13, 2022 at SOFA with support from CDAF grant.
August 13-14, 2022: Fun comic book and mural painting workshop in Bogota with the amazing and talented girls of Fundación niñas de luz . Part of the workshop was with Natalia Ponce De León, Melanconnie, Faebian Ceruleo and Fundación Natalia Ponce De León.
May 24, 2022 5pm: “Priya and the Twirling Wind” and Ram Devineni at Athens Comics Library, Athens, Greece. More info.
May 19, 2022 5pm IST: “Priya and the Twirling Wind” comic book and film, followed by a panel discussion on “Creative Ways of Climate Action” at the American Center, 24, K.G. Marg, New Delhi. Featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva, Shubhra Prakash, Ridhima Pandey, and Ram Devineni. http://shorturl.at/ezIUX
May 7, 2022 1-4pm: Priya and the Twirling Wind launch at UK Asian Film Festival at Rich Mix, London. Meet the creators and also take part in a puppet creation works
March 8, 2022 4:45pm EST: MOZFEST: Creating comics and creative tech to address climate change and other social issues with Ram Devineni, Shubhra Prakash and Ivan Velez Jr.
February 2022 - February 2023: "Boundless: 10 Years of Seeding Black Comic Futures" exhibition at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Jupiter Invincible is on display at Boundless: 10 Years of Seeding Black Comic Futures, celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture’s Black Comic Book Festival, through photographs, memorabilia, creator highlights, comic book reading stations, and clips from past festival programs.
December 13, 2021: Teen Talk at The Studio Museum in Harlem with writer YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA and renowned illustrator ASHLEY A. WOODS. At The Studio Museum in Harlem we believe in creating and nurturing teen-centered spaces where young creatives can come together to collaborate and learn about art-making, art history, and professional development. Watch on YouTube.
December 10, 2021 from 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM. Rm. S503: Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. Amplifying Black Voices and Bold Stories in Comics and Creative Tech. Featured on the panel are renowned illustrator ASHLEY A. WOODS, and the team from Fly Nerd Group — JAMEL HEWITT, AMBROSE HORTON, SEAN ATKINS, KEVIN MAXEY, and CHRIS ADAMS.
December 3, 2021 from 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM. TCC L3-R3. Emerald City Comic Con. Amplifying Black Voices and Bold Stories in Comics and Creative Tech [VIRTUAL SCREENING]. Featured on the panel is Pulitzer Prize writer YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA and renowned illustrator ASHLEY A. WOODS and producer RAM DEVINENI.
October 21-November 10, 2021: Priya and the Swarm exhibition at MIDBO at Cinemateca, Bogota, Colombia.
October 23, 24, 30, 31, 2021: Comic book creation workshop at Pontifical Javierian University, Bogota, Colombia. Workshop with Ram Devineni, Melanconnie, and Faebian Ceruleo. Co-produced with Fundación Natalia Ponce De León and part of MIDBO.
October 10, 2021: Books in Bloom, Color Burst Park Columbia, MD . The comic book was researched and developed at Merriweather Art District, and we are excited to bring it back to where it started. Read story in Washington City Paper.
October 8, 2021 — 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM — Room 1A21: New York Comic Con. Amplifying Black Voices and Bold Stories in Comics and Creative Tech. Meet the creators of a bold new comic book, "Jupiter Invincible". Featured on the panel is renowned illustrator ASHLEY A. WOODS, augmented reality designer RAM DEVINENI, editor ERIC BATTLE, and Comics in Color creator CAGEN LUSE.
July 8, 2021 7pm-8:30pm EST. JUPITER INVINCIBLE is live performance of a new radio play and comic book by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa in collaboration with Stella Adler Center for the Arts. The performance is presented live on Zoom. Audience members will see JUPITER INVINCIBLE, a comic book come to life through a dynamic radio play performed by the cast. Story by Yusef Komunyakaa / Art by Ashley A. Woods / Melissa Maxwell, Director / Ram Devineni, Producer / Joanne Edelmann, Curator, Harold Clurman Poetry Reading Series. Cast (in order of appearance) Lorenzo Jackson / Maurice Jones / Pete McElligott / Mary Cavett / Olivia Washington / Pauletta Washington
July 1, 2021 at 11 am EST watch on Facebook and YouTube. Micheaux will read from his sequence “Pelham”, which utilizes material from the Slave Narratives Project at the Library of Congress and biographical material from the life of his maternal great-grandmother.
