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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Children adopt science for art

Staff Reporter

Visual Art Trust workshop combines scientific techniques with artistic skills

BANGALORE: If you thought art was miles away from science, think twice. The visual art workshop conducted by the Visual Art Trust at the city's Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs will encourage you for a second thought on that.

Situated at Basavanagudi, the theme-based workshop combined advanced scientific technologies with pure artistic skills. This year's (the seventh year, to be precise) theme being "Namma Bengaluru," children beautifully picturised Lalbagh, traffic jams, and much more, combining the old and the new. The young participants portrayed the positive and negative sides of Bangalore.

"My Family," "People Around Me" and "Sita Ramayana" were some of the previous years' themes.

U. Bhaskar Rao of the Central Lalithkala Academy had inaugurated the weeklong exhibition featuring works of children in the age group of 4 to 16. Impressed by the efforts of the organisers and the children, he had promised his support to the trust's future endeavours.

"Unlike the usual workshops, we are conducting an exhibition. We promote individualism in art. The pure thoughts of these children are preserved and we bring it out through technical means. You need to preserve the children's thoughts like fine dust, and prevent them from flying away," said R. Raja, founder and director of the workshop.

The exhibition will be on at the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs till May 14, 11a.m. to 7 p.m.

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