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 DahlandDr. 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: 30th Jan – 15th May (Saturdays only)
Timings:10.30am – 12noon
Venue: P L DeshpandeAcademy, 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 PortugueseChurch)
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 RabindraBharatiUniversity, 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: 23rd Jan – 10th April (SATURDAYS ONLY)
Timings: 3.30 – 6pm
Venue: P L DeshpandeAcademy, 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 PortugueseChurch)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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, 26th 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, 28th 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, 29th 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.
Priya Srinivasan, Director, The Pomegranate Workshop (9892210539)
The Pomegranate Workshop
Room 14, Shantaram Niwas
Gokhale Rd (North)
Near PortugueseChurch
Above Waman Hari Pethe showroom
Dadar West Mumbai 28
Ph 32159952
Email: pomegranateworkshop@gmail.com
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
PICK UP A BRUSH!
The Pomegranate Workshop is back with a magical opportunity for children: to learn Art with professional Artists! Pick Up a Brush! is a workshop where children can interact with experts who will introduce them to the basic elements and techniques of Art. Pick Up a Brush! is a one-of-a-kind platform where five different artists will impart their skills to children across a variety of media: water colour, oil paints, charcoal shading, freehand drawing, pencil sketching, etc.
At Pick Up a Brush! children can look forward to acquiring or improving their skills in drawing, painting and sketching using a creative approach. Our distinguished faculty includes Artists such as Manjiri Thakoor, Anupam Singh, Sonie Thakkar, Prajakta Madane and Shriniwas Agawane who will interact with the children and introduce them to the basic techniques used to create Art with different mediums. Under the guidance of these masters of the Fine Arts, the children will create multiple artworks, explore different styles and materials, and gain exposure to different styles.
Pick Up a Brush! is an intensive workshop that seeks to equip children with basic skills in art that will last them a lifetime. Over 12 sessions held across 3 months, the children can look forward to developing their artistic imagination, channelising their inherent creative impulse and, most importantly, exploring new ways of creating magic with a paintbrush!
Workshop Details Age Group: 10 – 14 yrs Dates: 5th Dec – 20th Feb (SATURDAYS ONLY) Timings: 4.30 – 6.30pm Venue: P L Deshpande Academy, Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi Fees: Rs. 5,000/- incl. of all materials Contact: Priya – 9892210539 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)
KALA SMRITI - INDIAN ART APPRECIATION
Kala, n: A Fine Art, an Art form Smriti, n: "That which is remembered"
The Pomegranate Workshop proudly launches the 4TH edition of Kala Smriti - a basic, comprehensive course in Indian Art Appreciation, with diverse faculty who are established practitioners in the areas of visual art and cultural history.
With five leading experts drawn from the areas of visual art education, contemporary art practices and cultural and art history of India, this course encompasses the philosophical and mythological arenas of the Indian sub continent which are crucial to the understanding of this vast country’s visual art traditions and its current day practices.
Kala Smriti consists of 10 weekly sessions, and will be conducted by a pantheon of established and reputed professionals, teachers and practitioners of art such as Santosh Kshirsagar, Dr Radha Kumar, Manjiri Thakoor, Anupam Singh, and Geetu Hinduja. The sessions will consist of extensive slide shows and interactive discussions with the resource persons.
The course will cover ancient and medieval art (murals, temple sculptures, miniature painting) and then move into the realm of the modern with the Bengal School artists, before exploring the Bombay Progressive Artists Group and progress into contemporary and non representational art practices of well known 20th and 21st century Indian artists.
About Santosh Kshirsagar: With a Bachelor’s degree in applied art specializing in typography and calligraphy, and a master’s degree in Teaching Methodology from the J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Santosh has been teaching art at the undergraduate level for nearly two decades, first at the Sophia Polytechnic, and later, at the J.J. Institute of Applied Art. He is also a visiting faculty member at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay and the National Institute of Fashion Design. Santosh’s own work has been shown in several countries, including Australia, Belgium, Germany and Japan. His collected calligraphic art has been displayed at the Berlin Museum. He has also lectured at the British Museum and the Manheim Design School in Germany.