June 30, 2021 (Wednesday) at 3pm South African time/ 9am EST. Reflecting on Comic Books from Slavery to Apartheid. Discussion with Pulitzer Prize winning writer Yusef Komunyakaa, Denzil Chetty (University of South Africa), Ray Whitcher (University of the Witwatersrand), and Ram Devineni. Watch at www.youtu.be/4WOQSl_88To
June 26, 2021 AT 3:30 PM EDT – 5 PM EDT. Group discussion with Ashley A. Woods and Ram Devineni about their new comic book, “Jupiter Invincible.” Free and open to public. Organized by Comics in Color. Watch on YouTube.
June 17, 2021 at 1:00 PM (EDT) : Schomburg Center Lit Fest: No Small Voice. Jupiter Invincible by Yusef Komunyakaa, Illustrator, Ashley A. Wood, and Ram Devineni, AR Creator. Moderator: Tim Fielder. Free
June 11, 2021: CONverse with Comic Con Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa with Yusef Komunyakaa, Ashley A. Woods and Ram Devineni about “Jupiter Invincible”. Talked about Apartheid and Slavery and how to depict them in comics and stories. Challenges for people of color and women have in the comic book industry and telling their stories. Watch at www.youtu.be/v7lUEHYxaN4
June 9-20, 2021: Tribeca Film Festival Interactive Exhibition of “Jupiter Invincible.”
February 21, 2021 11:45am IST: Launch of “Priya and the Wolves” Jaipur Literature Festival with Gloria Steinem, Ruchira Gupta & Melanconnie.
December 12, 2020 3:00 PM GMT / 8:30 PM IST: "Priya's Mask" Q&A with the creators. Joining us on 12th December are creators Shubhra Prakash, Ram Devineni, Tanvi Gandhi, Indrani Ray, Monika Samtani and actress Mrunal Thakur. Hosting the Q&A is Vaani Kaura who is a secondary school English teacher, yoga instructor, and activist based in London. Hosted by UKAFF
The workshops are organized by the creators of the Priya’s Shakti comic book series, and Baturu Festival. Organized by CAMILLA ZHANG and RAM DEVINENI. The workshops are funded by the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund for U.S. Alumni, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by Partners of the Americas.
December 12, 2020 12:00 pm-1:30 pm EST — The Art of Four-Panel Comic Strips. When done effectively, four-panel comic strips have the ability to make witty and insightful commentary on today's social and political issues. They are a slight deviation from the traditional three-panel newspaper funnies, but they still follow a three-act structure. Co-organized with Merriweather Art District and instructor Bianca Xunise.
December 10, 2020 4:00 pm-5:30 pm EST — “Comic Books Creation Workshop”. Ever wonder how to make comic books? Do you love to tell stories and draw? During the on-line free sessions, the participants script their stories, create characters, and create the comics on paper. The session also shows how to integrate augmented reality into their comics. Co-organized with Merriweather Art District with instructors Ashely A. Woods and Ram Devineni.
December 6, 2020 11am-12:30pm PST — Free online workshop “Graphic & Journalism + Tech” on creating graphic journalistic stories to address social issues and use virtual reality and augmented reality to allow readers to immersive themselves into the characters and environments from the stories. Instructor Dan Archer and Ram Devineni. Co-sponsored with ZERO1 and Gray Area .
December 6, 2020 4:30pm-6:00pm EST — Free online workshop “Writing True Experiences into Fantastical Situations.” Genre fiction in comics provides a rich toolset for expressing nonfictional ideas, from the literal allegory to the expansive, fine-tuned deep-dive. Instructor Andi Santagata and sponsored with The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE).
November 28, 2020 at 3pm COT — Taller de Comic Guerrera Kaia, Medellin, Colombia. La ilustradora colombiana Connie Molina y Ram Devineni están trabajando en la creación de la primera super heroína para Colombia y Latinoamérica. La guerrera Kaia, inspirada en Natalia Ponce de León, pretende educar y prevenir la violencia contra las mujeres. Los cómics son una forma creativa para abordar problemas sociales, por eso nos hemos aliado con los artistas para realizar un taller en el que aprenderás a escribir, diseñar y crear cómics impresionantes, con personajes atractivos y mensajes poderosos. The Centro Colombo Americano of Medellín
November 25, 2020: Free online workshop with Baturu Festival in Beijing, China. Workshop is in Chinese. During the on-line free sessions, the participants script their stories, create characters, inking, coloring, and create comics. Instructors MIGO is a feminist comics artists and illustrator.
