SUMMER WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS - I

Following is the first of our 2-part update detailing the Summer Schedule at The Pomegranate Workshop. This Summer we bring you workshops in 3 locations: PRABHADEVI, BANDRA AND JUHU. We hope that you may plan your summer vacation and yet catch our special, unique offerings guaranteed to take your children to the next level of creative expression. Please avail of this offer and register your children at the earliest.

Read on for the first taste of our workshops this April:

WRITE IT, PAINT IT, ACT IT!

Before the curtain is raised, before the lights come on – that’s when dreams are spun. Write It, Paint It, Act it takes children to the root of the creative process: where ideas are hatched, stories are made and the stage is set. At Write It, Paint It, Act it, children will ideate, create and develop a single concept or story on all fronts – writing, art and performance – and build it up to put up a small presentation on the final day. They will be guided by our galaxy of experts in the arts who will step in at different stages of the project and take them through the basics of writing, directing, designing and blocking the concept. Our faculty includes writing experts Chatura Rao and Hansa Thapliyal, Visual Arts expert Madhumita Srivastava, theatre person Shivani Vakil Sawant amongst others.

Workshop Details

Age Groups: 7–10 yrs and 10–14 yrs

Dates: 19^th April – 1^st May (Mondays to Saturdays)

Timings: 10am – 12.30pm (7–10 yrs)

1.30 – 4pm (10–14 yrs)

Venue: P L Deshpande Kala Academy, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 4180/- (Rs. 3800/- plus 10% service tax)

POMEGRANATES IN SUMMER!

Get ready for a wild ride. Our annual Summer module promises to be a roller coaster from session to session. Pomegranates in Summer! presents a unique 360° experience of creativity that incorporates new styles and approaches, offers a panorama of multicultural art forms and provides a vibrant space for creative development.

We have professionals from a variety of fields such as Theatre, Writing, Visual Arts who have evolved unique and dynamic methods to engage with children in an exciting and approachable manner. While the faculty this year comprises of such diverse professionals as Suruchi Aulakh (theatre professional), Anita Vachharajani (writer) Neha Turakhia (visual artist) and others, the unanimous aim in all sessions is to explore the most creative and lively ways of having fun!

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Ages: 7–10 years

Dates: 19^th – 30^th April (Mondays to Fridays)

Timings: 2–4pm

Venue: The Little Company, Shirley Village, Bandra (W)

Fees: Rs. 4180/- (Rs. 3800/- plus 10% service tax)

THE FLYING CARPET

The Flying Carpet is a fantastic journey where children go through a gamut of creative expressions across different art forms, and gain exposure to a number of delightful stories from around the world. Under the expert guidance of our faculty of professionals, the children will learn to employ their own imagination, think independently and express themselves with words and images.

As the module progresses the children will start seeing the links between various forms of expression and each workshop is specially designed and conducted by established practitioners in a way where the children encounter a whole new process of creativity. Most importantly each day of the module becomes a discovery and the children express themselves freely with expert guidance.

Our celebrated faculty comprises experts such as author Anita Vachharajani, artist Neha Turakhia, storytelling expert Vaishali Kulkarni and others, who will lead the children through an exciting journey as they uncover their visual and verbal potential through various art forms.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Ages: 7–10 years

Dates: 26^th April – 1^st May (Monday to Saturday)

Timings: 10am–12.30pm

Venue: Bee Workshop, Near PVR Cinema, Juhu

Fees: Rs. 2500/- (Rs. 2280 plus 10% service tax)

Please Note: Registrations are on a first come, first served basis.

Contact: Akshat Nigam - 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)

ART IN MARCH

This March, The Pomegranate Workshop brings you the very best of Art: Our classics, Art with the Artists and Know Your Art, are back with new batches starting this March! This month you’re spoilt for choice as we lay out our lavish fare for the month to come:

ART WITH THE ARTISTS!

Already into its 3^rd batch, Art with Artists is our intensive technique-based Art workshop conducted by reputed Indian Artists. Sign up for a unique experience of art!

Art with the Artists is a workshop that provides you with the thrill of experimentation, the freedom of artistic expression and the skill to capture beauty in all its forms. Over this 12-week course our expert faculty will teach you basic techniques and guide you in the usage of several art materials: Basic Sketching, Watercolours, Oils, Acrylics, among others. All materials used at the workshop will be provided by us. Our faculty consists of Artists and Art experts Manjiri Thakoor and Anupam Singh who will impart their skills and experience to the participants in an easy, hands-on manner.

Art with the Artists is a unique opportunity to learn skills in art that will last you a lifetime. The workshop is open to all – irrespective of prior skill or experience. Let go the artist within you!

