Heart for Art is a Public Charitable Trust that promotes the traditional Arts & Crafts of India. We at Heart for Art, work towards bringing you products from the best artisans of India, who passionately create them! We create partnerships to find space for art and craft in private and public spaces and help craftsmen get back their pride and improve their living conditions. Our endeavour is to provide these products in the best traditions of artisanal masterpieces, yet adapted to contemporary lifestyles and sensibilities.
Through following verticals we try and help to increase the livelihood and sales for our Artisans
Helping Hands
Help artisans to get Market Access via Online portal’s listing assistance Get assistance
and funding to help specific artisans to exhibit and sell their products in Melas,
Exhibitions and Events
Workshops
HFA conducts Sponsored Workshops to get artisans and consumers to one place.
We get the artisans from various art forms and conduct workshops at various schools,
colleges & public places to help increase their reach and sales
Training the artisans
HFA helps in training the artisans to improve product quality and relevance of products.
Exhibitions for the artisans
We help artisans to participate in exhibitions so that it helps increase their livelihood
Consumer Education
Online and offline art and craft stories dissemination to increase awareness amongst citizens and consumers
ART Craft Tours Curation
For consumers to visit artisans places with travel partners
Fund Raising
For artisans to help restore or augment their capacities and for the welfare of their families
Liaison
Act as an Liaison between Corporates and Public Institutions to get Art and Craft works into Public and Private Spaces
Commissioned Project
We are happy to work with you to design and develop objects conceptualised
and defined by you. If you have a favourite sculpture that you would like to get done
in stone or bronze, Get in touch with us !
HFA’s Memorable MileStones
Heart for Art launches Art & Craft Tours with Black Swan Journeys
March 2017
- India’s exquisite craftsmanship and techniques are a reflection of our ancient history and times. However, unfortunately with time, we succumbed to the glamour of western culture and left the crafts community of India to struggle in the shadows.
- Heart for Art Trust with the help of a travel agent tries to bridge the yawning gap between the country’s crafts community and the urban denizen. With our hands-on craft and art tours we want to unearth the cultural intricacies that provide a place its identity.
- We are announcing our first three craft tours covering Tamil Nadu –> Puducherry, Gujarat –> Kutch and West Bengal –> Odisha which include over fifteen unique types of arts and crafts in each tour. The tours will include workshops and interactions with local artisans.
- These curated tours provide an unmatched opportunity for all art connoisseurs and amateurs, history buffs and knowledge seekers, to understand the different ethnologies, craft techniques and the native landscapes that influence the craft and its ecosystem.
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it
– William M. Thackeray
Recognition for the Heart for Art's Social Impact !
October 2016
Award for Heart for Art’s work at the Yellow Ribbon NGO Fair – at the hands of Celebrity Actor, Tabu! Speaking on the occasion, Tabu said: “India as a country has abundance of cultural heritage. The diversity be it in the form a rare painting styles or exquisite handcrafted shawls to sarees and a range of other products is wide spread. But the irony is that some of this craftsmanship which goes back a few hundred years is dying. In this age of communication and technology there is a need to bring our heritage, art and artisans on the global platform. Heart for Art is doing just that !! ”
Padmaja Jalihal, Founding TRUSTEE, Heart for Art receiving the Award from Celebrity Actor Tabu, Parul Mehta, Chairperson Ishanya Foundation and Dr. Kulkarni, Chief of NABARD
Bestowed with the DEWANG MEHTA National Award
September 2017
A proud moment …Our Founder Trustee Mrs. Padmaja Jalihal received the prestigious “NGO LEADERSHIP AWARD” Presented by Dewang Mehta National Awards on 26th September, 2017 at Indira Group of Institutes, Pune. The Dewang Mehta National Awards celebrates their 25th Silver Jubilee year in 2017. Recognition for our efforts to increase rural livelihoods has brought in more pride and motivation to everyone onboard, at Heart for Art (HFA). The accomplishments by its leaders always motivates the organisation as a whole to soar high and achieve more. This award has added more feathers to HFA’s crown of achievements. We at HFA hope to see more such milestones to cross, in our journey to success.
Bestowed with the DEWANG MEHTA National Award
February 2018
Heart for Art Trust’s work and impact recognised at the World CSR Day Awards – “Purposeful Purpose” – award being received by Trustee Padmaja Bendigiri Jalihal at the Taj Lands on Sunday, 18th Feb
Award presented by Babatomiwa Adesida Pvt. Sector & Philanthropy Engagement Consultant, Sustainable Development Goals Fund, United Nations