SELF EXPRESSION THROUGH ART
Art workshops in collaboration with the LETS Project, funded by Tata Centre for Technology and Design. Himachal Pradesh, 2014
This fresh collection of art, experiences and rosy cheeked faces visually archives my journey as a traveling art facilitator to Khun village in Himachal Pradesh.These images were taken over a span of a fortnight. I worked with over 150 children from the Government Secondary School across different age groups covering a range of activities like pattern making, self portraits, craft, word chains and wall painting.
The purpose of the workshops was two-fold: turning children into content creators, by helping them create contextual and relevant storybooks about their own regions, and an attempt to change the attitude towards art as a taught subject in schools. Over a short span of time we were able to link these issues and make the local schools realize the importance of having a time allotted specifically for art along with having a well stocked library to encourage reading. We did this by simply democratizing the process of making a storybook.