About Manjiri Thakoor: Manjiri combines two unique disciplines - Art and Ancient History. A Bachelor of Fine Art from the JJ School of Art, she has also pursued a Masters program in ancient Indian culture from the Mumbai University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Buddhist Art. She was former head of department of the Academy of Fine Art at Rachana Sansad, has taught heritage architecture at NM College and is currently working with the Prince of Wales museum on curatorial projects. She is also a consultant on various international heritage conservation projects.

About Anupam Singh: Anupam Singh received his art education from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (Bachelors in Visual Arts, 1997) and M.S. University, Baroda (Masters in Fine Arts, 1999) respectively. He has received fellowships which included an Artists Exchange Program to Amsterdam (Netherlands) and an Artists Residency at the Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad. He has participated in several exhibitions, artists’ workshops and public art projects. He currently lives and works in Navi Mumbai.

Workshop Details

Dates: 13^th March – 29^th May (SATURDAYS ONLY)

Timings: 11am – 1.30pm

Venue: Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 8,800/- (inclusive of all materials AND service tax)

(Contact details listed below)

KNOW YOUR ART

We’re back with the very popular KNOW YOUR ART with Madhumita Srivastava, and this is an early bird alert to all those who were wait listed last time around. Please call in soonest...

Know Your Art is a 10-week foundation level course designed for anyone who wants to extend their appreciation of the visual arts. The aim of the course is twofold - to arrive at a better understanding of art through an examination of Western art and to sensitize us to the value of art in contemporary culture.

Our SPECIAL FEATURES include an extensive slide show in each session, which encapsulates a large body of work of the period under discussion, briefing notes in advance of the session and detailed painting lists and datesheets to enable further reference on the works discussed. In addition, the course concludes with a visit to a local gallery.

ARTISTS COVERED include great masters such Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Van Gogh, Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Renoir, Mark Rothko, Wassily Kandinsky among others. In an effort to analyse how the painter, sculptor or architect uses art elements and materials as a means of expression and communication, the workshops will look at different styles, mediums, genres and techniques.

These slide illustrated workshops will move away from a conventional lecture format and instead take on a 'Show and Tell' approach. It will encourage a questioning attitude, individual interpretation and even hot debate – after all, art is subjective and we all have a right to form our own opinion and a right to choose art that we enjoy.

THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO ALL.

About Madhumita Srivastava: Madhumita has a Masters degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan which she followed up with a Masters in Fine Art (Design and Technology) from the Parsons School of Design, New York, with a specialization in broadcast design and motion graphics. She has been a visual designer for video, web and print media projects in India and the U.S. Madhumita's work spans a variety of assignments from art and set design for television shows to graphic design and video editing for "Metropolis as Metaphor", an exhibition in New York city, to creating and designing animated graphics for interactive digital media.

Madhumita has taught graphic design and digital video at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the United States, headed the Masters of Architecture program at Rachana Sansad Academy, Mumbai, and is also part of their Bachelors' program faculty where she introduces her students to new media in design and architecture.

Workshop Details

Dates: 16^th March – 16^th May (TUESDAYS, WITH A GALLERY VISIT SUNDAY)

Timings: 7 – 9pm

Venue: Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 5,500/- (inclusive of all materials AND service tax)

REGISTRATIONS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. PLEASE CALL IN SOONEST.

CONTACT: AKSHAT – 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)

WHAT'S YOUR STORY?

‘The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean.’

– Robert Louis Stevenson

The Pomegranate Workshop presents What’s Your Story? a special workshop in Creative Writing conducted by Meera Godbole-Krishnamurthy.

Writing is an art, writing is a skill, writing is staring at a blank page the night before you have to submit an article, deliver a speech. Or you’re writing a script, and you can’t make it past the interval. Yet write you must. But how to go about it? How do you best present your ideas, how do you tell a good story?

It’s not so difficult really, once you know the basics. At What’s Your Story, we take you through the fundamental process of writing through the world of fiction.

What’s Your Story? is an 8-session workshop where writers of any level of proficiency – beginners or professionals – can find their voice and hone their craft under the guidance of author Meera Krishnamurthy. The workshop will explore the elements of Fiction such as Plot, Character, Setting, Conflict, Dialogue, Language, etc. through exercises and assignments geared towards achieving a mastery over the elements that make for good writing in general and good fiction in particular. The workshop promises a wide selection of representative reading, challenging writing activities and extensive feedback through collective critiques of the participants’ writing.

This workshop is open to all those looking to improve their writing skills – in fiction or non-fiction, irrespective of profession or previous experience. If you have a novel idea, we assure you it’s a likely story.

Meera Godbole-Krishnamurthy was born in Mumbai and has lived in the Philippines, France, and the United States. She studied art and architecture at Oberlin College and ColumbiaUniversity and received a Masters of Architecture from the University of Virginia. In the past several years, she has participated in writing workshops at Stanford University, the UniversityIowa Summer Writing Festival, UC San Diego Extension and the La Jolla Writers Conference. She has been an Adjunct at the New School of Architecture and Design in San Diego. As an artist, she has sold several paintings and shown her work at exhibitions in California. Balancing Act, her first novel, published jointly by Zubaan and Penguin India was released in October 2009.

