Katha Presents an illustration workshop for Children.

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 15, 2008 -- Artist@work

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Katha is organising a four day illustration workshop to be conducted by three of its best illustrators for children books; Vandana Bist, Srivi and Vikram.

Venue: Katha, A-3 Sarvodaya Enclave

Date: May 26-29

Time: 10:00 to 12:00

Age: 6-10

Fee: Rs 1,000

The workshop will introduce children to the wonderful world of Illustrations. The workshop is suitable for beginners. The aim is to assist children in drawing and sketching skills, and enhance creativity.

Individual creativity is fostered as well as guiding each child through problem solving to develop the skills to become successful visual communicators.

During the workshop, the illustrators will deal with the art and technique of illustration.

For more details write to

Amrita or Shireen at kathamaya@katha.org or networking@katha.org or call at 26868193


About the Illustrators:

Vandana Bist

She has a degree in Fine Arts from the Delhi College of Art and has specialised in illustration. In 1988, she was awarded the encouragement prize in the Children's Picture Book Competition organised by the Noma Concours Foundation, Japan. Her works have been exhibited in Japan and Bratislava. Since 1986, her writings and drawings have been published in various children's magazines and books. Her first book is A Ticket to Home and Other Stories, a collection for children (HarperCollins, 1994). "Surangini" is very popular among children.

Vandana has illustrated "Surangini" by Partap Sharma and "The Princess with the Longest Hair" by Komilla Raote for Katha.



Srivi

Srivi is a writer, illustrator and visualiser. She did her Bachelors and Masters from Stella Maris College, Chennai, India and majored in creative painting, Art history and graphic design. A gold medalist with a commitment to the visual arts and children's association with visual art, Srivi has illustrated several fiction and non-fiction books for children.

She has also worked as an art, dance and social studies teacher for a year, interacting with children at various levels. She enjoys discussing issues and ideas with children and working in the areas of creative thinking and problem solving. She is currently pursuing her masters in Arts in Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and is focused on the areas of developing media for children and using art as a means for creative thinking in Children.

For Katha, Srivi has illustrated Madhavi Mahadevan's "Hanuman's Adventures in the Netherworld Mamang Dai's "The Skyqueen" and

and Kalki's "Parthiban's Dream" translated by Gita Rajan