{"id":4306,"date":"2015-11-02T16:50:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T11:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artforakanksha.org\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2015-11-02T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T11:20:10","slug":"keeping-gond-art-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/?p=4306","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Gond Art Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4306 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/?attachment_id=4313'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gond-workshop-7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gond-workshop-7-150x150.jpg 150w, 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https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gond-workshop-1-555x555.jpg 555w, https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gond-workshop-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gond-workshop-1-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/devp.artforakanksha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gond-workshop-1-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Akanksha schools were privileged to have Indian folk artists from around the country conduct workshops in our schools. As the first leg of a tie-up with Paramparik Karigar, we had 35 students in the Shindewadi\u00a0Mumbai\u00a0Public School between grades 6 and 8, hear the story of Gond art from an artisan who breathes the art day in and out. It\u2019s been passed down generations of his family and today through the efforts of organisations like Paramparik Karigar, he gets to take his art into the cities and earn a living. This art form is\u00a0popular among most tribes in Madhya Pradesh and it is particularly\u00a0well developed as an art among the Gond tribe of Mandala District.\u00a0The students, who were very excited to see the\u00a0artist in person, asked him several questions around when he started painting, what were\u00a0the different\u00a0mediums he\u00a0uses, how he makes\u00a0natural\u00a0colours and more! They were curious to know how they could make their own colours at home if they wanted to. As the children concentrated on creating their own special pieces, one said, \u201cYou need a lot of patience to make Gond art as it has very detailed work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Akanksha students got the chance to experience an art in a way that is rare \u2013 through the eyes of someone whose life story is intertwined with the story of the art form. <em>Ramesh Tekam bhaiya<\/em> enthralled the students and gave them a chance to keep his art alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Akanksha schools were privileged to have Indian folk artists from around the country conduct workshops in our schools. 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