An artist residency and cultural space near Taj Mahal, Agra, India

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  Description

  Working at the intersection of art, design , culture and storytelling. It is one of the main verticles, an artist residency space and cultural centre, where the workaway people would be staying. We plan to do a lot of workshops, events around music dance poetry and theatre, which is where i will be needing help in curating, conceptualising, marketing, scheduling and even doing it.
  
  I would also need someone to manage the space and beautify it, as though we already have caretakers, yet we need a lot of people to manage the dynamicity of the space. We are building the space as a sustainable space so a push towards that too.
  
  We have paid local caretakers Ankit and Rajni who live on the property, along with their 3 little kids. Both of them, even though aren't educated, yet are very hard workers, takes care of cleaning cooking, upkeep of the property, send their children to school, and are problem solvers. Our paid Gardner, Dinesh also comes to see the property is in place landscaping wise. There are more collaborators that come and go depending on the events scheduled.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Hospitality/Tourism

  Light maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Technology

  

  Self development

  

  Sustainability

  

  Pets

  

  Movies & TV

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Fashion or beauty

  

  Farming

  

  Events & social

  

  Culture

  

  Performing arts

  

  Music

  

  History

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Gardening

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Carpentry

  

  Art & design

  

  Architecture

  

  Hiking

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Water sports

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Team sports

  

  Nature

  

  Fitness

  

  Cycling

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Camping
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can learn :
  1. How to curate and event
  2. Hospitality and running a cultural centre
  3. Space design
  4. Marketing
  5. Hindi and regional languages
  6. Interact with artists and artisans of the city

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  Help

  1. Managing the space and beautifying it : Kala kutir is a space in nature. It needs to be constantly pruned and beautifed. So I need someone to take charge of that. Some days you can be telling the gardner what to do, some days physically make it more beautiful, some days conceptualising and showing me ways.
  2. Conceptualise community events and execute them from scratch : it is an event space, and I want a event to happen every weekend. I need someone to take charge of that. I already have connects with artists of the country, so we can conceptualise and grow things.
  3. Media and social media : I want someone to capture the space beautifully, edit and even post them on social media. I want someone to hype up the space.
  4. Creative innovator : If you aree someone who can propose a workshop/ performance etc that can add to our place
  
  There are more things that keep on happening throughout the year, so when you drop a request I can share more about the vacancy work available.
  
  You wont be replacing the staff we already have, but work with them to create art events, market them and execute them. Or help as a designer enhancing ther experience of the space.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Hindi: Fluent
  Urdu: Fluent
  German: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  Interested in learning German & Persian, and happy to teach Hindi & Urdu through conversation and everyday interaction.
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  Accommodation

  You will be staying in 3 person Workawayer hostel style room with common toilets, desert coolers in the summers and thick woolen sheets in the winters. The property is on the route of migratory patterns of birds here in India, so you will get to see a lot of birds.
  
  Rajni didi cooks for volunteers who come and stay with us, although sometimes when the number exceeds 6 she needs rotatory support to cook the food. It will be 3 pure vegetarian meals, rice lentils vegetables of indian preparation - simple indian vegetarian food. People will have to wash their own plates or utensils they use.

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  What else ...

  There is so much to do in Agra apart from Taj mahal. There are some 80+ listed monuments in the city, There are some beautiful nature trails some of which start 2-3 kms from our centre. The food is just amazing and i can suggest a lot of eateries in the city. I also do some heritage walks, you can attend those and gain mor deep stories of the city. Metro is available, but is about 2 kms from our center. There are a lot of Tuktuks available around 1.2 kms from the centre.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  A very good place to be, in nature yet close to the city, where most internet things are accessible ( like Swiggy, blinkit etc ). Although sometimes uber takes time.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Motorhomes can park just outside of property or inside parking area, depending on the height of the vehicle

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Any kind of trained, not aggressive pets

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  A Turtle name Money

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