In 2019, Art1st Foundation launched the Art Education Roundtables (AER),
as an inclusive platform of collective voices from across India
to reflect on the landscape of art education in India.
In 2019, Art1st Foundation launched the Art Education Roundtables (AER), as an inclusive platform of collective voices from across India to reflect on the landscape of art education in India.
Held in seven cities – Delhi, Kolkata, Vadodara, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Mumbai and Guwahati – the roundtables brought together experienced voices from diverse fields, including the arts, cinema, performance, literature, activism, pedagogy, and policy making, among others.
We must enable the teachers in developing a better appreciation and an informed/ sensitised consumption of art. - V.S. Kundu, at the AER Delhi
We should capitalise on the Indian roots of traditional education to train the students, rather than looking outward for western models. - Sharmila Sagara, at the AER Baroda
We must empower the Children, as well as their Teachers. - Dr. Penny Hay, at the AER Mumbai
Art education provides an opportunity for learning that is free from the regimented and regulated
curriculum focused on creating “productive” and skilled workers. Art education encourages the
development of creative, free thinking people important for healthy democracies - Komal Chamling at AER Guwahati
It is necessary to bridge the gap between art and craft in the art institutes. This also has to be done at the school levels so that the students do not inherit this hierarchy. - Dr. Tapati Guha-Thakurta, at the AER Kolkata
Only through arts education could we achieve a multi-disciplinary perspective for education and break the barriers between disciplines. - Dr. Nadarajah Manickam, at the AER Bhubaneswar
In order for schools to integrate arts as a core subject in the curriculum they have to understand its economic potential which lies in the immediate future. - Shantanu Prakash, at the AER Chennai
Through discussions, debate and active interactions,
the invited experts exchanged insights on the present scenario of art education in India, as well as newer directions needed to reimagine its future.
These roundtables helped redefine the existing arts curriculum and promote art integrated learning (AIL); that is now mandated as a primary approach according to India’s NEP 2020.
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