Amazing Africa

Facilitators: Shital Mehta and Purnima Sampat

May 5, 6, 7, 2005 | 10.00 am to 12.30 pm
Sea View Room, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

Shital Mehta and Purnima Sampat are specialists in art education and have been teaching art for the last two decades in reputed schools of Mumbai -New Era School and J.B. Petit School respectively. In 1996, they founded the organization, ‘Window To The World’ that promotes the concept of education through the arts. The organization has represented India for an invited seminar at the INSEA (International Society For Education Through Art) in New York and has conducted several workshops on world cultures and visual art appreciation in various educational and cultural institutions in India and abroad.

In this workshop, children will learn about the variety of textiles found in the continent of Africa ranging from woven, block printed, resist dyed textiles and body adornments. The participants will decorate their own fabric using the technique of the Adinkra Fabrics and the Mud Cloth. The fabric will be finally made into a poncho, which can be worn by the children.