Summer camps allow youngsters to explore art
Classes provide children a chance to enhance skills in both performing and fine arts
Students draw during a summer art camp. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
A one-month summer camp for children in traditional skills: Block printing and Lacquer art started on Tuesday at the Pakistan National Museum of Ethnology (Heritage Museum), Garden Avenue, Shakarparian.
The programme was organised by National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The objective of the camp is to promote folk crafts and to create awareness among youngsters, particularly children about the indigenous cultural heritage of Pakistan.
The summer art camps which began at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on June 20 will continue until August 5 to engage students and amateur artists in healthy activities during their summer vacations.
The courses offer exciting opportunities for budding artists to explore their hidden talents. The participants have been divided into three age groups. The age groups are 5 to 6, 7 to 10 and 11 to 16 years old.
Almost 50 students from various educational institutions of the twin cities are participating in the classes to get trained in different fields of visual and performing arts during the seven weeks of the Summer Art Workshop.
Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) has arranged the classes including courses of drawing, painting, sculpture, calligraphy and other disciplines.
During various sessions of the art camps, the young artists get the experience of drawing and painting by using different mediums, themes and techniques by professional artists. They will also get musical training to improve both, their instrumental and vocal performance. Moreover, drama and puppet workshops will also be arranged for children.
Summer Art Camp is a regular feature of PNCA’s programmes arranged by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Division to help students and future enhance their talents and extracurricular skills. The students will also be awarded certificates at the end of the workshop.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2019.
A one-month summer camp for children in traditional skills: Block printing and Lacquer art started on Tuesday at the Pakistan National Museum of Ethnology (Heritage Museum), Garden Avenue, Shakarparian.
The programme was organised by National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The objective of the camp is to promote folk crafts and to create awareness among youngsters, particularly children about the indigenous cultural heritage of Pakistan.
The summer art camps which began at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on June 20 will continue until August 5 to engage students and amateur artists in healthy activities during their summer vacations.
The courses offer exciting opportunities for budding artists to explore their hidden talents. The participants have been divided into three age groups. The age groups are 5 to 6, 7 to 10 and 11 to 16 years old.
Almost 50 students from various educational institutions of the twin cities are participating in the classes to get trained in different fields of visual and performing arts during the seven weeks of the Summer Art Workshop.
Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) has arranged the classes including courses of drawing, painting, sculpture, calligraphy and other disciplines.
During various sessions of the art camps, the young artists get the experience of drawing and painting by using different mediums, themes and techniques by professional artists. They will also get musical training to improve both, their instrumental and vocal performance. Moreover, drama and puppet workshops will also be arranged for children.
Summer Art Camp is a regular feature of PNCA’s programmes arranged by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Division to help students and future enhance their talents and extracurricular skills. The students will also be awarded certificates at the end of the workshop.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2019.