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Art Workshop - Ladakh

SELF EXPRESSION THROUGH ART

Art workshops in collaboration with the Avalokitesvara Trust at Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, 2013

The Avalokitesvara Trust invited me to conduct workshops in village schools across the remotest parts of Ladakh, with the most breathtaking views. The trust also sets up small libraries with reading rooms in these regions, where books I had illustrated were part of the reading list. I worked as an art facilitator in the Hanle Gompa School, at Changthag on the Indo-China border, Siddhartha School, Stok village and Lamayuru Gompa School & Government School in Lamayuru.

Education consultant Riddhi Shah and I spent 2 months with 300 children from these schools. While she focussed on conversational english and math through games I worked on storytelling through art. We delivered sessions about cultures from other parts of India through different art activities. As a tribute to the region I spent a few hours every evening working on a wall mural which depicts their way of living. This wall is a part of a classroom in the Lamayuru Gompa School.

A wall mural I painted in the monastery school. Depicting the village and its daily life.
Children - Morning tea at the Hanle Monastery School, Chanthang, Indo-China Border, Ladakh.
Learning english outdoors, through a game. With students of Hanle Gompa School, at Changthang Indo-China border.
After a finger printing workshop at the Hanle Monastery School, Chanthang, Ladakh.
Midday bathing. At Hanle, Ladakh.
Sitting on a bridge over a rivulet, of the River Indus, at Hanle, Chanthang, Ladakh, in Jammu.
My new students. From L to R - Konchuk, Rigzin, Dorje, Rinchin, Tsering, Tsewang and Namgyal. All the little monks that we taught in the Lamayuru Gompa School.
Pattern-making with little monks from the Lamayuru Gompa School, Ladakh.
Storytelling - The Rainbow Fish. At Lamayuru Gompa School, Ladakh, Jammu.
Paperplate Fish. Learning how to draw, cut, paste and create. Happy Artists. Happy Teacher. At Lamayuru, Ladakh.
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Learning about different cultures and art forms. Tying the turban. At Lamayuru Gompa School.
Learning about different cultures. Tie and Dye craft activity. Lamayuru Monastery School.
Painting pebbles, outdoor demonstration.
Painted pebbles. With letters. We made this into a spelling game. Lamayuru Gompa School.
My youngest 2.5 yr old student Tsering learning hand printing at the Lamayuru Government School in Ladakh.
My oldest students Principal Rigzen Dorjey and Bodhi teacher Lama Tsering in a teachers training session learning some art and craft.
Stanzin, a happy student and little artist from Lamayuru Government School
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