Workshop Details

Dates: 7^th March – 25^th April (SUNDAYS ONLY)

Timings: 10am – 1pm

Venue: Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs 6,000/- incl of all materials and service tax

Contact: Akshat – 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)

THE FLYING CARPET

The Pomegranate Workshop brings you a workshop that’s simply out of this world! Ringing in the New Year, we bring you The Flying Carpet: an exploration of various forms of art and writing from different countries around the world.

The children will write Japanese Haiku poems and in the styles of Native American and African myth; they will sway their hips to exciting tribal dances; and discover Japanese painting, terracotta clay modeling and exciting illustration styles. The Flying Carpet promises exposure to entirely new forms of art, writing and performance for children through a fantastic journey that broadens the child’s own view of the world.

As always, our distinguished faculty consists of reputed professionals from different disciplines.

Gowri Rao (Bharatnatyam exponent) will introduce the children to the mythological story of the Dasavatar.

Parsuram Kumbhar – traditional clay modeling artist – will get each child to create the avataars in terracotta.

Anita Vachhrajani, a children’s author, will lead the children in writing Japanese Haiku poems and their own stories in the style of Native American/African writers.

Manjiri Thakoor – artist and art historian – will get the children to paint their Haiku poems in Japanese style.

Registrations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Last date for registrations is 1st February 2010.


WORKSHOP DETAILS

Ages: 7 – 10 yrs
Dates: 13th Feb – 7th March 2010 (Saturdays and Sundays)
Timings: 10am – 12.30pm
Venue: P L Deshpande Academy, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi
Fees: Rs. 3500/- inclusive of materials

Contact: Akshat Nigam - 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,
14, Shantaram Nivas,
Gokhale Rd (North)
Dadar (West)
Mumbai – 400 028
Tel: 32159952
(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)

Discover the Joy of reading!

Welcome to 2010, the year of Pomegranate! To start the year with a bang, The Pomegranate Workshop presents Chasing the Tale! – an exciting new workshop that invites young children into the magical world of books, to ease them into the process of reading in a manner that stimulates their imagination and promotes a love for stories from around the world.

Chasing the Tale! is a Storytelling and Reading workshop that boasts a special selection of books formulated by expert educationists and conducted by a faculty of storytellers, writers, artists and theatre, dedicated to bringing books to life in the minds of children. The faculty includes professional storyteller Vaishali Kulkarni, theatre actor Suruchi Aulakh, artist Sonie Thakkar, among others.

Over the course of the workshop the children will experience marvelous new ways to sharpen their imagination, enhance their vocabulary and acquire reading and verbal skills. In addition, the workshop offers a panoramic view of different cultures of the world through their stories as well as noticeable progress in their reading levels and powers of comprehension.

The workshop features renowned authors such as Roald Dahl and Dr. Seuss, popular tales such as Tuesday and Squids will be Squids and loveable loony characters such as Amelia Bedelia and Esio Trot. Truly a merry chase, Chasing the Tale is for those who fancy a few flights of fancy!

Workshop Details

Ages: 6 – 8 yrs

Dates: 30^th Jan – 15^th May (Saturdays only)

Timings: 10.30am – 12noon

Venue: P L Deshpande Academy, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 4,500/- inclusive of all materials

Contact: Akshat – 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 6 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)

LEARN ART WITH THE ARTISTS!

Welcome to 2010! The Pomegranate Workshop kicks off the New Year with one of our most exciting new workshops yet: Art with the Artists – an intensive technique-based Art workshop conducted by reputed Indian Artists.

There is an artist trapped within all of us. A restless, confused artist bouncing off the walls in a padded cell deep within us. You know it – you’ve felt its sharp pangs all your life. When you look at a work of art, or an artist at work, and just wish that you could paint like that; when, out of the blue, you find yourself wondering where you’d be today if you’d gone to art school; when you buy paints and canvases on sheer impulse.

But what to do? Art is not a joke: it requires time, practice and guidance. At this age, who will teach us drawing and painting? And while we hesitate, and fear, and wonder, the artist in us continues to languish in its cage.

2010 is the year when the artist in you finds release. Art with the Artists is a workshop that provides you with the thrill of experimentation, the freedom of artistic expression and the skills to capture beauty in all its forms.

Art with the Artists is a 12-week course where our expert faculty will teach you basic techniques and guide you in the usage of several art materials: Basic Sketching and Shading, Charcoal, Watercolour, Oils, Acrylics, among others. All materials used at the workshop will be provided by us. Our faculty consists of Artists and Art experts Manjiri Thakoor, Anupam Singh and Sonie Thakkar who will impart their skills and experience to the participants in an easy, hands-on manner. The skills and techniques that you acquire at this course will enable you to pursue art at any level of your choosing.

