Galle Lit Fest announces Art Trail and Children’s Festival events

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The Galle Literary Festival, in partnership with Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), today reveals its full program for the Art Trail in partnership with ARTRA.

The Festival also announces its schedule of children’s sessions, featuring creative workshops hosted by local and visiting authors. Both programs take place between 25 and 28 January, complementing the Festival’s comprehensive calendar of paid literary events.

A firm Festival highlight, the Art Trail in partnership with ARTRA sees all of Galle Fort become a walkable gallery, as heritage properties play host to a curated exhibition of contemporary works.

Attendees can follow a complimentary map to navigate their way between venues, discovering pieces displayed in storied spaces throughout the town. Art aficionados can also book tickets for tours and workshops hosted by featured artists.

Highlights from the Art Trail in partnership with ARTRA include:

nARTRA’s Latest Edition ‘Galle Fort in the Contemporary’ (Magazine Launch) Chevaan Daniel, Channa Daswatte, Azara Jaleel and Jagath Weerasinghe

nDo You Remember Me? (Art workshop and curated tour) Fabienne Francotte

nARTRA’s Best of Emerging Artists 2023 (Meet the artists and curated tours) Pulasthi Handunge, Mohammed Hathi, Malki Jayakody and Mahela Pansilu

n100 Actresses (curated tour) Charles Uzzell-Edward

Guests can find the full Art Trail program, with event descriptions, timings and venues, here.

There’s fun in store for younger bookworms, too: the Children’s Festival takes over Thomas Gall School on Saturday 27 January, for a full day of creative workshops. Created to inspire the next generation of avid readers and aspiring writers, the program gives junior lit fans the chance to interact with local and visiting authors. Sessions are divided by ages 2-5, 6-8, 9-11 and 12+.

Highlights from the Children’s Festival include:

The Girl Who Lost A Leopard (writing workshop) Nizrana Farook
It’s A Mystery! (writing workshop) Anthony Horowitz
Leila and the Blue Fox (writing workshop) Kiran Millwood Hargrave
What’s Your Spirit Animal? (writing workshop) Jasbinder Bilan
Ravana’s Daughter (theatre workshop) Nadishka Aloysius and Tasmin Anthonisz

The children’s program, including event descriptions, timings and venues, can be found here.

“We’re thrilled to provide a platform for local and international artists as part of the Art Trail,”

said Festival Director Giselle Harding. “We’re also very excited about our children’s events.

We hope art lovers and young readers alike would find plenty to inspire them at the Festival.”

Event Tickets and Festival passes available to purchase now from galleliteraryfestival.com