People & Places
by Ritu Khoda, Gopa Trivedi, Meera Kurien, Vanita Pai
Description
People and Places introduces children to the works of Indian artists from the Mughal era up to contemporary times. They are encouraged to develop a visual understanding of their culture and environment, including people, neighbourhood and workplaces. Games such as Spot the Difference, Sort & Order, Search & Spell, have been imaginatively adapted to make children seek alternative avenues of creativity. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to enhance visual literacy and cognitive skills in early learners.
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Author Biography
Gopa Trivedi completed her Master in Visual Arts (Painting), 2012 from Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University of Baroda, India. Her works have been part of several shows in India and Pakistan Gopa received the Beaconhouse National University Award in 2012 and the Nasreen Mohamedi Scholarship in 2011 among others. She lives and works in Delhi. Ritu Khoda holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi and an MBA from IIM, Calcutta. She gave up a successful corporate career to establish Artist in 2009, in order to challenge the myopic outlook of schools on art. She works with folk and contemporary artists and designers to reorganise art education. She lives in Mumbai. Vanita Pai joined Manipal School of Communication with the idea of becoming a news anchor. A discerning mentor made her realize her potential for creative writing, which she grew to love eventually. She lives in the university town of Manipal, where she volunteers as an art teacher at a local school and takes Yoga classes for beginners.
Art1st
Based in India, it was founded in 2009 with the goal of advocating visual art education as a core discipline in public and private schools, museum education, and community-based settings. They publish books to build cultural knowledge for children.
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- Publisher/Imprint Art1st / Art1st Enterprise Pvt Ltd
- Publication Date May 2018
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788194210917
- Publication Country or regionIndia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 8.15 USD
- Pages69
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Titlehin
- Original Language Authorshin
- EditionSecond Edition
- Copyright Year2018
- Dimensions29.2x24.1 cm
- Illustration4 colour illustrations
- SeriesArt and games
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