Art with the Artists is a unique opportunity to learn skills in art that will last you a lifetime. The workshop is open to all – irrespective of prior skill or experience. Let go the artist within you!

About Manjiri Thakoor: Manjiri combines two unique disciplines - Art and Ancient History. A Bachelor of Fine Art from the JJ School of Art, she has also pursued a Masters program in ancient Indian culture from the Mumbai University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Buddhist Art. She was former head of department of the Academy of Fine Art at Rachana Sansad, has taught heritage architecture at NM College and is currently working with the Prince of Wales museum on curatorial projects. She is also a consultant on various international heritage conservation projects.

About Anupam Singh: Anupam Singh is a visual artist, with several creative interests. He received his art education from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (Bachelors in Visual Arts, 1997) and M.S. University, Baroda (Masters in Fine Arts, 1999) respectively. He has received fellowships which included an Artists Exchange Program to Amsterdam (Netherlands) and an Artists Residency at the Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad. He has participated in several exhibitions, artists’ workshops and public art projects. He currently lives and works in Navi Mumbai.

About Sonie Thakkar: Sonie holds with a PhD in Art Therapy, and is a trained commercial artist from the prestigious Sir JJ School of Art. She specializes in trade show designs, and has been conducting workshops in art for both, children and adults, for over 20 years.

Workshop Details

Dates: 23^rd Jan – 10^th April (SATURDAYS ONLY)

Timings: 3.30 – 6pm

Venue: P L Deshpande Academy, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 8000/- inclusive of all materials

Contact: Priya – 9892201539

Akshat – 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)

History In The Making!

A Three-Day Workshop Module

There are those who believe that a Museum is always only a serious institution. It is a place where you must always be quiet, even reverential; observe everything, do nothing. Above all, it is unthinkable to have ‘fun’ at a museum.

Remember these people. Spare a thought for them at Christmas. For they will miss out on all the fabulous and fun things we will be doing at the Museum this Christmas vacation!!!

This December, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India) and The Pomegranate Workshop present History In The Making! - a unique opportunity for children to explore the rich and vast treasures of the Museum with ingenious new workshops that include visual art, creative writing, clay modelling and calligraphy.

Over the course of the workshop, the children will literally experience history in the making, as they revisit the techniques and materials used in the creative arts down the ages. Our multidisciplinary faculty boasts of a number of experts who have developed simple, tailor-made workshops where children apply their own imagination to spin new myths, paint their own stories, create ancient seals using clay and churn out water colour paintings of the museum itself.

And that’s not all: every session will include a visit to a part of the Museum conducted by the Museum Curators, where children can develop a familiarity with the pieces of heritage that reside within the Museum.

After all, if you’ve got all these cool things lying around since a thousand years, from totally way-out places like ancient India, China, Mesopotamia, Egypt and Europe, it would be a pity not to have some ‘fun’ with them. Right?

The schedule for the workshops is as follows:

Saturday, 26^th December 2009

Outdoor Water Colour Painting

Participants will be taken through a brief history of the Museum and its Grade I heritage building and then taking advantage of the most suitable December weather, the participants will sit outdoors and paint their own picture of the Museum’s heritage building in water colours. Artists will take them through the basic process of visually breaking down the structure into basic forms and gradually building up a water colour painting complete the foliage surrounding the monument just as the children see it from where they sit.

Monday, 28^th December, 2009

Seal of Approval

The participants will be taken to the Coins’ Gallery and the Pre & Proto History Gallery of the Museum showcasing ancient seals and coins, with some information on the period in which they were used, stories about illustrious kings who introduced new seals or a different system of coinage. Then the participants can make their own seals using clay.

Tuesday, 29^th December 2009

Quilling Time

In this workshop, participants will be made to explore the effect created by different scripts of calligraphy by practicing the use of different tools of calligraphy and then to create their own calligraphic compositions.

CONTACT:

Museum Office/ Publication Counter

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya,

159/61, M. G. Road, Fort Mumbai - 400 023

Ph.: 2284 4484, 2284 4519.

Email: csmvs@hathway.com, csmvsmumbai@gamil.com

For further queries please contact:

Prasanna Mangrulkar, Asst Curator, CSMVS (ph 22844484 / 22844519)

Priya Srinivasan, Director, The Pomegranate Workshop (9892210539)

The Pomegranate Workshop

Room 14, Shantaram Niwas

Gokhale Rd (North)

Near Portuguese Church
Above Waman Hari Pethe showroom

Dadar West Mumbai 28

Ph 32159952

Email: pomegranateworkshop@gmail.com