Sri Aurobindo Sakti Centre Art Section held another outdoor session at the Parasnath temple on 12th March (2024). The temple exhibits marvellous artistic inclinations that are displayed in the overall decorative patterns of the interiors and the exteriors. Senior students enthusiastically participated in the session of drawing and painting under the guidance of Mr. Pradip Haldar, Instructor at the Art Section.
Sri Ma Jayanti observed on 21st February 2024
Sri Aurobindo Sakti Centre (New Alipore, Kolkata) and its wings viz. Sri Aurobindo Bal Mandir School, Art Section and Sri Ma Library observed 146th birth anniversary of The Mother on 21st February 2024. In the morning, students of Sri Aurobindo Bal Mandir arrived to receive toys and chocolates on the auspicious occasion.
Jayanti meditation was at the Shrine in the afternoon. An art and craft exhibition organised for this occasion was inaugurated by Dr. Abhijit Ray, Professor and Head of the Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University. Prizes were handed over to students and staff who performed well and were regular during the previous year. The students, ex-students and staff of Sri Aurobindo Bal Mandir presented a cultural programme as an offering to The Mother, a dance ensemble on the unity amidst diversity of India and a drama based on Rabindranath Tagore’s “Tota Kahini” portraying the fallacy of the conventional education system and the need to move to a free progress one. Prasad was distributed at the end of the programme.
The observation of the auspicious occasion moved into the following day, 22nd February, when the Art Section with its students and staff joined in to pay homage to The Mother with a cultural programme and a drama subsequent to distribution of prizes and certificates to candidates who had performed well in the previous year. Both evenings saw gathering of parents of students and guests who witnessed the performances.
Art Section workshop held on 10th December 2023
The Art Section arranges annual workshops where the participants can try different forms of art and crafts hands-on. This is also the time when the Art section remains open to external non-student participants. On 10th December, in a workshop like this, the Art section offered “hands-on training” on Character designing, Quilling, Craft making using paper, jute and waste materials, Clay modelling, Acrylic painting on cotton surfaces, pot painting and traditional art on pottery under the careful supervision of the art instructors. The program was inaugurated by expressing gratitude to the Almighty with Rabindranath Tagore’s verses ‘Anandaloke, Mangalaloke’ and lighting the lamp. The enthusiastic participants of various age groups greatly enjoyed the hands-on experience.
Dance classes coming up at the ART SECTION
Outdoor Art Session at our Art Section
Sri Aurobindo Sakti Centre Trust Art Section from time to time conducts outdoor sessions for the senior students where they learn to create artworks inspired by the surroundings in the open air. Here are some glimpses of an outdoor session at the park street Cemetery, led by our art instructor, Mr. Sushital Roy, with the senior students (4th to 7th year, session 2022-2023). The Outdoor study was followed by a short visit to the Indian Museum where the students were able to draw inspiration from the various historical and cultural artefacts and learnt about different forms of arts. The students enjoyed the session thoroughly and the Art section plans to hold such outdoor sessions more often.
Digital Art & Music lessons at the Art Section
DIGITAL ART course runs on full swing at the Art Section of Sri Aurobindo Sakti Centre. This course is open to interested students, their parents and individuals. Please enquire at the Art Section office on Saturdays (between 4.00 to 5.00 p.m.) or Sundays (between 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.) except holidays at the institution, for details and admission.
MUSIC CLASSES are going on at the Art Section of Sri Aurobindo Sakti Centre. Classes are being held on Guitar from 5.30 p.m. on Saturdays and Synthesizer on 9.30 a.m. on Sundays. Interested persons may please enquire at the Art Section Office between 4.00 to 6.00 p.m. on Saturdays and 8.00 to 10.00 a.m. on Sundays.
Achievement of our Art Instructor Ms. Sayani Banerjee
Miss Sayani Banerjee, Instructor in our Art Section, was awarded the Second Prize in the Poster Design Competition 2023 held under the theme “Healthy Mindset and Well being” organised by Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya, handed over to her at a programme, attended and addressed by H. E. C.V. Ananda Bose, Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal.
The Mother’s Birthday (Sri Ma Jayanti) – 21st February 2023
The Mother’s Birthday was observed with due solemnity on Tuesday 21st February (2023) at Sri Aurobindo Sakti Centre, New Alipore, Kolkata. Students of the School – Sri Aurobindo Bal Mandir came with parents, paid their respects to The Mother and received gifts. The evening programme began with inauguration of an exhibition of works of art and craft by the Art Section, followed by a talk on integral education by Ms. Deepanwita Sarkar, teacher of biology at St. Joseph & Mary’s School. New Alipore and devotional songs by Sri Sreedeep Mondal accompanied by Sri Sudip Chatterjee on the tabla. Teachers, present as well as ex-students of Sri Aurobindo Bal Mandir presented a drama based on the theme of joyful learning and thereafter, a dance recital depicting four aspects of The Mother – Maheswari, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati and Mahakali.
The Art Section of the Centre presented a cultural programme by their students the next day (Wednesday 22nd February) and a drama by the instructors of the same. Parents and guests visited the exhibition which remained open and watched the performance of the students and instructors.
Art Section news
Despite all adversities owing to onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the Art Section went on with the art classes on an ONLINE mode. Even, the Diploma Examination of Sarbabharatiya Sangeet O Sanskriti Parishad was coordinated and conducted with students appearing for their examinations from their residences and supervised by the Instructors over remote access. The Art Section also held an art competition in the month of January 2021 over remote access and prizes were awarded for selected works of art.
ART WORKSHOP – 19th JANUARY 2020
ART WORKSHOP
19th JANUARY 2020
The Art Section organised a one-day workshop on Sunday, 19th January 2020, covering area viz. Acrylic painting, Water-colour, Glass painting, Collage making and making items with M.Seal and Waste materials. The workshop was conducted by Instructors of our Art Section and attended by around 100 participants, including parents. The participants enjoyed the day expressing their creative talents. They were given certificates of appreciation and snacks at the end of the workshop.