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 Dr Radha Kumar: Prof Kumar has been teaching Ancient Indian history, Culture and archeology at St Xaviers College, Mumbai for the last 16 years. She is an accomplished Bharat Natyam dancer and Sitar player with a Masters degree in both subjects. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Early Buddhism and is a free lance writer for various publications. She has the unique ability of being able to integrate the performing arts in the area of teaching and in her classes all lines between various disciplines disappear to present participants with a unique seamless experience.
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 Geetu Hinduja: A gallerist and art consultant, Geetu Hinduja has been running The Fine Art Company, an art consultancy firm for the last 12 years. She will deal with the current market scenario and various media in use in the art world today.
Workshop Details:
Dates: 8th Dec – 23rd Feb (TUESDAYS ONLY) Timings: 7 – 9pm Venue: P L Deshpande Kala Academy, Prabhadevi Course Fee: Rs. 5000/- 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)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
ART WORKSHOP FOR GROWNUPS
Feeling Blue? Seeing Red? Wanna Go Green?
Life is colour, and it is colour that reveals life to us. The Pomegranate Workshop presents Coloured Views by renowned artist Renu Iyer: a workshop that seeks to explore life – its various hues and shades – using colours that depict moods and give art its flavour.
Coloured Views is a 2-day workshop where participants can discover how colours help create evocative art, reveal character and enable a deeper understanding of personality. Under the guidance of our expert faculty, participants can use colours to depict themes and moods, portray emotions, and present feelings through their art. The workshop promises exciting experiments with different materials, painting and collage-making exercises – and a journey through the entire landscape of human emotions. Technique and self-expression combine to transform the way you view art – and yourself.
This workshop is open to all, irrespective of skill level or experience. Don’t be yellow!
Renu Iyer is a visual artist who studied Fine Arts at LS Raheja, Mumbai and MS University, Baroda. She has participated in many exhibitions -- most notably the Olympic Fine Arts (OFA) exhibition in 2008 in Beijing. She has been combining art and storytelling in workshops for children over the last few years, and has conducted numerous workshops for The Pomegranate Workshop.
Renu’s approach involves exploring art in different ways to arrive at fundamental art concepts – from line and form to aspects of colour. Her sessions combine self expression and technique and allow the participants to explore the basics of composition through an integrated step-by-step approach that involves observation, simple exercises and discussion.
Workshop Details
Dates: 31st Oct and 1st Nov (Sat and Sun) Timings: 10am – 1pm Venue: Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi Fees: Rs. 1,000/- incl 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 – 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)
Friday, September 25, 2009
WRITING WORKSHOP FOR GROWN UPS!
What’s Your Story? with Meera Krishnamurthy
‘The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean.’
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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. We will explore the fundamentals and process of writing through the world of fiction.
What’s Your Story? is an 8-session writing 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 OberlinCollege 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 StanfordUniversity, the University of Iowa 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. Back in India since 2006, she is a consulting editor for Zubaan Mumbai. Balancing Act, her first novel, published jointly by Zubaan and Penguin India will be released in October.
Dates: 1st November – 20th December (SUNDAYS ONLY)
Timings: 10am – 1pm
Venue: P L DeshpandeAcademy, Ravindra Natya Mandir,
Sayani Rd, Prabhadevi
Fees: Rs. 4,800/- incl of all materials
Contact:
Priya Srinivasan – 9892210539
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 PortugueseChurch)
Hello, welcome to our blog. Thank you for sparing some time to look at our work. We are students from across age groups and different schools brought together by The Pomegranate Workshop's 'What's Your Story?,' which has motivated us to explore the stories around us and keep writing and sharing our work with other writers and readers. We hope you enjoy our blog. We look forward to your constructive comments and feedback on our writing.
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