Saturday Art Class collaborated with Sarmaya Arts Foundation to design three different lesson plans based on art practices traditional to Indian arts and culture context. These lesson plans were implemented in all our partner schools for over 1000 children 

The Sarmaya Arts Foundation is a digital museum with an archive in Mumbai, which houses a rich collection of coins, etchings, engravings, maps, photography, rare books, folk and tribal and modern and contemporary art

“Painted photographs” was one of the modules thus developed. This art practice dates back to the 19th century where people would commission artists to paint over their black and white photographs and add aspirational details like jewellery, artefacts among other items by painting over their black and white portraits. 

At Saturday Art Class we used this practice to help our students envision what they wanted to achieve in their future, hence building on a growth mindset. Children were given their individual black and white photographed portraits, which they had to paint over to represent what they wished to achieve for themselves when they grow up. 

This lesson plan was a part of a series of 2 lesson plans where the main focus was to build confidence in children through positive reinforcement as well as interaction around themes that related to their skills, their likes and their role models.