November 21, 2020 from 4-6 pm: Free online “The Art of the Comic Zine” workshop with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. A DIY workshop on making a one-page foldable comic zine which is a perfect for anyone interested in getting into independent comics. Learn how to write, design and print this democratic and underground style of comics that reflects your personality. Instructor Cole Pauls.
November 15, 20200 from 1-3 PM PST— Free online workshop with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center. During the on-line free sessions, the participants script their stories, create characters, inking, coloring, and create the comics on paper. Instructors Ivan Velez Jr. and Ram Devineni.
September 10, 2020: Fall 2020 Virtual Convocation at Mount Aloysius College - Cresson, PA with Dipti Mehta and Ram Devineni.
April 9, 16, 23, 30, 2020 at 3pm: Merriweather Creates: Interactive Comic Book Workshop with Ram Devineni & Ivan Velez Jr.
March 23-27, 2020: The Rape and Resilience Summit with Ram Devineni and story of Priya. (online worldwide)
March 15, 2020 at 1:15pm CST: Pajama Con — Bust Gates and Breaking Formats. (online)
December 13-15, 2019: Augmented reality comic book exhibition of “Priya and the Lost Girls” at Cyberia Festival | New Media Playground at TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India.
December 7, 2019 - 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m: Exhibition and launch of “Priya and the Lost Girls” with creators Ram Devineni, Dipti Mehta, Syd Fini, and Neda Kazemifar at Merriweather District, Columbia, MD. Free and open to the public.
— 11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Community Workshop #1: Build your own female superhero.
— 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Community Workshop #2: Create your own interactive comic book series
— 4:00 p.m. - 6:00pm. Elevate Maryland Live Podcast Recording with Priya’s Shakti team
December 6-7, 2019: “Priya and the Lost Girls” exhibition at Global Health Film Festival at Wellcome Collection, London, UK
November 30, 2019 2-4pm: “Creating comic books” with Ram Devineni, Syd Fini, and Neda Kazemifar at Sheroes Hangout, Tajnagari Phase I Agra, India. Free. Event funded by a grant from the North India Office of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
November 30, 2019 6-8pm: Launch of “Priya and the Lost Girls” at Sheroes Hangout, Tajnagari Phase I Agra, India. Augmented reality exhibition and book launch with creators Ram Devineni, Syd Fini, and Neda Kazemifar. Free and open to the public. Event funded by a grant from the North India Office of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
September 29, 2019: Ram Devineni and “Priya’s Shakti” featured at OECON, Boyer Center, Messiah College, PA
April 11, 2019 to May 3, 2019: Exhibiting of “Priya’s Mirror” at KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa.
April 27-28, 2019: Priya’s Shakti at FanCon Cape Town Comic Con was held at CTICC2, South Africa.
March 27, 2019 to March 29, 2019: Exhibition at International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare sponsored by British Medical Journal, and presented by Crossover Lab, Global Health Film Festival Glasgow at SEC Centre, Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland.
March 7, 2019 to March 24, 2019: Part of an art show focused on gender-based violence called “Beyond 50%” at Backspace Art, Ballarat, Australia
December 27, 2018 to February 9, 2019: Priya’s Mirror and Parvati Saves the World digital exhibition, Kaleidoscope Digital Art, Triveni Kala Sangam 205, Tansen Marg, Todermal Road Area, Mandi House, New Delhi 110001.
December 8 & 9, 2018: Priya’s Mirror AR exhibition at Global Health Film Festival at the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, UK. Organized by Crossover
October 26 to November 16, 2018: Priya’s Mirror exhibition at Sinclair Galleries, Coe College, 1220 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
October 4, 2018: Priya’s Shakti lecture at Design 4 This Century course, New School, New York City.
September 4-9, 2018: Priya’s Shakti and Priya saves the World at “Artistic Freedom Initiative: Revolutions & Movements” show at Dupont Underground, Washington DC.
