Lahore Biennale Youth Forum holds art workshops

Schools from across the city are actively participating in these workshops

LAHORE: As part of the Lahore Biennale’s youth outreach initiative, the Youth Forum organised a series of art workshops, artist talks, and tours designed by Ayesha Nabi and spear headed by Irteza Ubaid.

With the generous support from the Beaconhouse School System and Lahore Grammar School along with the team from the Lahore Biennale Foundation and Global Shapers Lahore Hub this vision has become a reality, sad a news release.

The workshops are being held at the picturesque Bagh-e-Jinnah (Lawrence Garden) in Lahore from March 19 till March 31. Schools from all over the city are actively participating and these workshops are also open to the public. So far the foot count has been a whopping thousand plus.

Students are being taught to use their creative imagination and artistic skill in workshops like the art of storytelling, science workshop with science fuse, truck art, calligraphy and origami with carbon ochre, and kite making with Muhammad Fayyaz Hussain. Students are also given curated tours of the Lahore Biennale art works at the Bagh-e-Jinnah and Lahore Fort.



“Developing the love of art and culture in the young generations as the custodians of our heritage and bridging the divide between the have and the have-nots in our society that is the goal the Youth Forum hopes to achieve,” said Nabi.

These activities, conducted in the open, historic gardens, intend to stimulate the minds of the young children to take up new hobbies and possibly sow the seed that motivates them to become the custodians of art and culture. Additionally, it is an opportunity for the children to partake in community based activities helping them build their confidence and break the barriers of class. These workshops will conclude in exhibits created by the children that will go on display, giving them a sense of ownership of public spaces in the hope that it encourages children to become responsible citizens.

Teachers and parents alike voiced their enthusiasm and approval for activities that encouraged creative expression and taught artistic skills to students about their own heritage and culture.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 29^th, 2018.