ARTREACH-KNMA TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS
ONLINE
June - November 2021
GARGI CHANDOLA
with Udayan Care
DHWANI SHAH
with Karm Marg
AL-QAWI NANAVATI
with Rainbow Homes
Welcome to the exhibition of artworks by children and young people from
Udayan Care, Karm Marg and Rainbow Homes!
These paintings, drawings, collages, masks, animations and paper sculptures were all made over workshops led by Teaching Fellows online, during the second half of 2021. It was amazing to see participants painting with found objects, making zines, learning printing techniques of monoprint and collagraph, delving into visual storytelling and animation through these engaging workshop series. Al-Qawi Nanavati, Gargi Chandola and Dhwani Shah created modules with interactive games, fun icebreakers and experimental techniques, bringing participants joy and confidence!
We hope you enjoy this exhibition and do leave us your feedback for the young creators -
Aarti, Khushi, Nihal, Krishna, Deep, Vijay, Shivam,
Gulnahar, Sonia from Udayan Care
Nargis, Alka, Pooja, Khushi, Raju, Vishal, Rihana, Simran, Geeta, Shama, Umresh, Khushi from Karm Marg
Nazrul, Irshad, Kundan, Sukar, Nargis, Asma, Jimadi, Ilima, Muskaan, Chandni, Tarannum, Shabeena, Anjali, Saraswati, Shaheen and Saddyak from Rainbow Homes
GARGI CHANDOLA with UDAYAN CARE
'From the very beginning the participants were curious and attentive. They were quick to adapt to a new situation if I threw a curveball towards them like asking them to find solutions incase of absence of some art material.
We did a few spontaneous word exercises and I found that their responses were sharp and observations often insightful.
I was very impressed at their intuitive understanding and comfort with technology.'
- Gargi Chandola
Between June - November 2021, Gargi conducted ten online workshops and one on ground workshop with participants of three different centres of Udayan care home.
Her modules focused on exploration of visual storytelling and using humour as a tool for expression. She conducted workshops around building skills of drawing, painting, crafts and making different kinds of artworks like paper mache masks, painted illustrations, comics, memes, handmade zines, paper and cardboard puppets and stop motion animations!
By keeping the tone of the workshops humorous and engaging in friendly banter, Gargi was able to create an open environment for children to express and imagine freely.
DHWANI SHAH with KARM MARG
'I distinctly remember that during the book binding workshop, while most kids struggled to make holes in the bunch of papers for Japanese binding, Shama went out and got a nail and a hammer and tried to puncture holes through the block of thick paper.
I wasn’t sure it will work too well without tearing the paper, but she followed her gut and tried it anyway and it worked well. She later helped some other kids too. I really appreciated her instinct for seeking better alternatives when stuck with a problem.'
- Dhwani Shah
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