May 1, 2018 – January 6, 2019: Priya’s Shakti work in “Goddess | Women exhibition” at Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
December 1-December 31, 2017: Exhibition of “Priya’s Mirror” at Crossroads Centre, 18, Dashiqiao Hutong, Beijing, China.
November 20-27, 2017: “Priya’s Mirror” Augmented Reality exhibition at The Mixed Reality Sidebar at International Film Festival Of India Goa.
October 25, 2017 from 3:30-5:30pm: Creating Comics for Social Change — A Workshop with Writer/Artist Dan Goldman. California Mission Room (in the basement of the Benson Center), Santa Clara University.
October 24, 2017 at 4pm: Priya’s Shakti–Augmented Reality Comic Books Fighting Sexual Violence A talk by Ram Devineni. St. Clare Room, SCU Library, at Santa Clara University.
October 19, 2017 at 1pm: NAB Show at Javits Center featuring Ram Devineni talking about “Priya’s Shakti”, New Yor City.
PRIYA’S SHAKTI premiered at Mumbai Film and Comics Convention. Dan Goldman & Ram Devineni launched the comic book at the Mumbai Film and Comics Convention, December 19-21, 2014! “The most awaited launch” was Priya’s Shakti — Mumbai This Week.
October 18, 2017 at 7pm: Designing Interactive Work for Social Advocacy with Navid Khonsari, Ram Devineni & Heidi Boisvert. Made in NY Media Center by IFP, NYC.
October 4-8, 2017: Future of Storytelling Festival (FOST) featuring “Priya’s Mirror”, Snug Harbor, New York.
September 25 to December 4, 2017: Priya’s Mirror Exhibition at Santa Clara University, Learning Commons, 2nd Floor Hall Gallery, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053.
September 15-17, 2017: Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories featuring Priya’s Mirror and Priya’s Shakti, House of VR, Toronto, Canada.
July 31, 2017: Games for Change Festival, How to use Comic Books and Augmented Reality to Challenge Sexual Violence, New School, New York City.
May 3, 2017: Shattering Taboos to Change Culture with Ram Devineni with Priya’s Shakti, Bryony Cole, Andrea Pino, and Jessica Luther. Part of PEN America World Voices Festival, Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, NYC.
April 19, 2017: A Conversation with Ram Devineni, creator of Priya’s Shakti, HGSE Larsen Hall, Room 203, Office of Sexual Assault Prevention & Response, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
March 29-31, 2017: Priya’s Mirror exhibition and presentation by Ram Devineni at Myriad Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse in Australia
March 16-25, 2017: Art and Activism Presentation at Copenhagen Documentary Festival, Denmark.
March 2-3 2017: Priya’s Mirror Exhibition and panel at Changeville Festival, College of Journalism and Communications, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville.
March 8, 2017: Presentation of Priya’s Mirror with Ram Devineni and Monica Singh, New School, NYC
February 28-March 3, 2017: Frank Talks featuring Ram Devineni and Priya’s Mirror at College of Journalism and Communications, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville.
February 3-5, 2017: Priya’s Mirror Exhibition and Panel at FilmGate at University of Miami–School of Communication.
January 31, 2017: National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad — Presentation of Priya’s Shakti and Documentary Filmmaking with Dan Goldman and Ram Devineni.
January 30, 2017: National Institute of Design R&D Campus, Bengaluru — Social Change Comic Books, Journalism & Interactive Storytelling with Ram Devineni, Dan Goldman and Benjamin Dix. Also an AR hackathon with Blippar.
January 27, 2017: M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai — Social Change Comic Books, Journalism & Interactive Storytelling with Ram Devineni, Dan Goldman and Benjamin Dix.
January 25, 2017: L.V. Prasad Film & TV Academy, Chennai — Interactive and New Forms of Storytelling with Ram Devineni, Dan Goldman and Benjamin Dix.
January 12-14, 2017: DOGS Comic Conference at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
November 15-18, 2016: International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2016), Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Priya’s Mirror AR exhibition.
November 3-4, 2016: Books in Browsers VII, San Francisco at Gray Area‘s Grand Theater in the Mission District. Featuring Dan Goldman.
October 27-30, 2016: Exhibition at ARTBO Art Festival in Bogota, Colombia.
October 22-23, 2016 — Featured at Mumbai Comic Con.
October 18-20, 2016 — Creating an augmented reality street mural in Bengaluru part of St+Art Festival.
