Creative Workshop For Art Teachers

A workshop for Art teachers from various schools in Bangalore was held on Friday, October 14, 2011 at the ICAT Bangalore campus. 39 teachers from the following well known schools participated,

New Horizon School, A.V. Education Society, Mallya Aditi International School, Baldwin Girls High School, Cluny Convent, St. Germains High School, Indus International School, Delhi Public School-North and South, Oxford Senior School, Cathedral High School, Presidency School, Clarence Public School, Neev International School etc.

Among these Mallya Aditi and Indus International have been ranked among the top 10 schools in India in the recent published school ranking report.

The agenda consisted of the following:

  • An introduction was given by The Academic Head Mrs. Varsha Shelar about ICAT & the courses we offer.
  • A slideshow of various students work from Chennai, Hyderabad & Bangalore was presented
  • Prof. Mahendra Thacker ( leading Design Education Consultant) made a presentation  on “New Age Careers in Media”
  • Mr. M. B. Sureshkumar ( Award winning artist & professional trainer) spoke on “Creativity in the Classroom”
  • After a short lunch break Mr. Anthony Roache (renowned artist & sculptor) conducted a live workshop on Mural Making where teachers themselves were allowed to use the clay to get hands on experience.

At the end of the entire session, teachers said they enjoyed the workshop; they had learnt new ideas & concepts & looked forward to different & more workshops in future.

All the teachers were given a certificate of participation, a copy of the prospectus, a CD of the students work, in the bag designed for the event by ICAT student.

Almost all teachers requested that such workshops to be conducted for students as well as teachers during school vacations in future as well.