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This is a special space – one where the team of teachers, staff, children, alumni, partners and customers use their colours, shiny sequins and pompoms to talk about their art ideas, stories, triumphs as well as challenges. This is the voice of Art for Akanksha.
‘When I create art, I can express myself in the coolest ways.
It even helps me feel more confident, like I’m truly being myself.
It’s not just about making pretty pictures, it’s so much more.
Art actually helps me think more critically and solve problems.’
Hadiya, 14 year old Akanksha student
My secret superpower is art.
What’s yours?
‘Art means a lot to me. I express myself.
I communicate thoughts and emotions.
I learn so many skills that are valuable not only in art but in my school and in my life.’
Sufiyan, 13 year old Akanksha student
What are some valuable skills that you have learned through art?
‘The eye here portrays the creative imagination of a human being.
The eye symbolizes the many things we observe and our imaginative thoughts – both good and evil.’
Alfiya, 14 year old Akanksha student
What comes to your mind when you think of creativity and imagination?
‘This Art is about my feelings.’
Hari, 10 year old Akanksha student
What do you do when you feel ‘big’ feelings? What works for you?
‘We need to cross the mountains in our lives.’
Manthan, 12 year old Akanksha student
What are the mountains in your life?
Learning Space
Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist
This video has the journey of how a boy who became an artist/Jarrett J. Krosoczka/Ted Talks
What does it mean to embrace art?
Is it possible to consider Art as your career?
What roles does a teacher okay in a child’s life?
Teachers are certainly the life-changer for many students and in many ways shape a child’s attitude towards discovering and pursuing what he/ she loves. This video talks about never giving up and continuing to love what you do or do what you love.😊
This video as an educator will push us to take a pause and think about these big questions.
– How do we teach art to our children, do we teach them art and the techniques or do we teach them to think like an artist?
– In art how can some things can be so concrete and why do we look for the concrete response?
– why there is a disconnect between creativity and art education?
What is teaching for creativity is?
Go through it and take a time out to revisit the way we teach art?
A journey through the mind of an artist/ Dustin Yellin/ Ted Talks/ 2016
Does Art have limitations?
Does Art follow the equation of 2+2 = 4?
Does the imagination have to be predefined?
Have you ever thought about thinking the impossible? Have you ever had any unique/strange/weird ideas for creating art?
This video truly inspires me to think about what is unthinkable. To say that Art doesn’t have any boundaries.
What do you think is the biggest source of inspiration to create unique, out-of-the-box art forms?
link – https://youtu.be/LN820hIQ17Q
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It’s that time of the year when you get a chance to do a little bit to support our talented artists in school. 312 students from 9 Akanksha run schools are giving the elementary or intermediate art exam in the next few months. They need good quality art supplies to help them enhance their skills.
These state run art exams are critical for students who want to pursue any kind of career connected to art and are like entrance exams for some of the top art colleges in the state.
Last year of the 189 students who took the exams, 30% got A and B grades which is really good. 60% got a C grade which will give them the chance to apply to an art college and that’s all we really want – that our students have options to pick the careers that they are most passionate about.
The art team supports art teachers and school teams in all the extra classes and times that students need to crack this exam. What we struggle with is getting the art supplies as they are expensive. The last two years have been incredible in how so many of our supporters have helped so generously. We hope you continue to do so.
https://www.donatekart.com/Akanksha/Akanksha_Back2School2019#about-campaign
