As Martin Scorsese once said, ‘Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out’. Movies are an important part of an audio-visual experience and education. They are full of impact and stir emotions unlike some textbooks, which fail to do so. PeaceWorks takes pride in the fact that it has amassed a plethora…
21 May saw yet another delightful storytelling workshop of the ‘Share Stories Open Minds’ project at the Seagull Foundation for the Arts. Despite the heavy shower in the morning, enthusiastic volunteers turned up for the workshop conducted by Mrs. Chitralekha Bhaskar, Resource Associate, Scholastic India. To mark the occasion of ‘Buddha Purnima’, a day of peace,…
Who am I? What defines me? Difficult questions. Questions that require introspection and honesty. We spent a few classes discussing these questions, and more, while on the section on Identity in the PeaceWorks Human Rights Defenders module. The students first used one word that could possibly be used to define them. ‘My art’ said one.…
Azim Premji Foundation in collaboration with the Directorate of School Education, Puducherry and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata hosted the exhibition in three venues over a period of eighteen days from 24 January to 11 February, 2016. The exhibition was held in three places: Vivekanand Government Higher Secondary School, Villianur, Government Technical School, Lawspet and…
The Anne Frank Exhibition at The School KFI (Chennai) began its journey when two teachers from the School – Ms. G. Devika and Ms. Akhila Seshadri – attended the Teaching History workshop held by PeaceWorks, an initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts in Kolkata in July-August, 2015. A casual conversation between Ms. Devika…
