OurShaala brings arts and design practice to schools. People and spaces in government schools and private schools benefit from close interactions with artists and designers. Artists learn from working with children from diverse backgrounds through their experience with OurShaala.
Our Shaala #1
DATE:Â Nov 2016
PARTNERS: Mallya Aditi International School, Govt. Primary School Palace Guttahalli, BPAC, Saythu, Apollo Paints & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: High schoolers.
High school students from a premiere private school worked with middle school students of a public school in a low-income neighborhood through carefully programmed exercises that helped them develop meaningful murals providing a local-global perspective to enliven the school premises through a week-long effort.Â
Our Shaala #2
DATE:Â June 201
PARTNERS: Daily Dump, Parikrama Foundation, Buddhi School, Nature Conservation Foundation, BBMP & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: Middle schoolers.
6th-grade students from 6 schools met under the Hebbal Flyover in an outdoor classroom format over 6 weeks to explore the relationship between nature and the city.Â
Our Shaala #3
DATE:Â August 2017
PARTNERS: BBMP, Govt Primary School Cox Town, Kavade Traditional Games, In:CH Architects & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: Middle & High schoolers.
Workshops with government school students in Cox Town to understand the prevalence of traditional games. This input informed the architectural design of a placemaking project that is used by the local people of the neighborhood.
Our Shaala #4
DATE:Â August 2017
PARTNERS: CMR College of Architecture (Bangalore), HTWG, Konstanz Germany, Escola La Cidade, Sao Paolo, Brazil, IN:CH Architects Bangalore, BBMP & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: Architecture undergraduates
In a collaborative endeavor spanning 3 continents, 36 architecture students joined forces for a transformative ten-day initiative. Their mission: to reimagine an entire bay beneath the Wheeler Road flyover. Engaging directly with the community, they meticulously crafted a space tailored to provide respite amidst the bustling surroundings, drawing insights from surveys they conducted.Â
Our Shaala #5
DATE: Nov 2017
PARTNERS:Â Mallya Aditi International School,(MAIS), Govt Primary School Srirampura, Jakkur (GPSSJ), BeFantastic & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: Middle & High schoolers.
High school students from MAIS worked with middle school students of GPSSJ with poetry and murals as primary formats of creative practice. The process resulted in a set of murals co-created by students of both schools at the Govt. school premises.
Our Shaala #6
DATE:Â Nov 2018
PARTNERS:Â Mallya Aditi International School, Sowbhagya High School, Growing in Nature, Pass Collective & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: Middle & High schoolers.
12th-grade students from MAIS worked with high school students of Sowbhagya on a mural and a gardening project that was co-designed and created over five days. Co-creation and team spirit were underlined through facilitated football sessions every morning.
Our Shaala #7
DATE:Â Feb 2019
PARTNERS: Singapore International Foundation, Govt. School Thiruvanmauyur, Chennai, Nalandaway Foundation, Slam Out Loud.
COMMUNITY: Middle schoolers.
100 middle school students engaged with 32 international fellows of the Singapore International Foundation’s Art for Good Fellows in creative practice to transform their learning environment with co-created and meaningful painting and poetry.
Our Shaala #8
DATE:Â Dec 2019
PARTNERS: Mallya Aditi International School, Sowbhagya High School, Growing in Nature, Pass Collective, Community DrumJam Foundation, Vastav, BeFantastic & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: Middle and high school students
The 5 day workshop at Sowbhagya High School, was kick-started with a drum circle facilitated by the Community DrumJam Foundation. The process involved children from both schools collaboratively working on muraling and gardening projects. Guided by experts, the participants responded to their survey data identifying children’s desire for butterflies and greenery in school.
Our Shaala #9
DATE:Â Dec 2019
PARTNERS:Â Srishti Institute of Art Design & Technology, Bruhta BengaluruÂ
Mahanagarike Palike, BeFantastic & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: Art students & local street vendors.
12 Art and Design students create a mural under the Cox Town flyover after collecting local micro-histories of the neighborhood. The heroes of this piece included the cobbler, the tea stall, the cycle repair shop, the flower seller, the auto driver, the dogs, and the cows.
Our Shaala #10
DATE:Â August 2022
PARTNERS:Â Kcymaerxthaere, BeFantastic & Jaaga.
COMMUNITY: Mallya Aditi International School, Government Primary School, Sarvagnanagar.Â
The 5-day workshop at Government Kannada Model Primary School involved sensory mapping and community engagement. The students from both schools collaboratively wrote four simple poems based on their chosen shape words which were then in turn illustrated into murals.
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