Till January 30: An exhibition of paintings by Vishwanathan, Bhaskar, Vikram Subirthana, Jennifer and Sruthi (at Vinnyasa Premier Art Gallery).

Till January 31: Exhibition of display illustrations from Tulika’s books as part of its exhibition on children’s literature which, among other things, emphasises treating a picture book as art (at DakshinaChitra).

Till January 31: Vision of Odissi, an exhibition of paintings, drawings and photographs from India and Malaysia, curated by Ramli Ibrahim (at Forum Art
Gallery).

January 22: The fifth edition of the HSBC Chennai Bird Race will take place between 6 am and 6 pm. Participants will have to report by 6.30 pm to the Abirami Chidambaram Community Hall, Riverview Road, Kotturpuram. A meeting of the participants followed by prize distribution and dinner will take place at the same venue from 7 pm onwards.
Details: http://www.black buck.org.in/birdrace12.php

Till January 31: A retrospective of P. Perumal’s paintings and drawings. Perumal is an impromptu painter who emerged from the Madras College of Arts and Crafts in the 1960s, having trained under KCS Paniker, Roy Chowdury, Dhanapal and others (at DakshinaChitra).

Till February 2: The Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai, Habitat Forum Berlin, School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University, and City Connect, Chennai, are organising an architecture contest titled Human Space – Cultural Space.
This is an idea competition for an MRTS Station in Chennai and is open for participation between November 29, 2011 and February 2, 2012. Open to students or recent graduates from schools of architecture in Tamil Nadu, the University of Technology, Berlin, and its Indian partners. Application forms to: hscs 2012@gmail.com. For more information log on to website: http://cms.goethe.de/ins/in/che/kue/en8508383v.htm