October 13, 2016 — Event at Sheroes cafe owned and run by acid attack survivors in Agra, India.
October 2, 2016: PRIYA’S MIRROR premiered with augmented reality exhibition at Lincoln Center part of the New York Film Festival, from September 30 to October 16, 2016.
April 13, 2016: A Comic Book Superhero and Rape Survivor: Can She Change Attitudes Toward Sexual Violence? Dresher Center, Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 132, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD.
March 7-16, 2016: Exhibition at One World Festival in Czech Republic.
January 11-13, 2016: International Conference Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals, CEE Ahmedabad, India.
December 4-6, 2015: Delhi Comic Con.
November 20, 2015: Origin Stories: Superheroes and Villains – Spoken Word & Short film/Q+A. Deptford Cinema, 39 Deptford Broadway, London. Screening of “Parvati Saves the World” and Spoken Word section from the great Burn After Reading (aka BAR or BARpo) collective.
May 7-October. 11, 2015: Exhibition of Priya’s Shakti at City Lore. 56 East 1st Street, New York City. Free and open to the public.
September 25-27, 2015: Priya’s Shakti at the NINA Beta Version Festival in Poland. Exhibition and Polish translation of the comic book. National Audiovisual Institute at Warszawa. Exhibition is from Sept 25 to Oct 18.
September 25, 2015: Priya’s Shakti Bhangra Party with DJ Sumie. City Lore, 56 East 1st Street, New York City.
September 22, 2015: ‘Parvati Saves the World’ in 3 acts in London at the Mall Galleries. Passion for Freedom Festival, in London.
September 21-26, 2015: Priya’s Shakti part of the Passion for Freedom Festival, London at the Mall Galleries.
August 4, 2015: BRIC FLIX: Interactive Media for Social Good (Co-Presented with Made in NY Media Center by IFP) featuring Priya’s Shakti. BRIC Arts | Media House.
July 10-12, 2015: La città incanta – Animation meeting – Civita di Bagnoreggio, Italy.
June 12-14 2015: Ram Devineni presenting Priya’s Shakti at Cooler Lumpur Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Cooler Lumpur Festival is Kuala Lumpur’s annual multi-disciplinary celebration of culture and ideas.
June 10, 2015: Priya’s Shakti Party & Screening. Part of Soumik Datta Arts Club: Jam Night! With Special Guest Bishi Bhattacharya. Free. RichMix, 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA
June 5-10 2015: Sheffield DocFest. Sheffield, UK. Ram Devineni presenting Priya’s Shakti. Mural design by Nick Phillips.
June 2, 2015: A4, Priestor Center, Bratislava, Slovakia. Sponsored by DOKWeb — Institut of Documentary Film.
May 30, 2015: TEDxCoventGardenWomen. London, UK. Featuring Priya’s Shakti’s creator Ram Devineni.
May 29, 2015: Museum of Moving Images: The Immersive Sixth Sense featuring Lina Srivastava talking about Priya’s Shakti. Sponsored by FOST.
May 27, 2015: InterDocsBarcelona. Barcelona, Spain. Ram Devineni presenting Priya’s Shakti.
May 22, 2015: Scuola Holden: Storytelling and Performing Arts, Torino, Italy. Featuring creator Ram Devineni.
May 7, 2015: The Webdox Conference at iFlab: Interactive Factual Lab, Leuven, Belgium: Featuring co-producer Shubhra Prakash.
May 05, 2015: PEN World Voices Festival, New York City: Build Your Own Comic Workshop with Ram Devineni & Ivan Velez.
April 28, 2015: Priya’s Shakti Producer Lina Srivastava at Aperture Foundation, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, New York City.
April 19-23, 2015: Visions du Réel / I_doc, Nyon, Switzerland: Featuring co-producer Christian Popp.
April 18, 2015: Tribeca Film Festival, New York City: Part of Tribeca Interactive Playground. Exhibition and presentation by team.
March 15, 2015: Creating Interactive Comic Books for Social Change at SXSW Interactive.Featuring Ambarish Mitra & Ram Devineni.
December 19-21, 2014: Premiere at the Mumbai Comic Con, Mumbai, India.
November 7, 2014: Geneva International Film Festival. Presentation of the project and comic book.
The workshops are funded by the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund for U.S. Alumni, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by Partners of the Americas.