Advisors
POOJA SOOD is a pioneer in the field of curating alternative contemporary art practices and exploring different models of collaboration and institution building in India and South Asia. She was the acting Director General of the Jawahar Kala Kendra. Pooja is a member of the Steering Group Committee on Arts Management for the Government of India. She was Artistic Director and curator of 48C. Public Art. Ecology, India’s first public art project as well as the Apeejay Media Gallery, the first dedicated space for new media art in India. She is a Chevening scholar for the Clore Leadership Programme, UK.
RAY MEEKER is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a BFA in Ceramics. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva. In 1971, with Deborah Smith, he founded the Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry. The GBP courses, workshops, and residencies with international artists are unique in India. Many of the most respected Indian ceramic artists have attended his courses. He shows with Nature Morte in New Delhi and participates in group shows in various galleries in India and around the world.
PREETA SINGH is President,Teamwork Arts, India, where she leads marketing, partnerships for the Jaipur Literature Festival .Under her leadership the Festival has grown immensely in reach, revenue and brand value.
Preeta has spent over thirty years working with regional, national and international brands. As Executive Director Ogilvy Advertising she led the Ogilvy businesses in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi. She conceived, raised funding and launched India’s first multidisciplinary arts’ festival, Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa in a record sixteen months. As Founder Festival Director she and the festival received great acclaim from both the Indian and global art community.
Preeta recently launched her consulting initiative, TheIdeaCompany and works with organisations to raise funds, create new ideas that engage and entertain audiences.