GLOCAP’s Art Workshops for Youth in India, 2016
Children’s Mandala Mural for Peace, Partavdi Village School near Panchgani, India.
In the summer of 2016 Global Children’s Art Programme established it’s first art workshops in India. Coordinated by Ayesha Rabadi (Phd candidate, Columbia University Teachers College) and Timothy Lomas we held 2 art events for youth. One at the Gurunanak School in Mumbai and one in the rural mountain area of Panchgani at the Partavdi Village School.
Art projects consisted of a study of traditional “Madhubani” artwork and GLOCAP’s signature “Children’s Mandala Mural for Peace” which has now been recreated in over 20 cities throughout 7 different countries, each with it’s own unique style specific to the region. For our “Mandala Murals” in India we added bindi gems which added a distinctive Indian esthetic to the overall design.
Madhubani painting (also known as Mithila painting) is practiced in the Mithila state of Nepal and the Bihar state of India. Originally these folk paintings were created using fingers, twigs, brushes, and matchsticks using natural pigments and dyes. These ornately designed works were traditionally painted by women for occasions of births, marriages, and festivals and often pictured gods and goddesses with symbolic metaphors of the divine. Interestingly, “Madhubani”(‘Madhu’-honey, ‘Ban’-forest or woods) loosely translates as “Forest of Honey”.
In Mumbai we were joined by Ms. Preety Kothari and Hrishi Raol. At the Partavdi Village School our team included Hrishi and Zavareh Sethna.
We brought back samples of our Indian students’ “Madhubani” drawings for exhibition at The IDEAL School of Manhattan so that students in the U.S. could learn about Indian culture through the artwork of children like themselves.
Guru Nanak School, Mumbai, India. 2016
“Madhubani Flowers”
by Ashwini, 10 yrs.
“Madhubani Flowers”
by Ashwini, 10 yrs.
“Madhubani Circles” by Madhura, 9 yrs.
“Madhubani Vase with Flowers” by Tanvi, 9 yrs.
“Sita” by Kamlesh, 10 yrs
“Madhubani Krishna” by Saengeeta, 10 yrs
“Flower Vase”
by Yashraj, 11 yrs.
“Madhubani Circles” by Madhura, 9 yrs.
“Scenery” by Rahul, 10 yrs
“Madhubani Sun” by Nayaneeta, 11 yrs
“5 Flowers” by Disha, 10 yrs
“Sunflower” by Sahana, 10 yrs
“Fish in the Sea” by Prathmesh, 10 yrs.
“Radha is Beautiful” by Lavanya, 11 yrs
“Flowers” by Tanvi. 9 yrs.
“Three Trees” by Khan Asgar Ali, 10 yrs
Adding bindi to our “Children’s Mandala Mural for Peace” at the Guru Nanak School, Mumbai, India. 2016
“Dancing Peacock” by Diksha, 10 yrs
“Warm Sun” by Sumit, 10 yrs.
“Butterfly” by Yashraj, 11 yrs.
“Sun with Trees” by Abhishek, 10 yrs
“Beauty Sun” by Sagar, 10 yrs.
Adding bindi gems to our “Mandala Mural”
“Sun” by Pratali, 10 yrs.
Mandala design for our Peace Mural
Mandala design for our Peace Mural
Mandala designs for our Peace Mural
Mandala designs for our Peace Mural
Mandala designs for our Peace Mural
Mandala designs for our Peace Mural
Friends
Local women outside of the school
Friends
Preety Kothari, Artist & Volunteer
Ayesha Rabadi, Coordinating Artist
Preety Kothari, volunteer artist (L) and Ayesha Rabadi (R
Hrishi Raol, Volunteer
Timothy Lomas (GLOCAP President) with Ms. Kaur (School Principal, Guru Nanak School)
The streets of Gatkopar, India
A local “Rangoli” design of pigmented rice flour greets us.
Partavdi Village School near Panchgani, India. 2016
