The exhibitions are the outcome of workshops that took place for eight months between August 2013 – March 2014 with 11 accomplished contemporary artists in Mumbai and New Delhi. As part of these exhibitions, 30 children will present their projects and learning experiences at the Partner a Master program to art teachers, educationists, and their parents.

Mumbai:
Artist-Mentors: Shakuntala Kulkarni, Tanuja Rane, Vishakha Apte, Sharmila Samant, Reena Kallat, and Tushar Joag
Participating Schools: Jamnabai Narsee School, Dhirubai Ambani School, Bombay Scottish School, St. Gregorious High School, B.D.Somani School, Oberoi International School
NGOs: Aseema and Apun Ka Club

April 23 to 25, 2014 | 11.00 am to 6.00 pm
StudioX, Mumbai

New Delhi:
Artist-Mentors: Anpu Varkey, Shambhavi Singh, Manisha Parekh, Asim Waqif, and DaKu
Participating Schools: Vasant Valley School, The Shri Ram School, Sanskriti School, Modern School, Barakhamba, Convent of Jesus & Mary, and British School

May 1 to 3, 2014 | 11.00 am to 6.00 pm
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi

A crucial need is to generate awareness about what art learning can offer in terms of transformative thinking. To understand aesthetics, re-imagining our traditions and explore the possibilities of contemporary art means being open to innovation in the classroom and increasing our understanding of the mind and intelligence.

Seminar Theme:
Visual Literacy has been defined as the ability to understand, interpret and read visual images. The role of the arts in its cognitive aspects is very important in the teaching-learning process. It enables children to express their ideas, emotions and thoughts freely.

To integrate the processes of visual literacy instruction into classroom curriculum begins by asking a few key questions to spark the critical thinking process. The key questions asked are:

• What am I looking at and how can I read a visual image?
• What is the artist trying to say through the techniques and the symbols used?
• What is the relationship between the image and its historical context and its relevance in my present time?
• What are the visual and verbal relationships I can use to expand my understanding of art, knowledge and society?
• How can visual literacy trigger critical thinking to enable a student to become a responsible and sensitive human being?

Objectives:
The participants will join artists and educators in workshops, presentations and group sessions to experience and analyze what visual literacy means and what learning through art looks like in practice. The objective is to strengthen the position of art education and to meet many challenges facing our youth, the arts and education through collective learning.

The seminar will offer art teachers the opportunity to:

• Learn in and through the visual arts by interacting with research-based presentations and exemplary case studies
• Understand creative processes through the work of practicing and teaching artists
• Present lesson plans and explore innovative teaching methods
• Provide a framework to develop research for art-based curricula development in schools
• Scale the proficiency level of teachers’ for creative thinking competencies

Mumbai:
Keynote Lectures: Suman Karandikar and Raja Mohanty
Case Studies: Purnima Sampat and Anupama Prakash
Workshops: Shilpa Ranade and Indrapramit Ray
Art Lesson Plans: Shital Mehta

June 15 to 16, 2013 | 9.30 am to 6.30 pm
StudioX, Mumbai

New Delhi:
Keynote Lectures: Roobina Karode and Anupama Prakash
Case Studies: Sunena Malhotra and Lata Vidyanathan
Workshops: Tushar Joag and Renuka Taneja
Art Lesson Plans: Shital Mehta, Merlyn Ebenezer, Purnima Sampat and Supriya Sharma

July 27 to 28, 2013 | 9.30 am to 6.30 pm
KHOJ International Artists’ Association, New Delhi

The exhibitions are the outcome of workshops that took place for eight months between August 2012 – March 2013 with 14 accomplished contemporary artists in Mumbai and New Delhi. As part of these exhibitions, 30 children will present their projects and learning experiences at the Partner a Master program to art teachers, educationists, and their parents.

Mumbai:
Artist-Mentors: Archana Hande, Tushar Joag, Shilpa Gupta, Justin Ponmany, Reena Kallat, Sharmila Samant, and Prajakta Potnis
Participating Schools: Jamnabai Narsee School, Dhirubai Ambani School, Bombay Scottish School, St. Gregorious High School, B.D.Somani School, Oberoi International School
NGOs: Aseema and Apun Ka Club

June 14 to 21, 2013 | 11.00 am to 6.00 pm
Premchand Roychand Gallery, CSMVS, Mumbai

New Delhi:
Artist-Mentors: Arunkumar HG, Asim Waqif, Saba Hasan, Rohini Devasher, Vibha Galhotra, Jagannath Panda, and Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi
Participating Schools: Vasant Valley School, The Shri Ram School, Sanskriti School, Modern School, Barakhamba, Convent of Jesus & Mary, and British School

July 26 to August 2, 2013 | 11.00 am to 6.00 pm
Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi