Kolkta, Nov. 15 -- The Open Arts Initiative, a group of creative professionals living in Goa, is organising the first Goa Open Arts Festival early next year.

An artist driven programme, the Festival aims to galvanise the creative community of Goa and establish this globally acclaimed tourist destination as an artistic hub of India.Goa has a large pool of resident creative talent - artists, musicians, photographers, designers, writers, chefs, etc. - who are native to Goa, as well as those from other parts of India and around the world who have chosen to make Goa their home.The organising committee of the Goa Open Arts festival includes photographer and curator Prashant Panjiar, designer and design entrepreneur Gurpreet Sidhu, designer and...