Art

The festival aims to amplify the voices of students from underprivileged households to a wider public audience and facilitate their community to engage with their projects

Tanya Kotnala, an illustrator and Tanya Singh, a nutritionist joined hands to form Bhuli (which means ‘Little Sister’ in the native dialect of Garhwali), last year with the intention of reviving the local art and culture of the state.

Bhuli, which means ‘Little Sister’ in the native dialect of Garhwali, is an enterprise that was founded by a fashion designer Tanya Kotnala and a nutritionist Tanya Singh in 2016.

While work on personal walls have been undertaken by Divya single-handedly, more expansive works had many friends and volunteers join the artist in her cause.

Dabbling with watercolours, a medium that pushes the artist in him to seek new challenges, Shyam says his work is heavily inspired by Zen Buddhism, and is largely introspective.

A pursuit towards documenting the diversity of India, Archana Pereira's illustrations gives an insight on the different facets of our country.

The Wise Wall Project is an initiative of Project FUEL under which entire village of Saur found its walls adorned with art inspired from the Gharwal school of painting.

Dilip and Malathi, who have the credit of being India’s first certified Zentangle teachers, organize workshops and classes across the country, helping people with no artistic background find peace.

Sanjana Bhosale, a standard 2 student from OES International School, Vasai knew that she had a proclivity towards painting and had a greater purpose to serve through her talent.

The iconic village of Raghurajpur in Puri district is home to over 300 artists who are still actively practicing traditional forms of painting and dance while keeping pace with the digital age. Jael Silliman takes a closer look.