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Image Courtesy: Signature: Patterns in Gond Art, Tara Books — The following article on Gond Art is by no means exhaustive. Information I have read has been varied and I have not exactly been able to verify every fact or detail. But I will continue to update this article with each piece of information I receive that will help represent this art […]

Gond Art

6 Mar, 2016 in Featured Posts / Folk Art / The Arts / Uncategorized by Jamuna

The following article on Madhubani / Mithila Art is by no means exhaustive. Much has been written about this art form and continues to be. Information I have read has been varied and I have not exactly been able to verify every fact or detail. But I will continue to update […]

Mithila / Madhubani Painting

21 Dec, 2015 in Featured Posts / Folk Art / The Arts by Jamuna

Following is a personal account from 2009, when I worked with children living on the streets and railway platforms. I would regularly facilitate workshops that used creative methodologies such as theatre, dance and movement, craft and collage, drawing and puppetry. The workshops would mostly be with staff that worked for the […]

A 10-year old’s fluorescent mind

20 Dec, 2015 in Featured Posts / On Facilitating / Reflections by Jamuna

At the second international seminar on Philosophy of Education, 2014, organized by The Azim Premji University in Bangalore, Professor Stephen De Giulio made a presentation titled, ‘Power and Aesthetics: Rabindranath Tagore’s Decolonizing Pedagogy”. During the presentation, he asked the audience to think of themselves as teachers who had small children […]

Aesthetic Explorations in higher education: An illustration

20 Dec, 2015 in Featured Posts / In Higher Education / The Arts in education by Jamuna

The September 2012 issue of Learning Curve was dedicated to the topic of the arts in school education. Learning Curve is a publication of the Azim Premji Foundation, an organization working in education in India. Brimming with a variety of reflective accounts and images of children’s creations, this issue is a delightful glimpse into […]

Learning Curve: The arts in school education

19 Dec, 2015 in Books, Magazines, Journals / Featured Posts / Resources / Schools / The Arts in education by Jamuna