Kaladalan Art Gallery

Kaladalan Art Gallery is located right by the Session Court in Bhilwara. It’s a quiet enough place compared to the busy streets nearby. We started this because there weren't many places for local people to actually see paintings or put their work up on a wall. It’s not a huge space, but we have enough room to show off a few different styles. Usually, it’s a mix of landscapes and some traditional stuff that folks around here like. I spend most of my time here just rearranging things or talking to the artists who drop by to show me their latest sketches. Sometimes we have students from the local colleges coming in just to look around. We also do some framing on the side because people always need a good way to hang their pictures at home. The light in the gallery is okay, but we’re always messing with the bulbs to get it right. It’s a bit of a passion project, I suppose. Bhilwara has some talented people, and they just need a corner to show what they can do. It’s not like those big city galleries where everything is expensive and stiff. We want people to feel okay walking in even if they don't know much about art. Just a place to appreciate some color and talent near the court. There is usually a faint smell of oil paint and old wood in the air.