Art Appreciation Seminar - Contemporary

In Made To Create we are constantly piloting ideas for encouraging and unleashing creativity. Below are photos of the last of three, 2-hour, Saturday seminars - the first on the Renaissance era, the second on Impressionism, and this third on contemporary art, especially concentrating on the contemporary Indian artist M. F. Husain.

Each week, the name tags were done in a way reflecting the week's emphasis. This 3rd week, the challenge was to write our names using shapes. Chuck is describing his name tag below...


Janis enjoyed talking with the participants about various artists and the influences upon them and the influence they had on their cultures.











Also, each week we did at least one activity related to the era of art. This week all the participants did a "blind contour drawing." Here Janis is preparing to demonstrate....


Often her model was Vikhor, Curator for Reflection Art Gallery and an assistant in these seminars....










Attendance each week was about 10 - a perfect size for discussion and interaction. Below are some of the participants...










We asked Divya, a recent graduate of AayPeeJay Art School in Delhi, to present on M. F. Husain, a well known, contemporary, Indian artist. Divya gave an excellent presentation...

We concluded the last of this 3-part series with visits to a nearby studio of one of the participants and to Reflection Art Gallery