Stitching Stories
I have long imagined a group that stitches stories, collectively and independently in a caring creative environment. We made our first step towards that exact space today. I am blessed to work on this project with Eva, who has been enthusiastic and determined that we will see this project fly. Eva painstakingly worked on preparing […]
A Stitch in Time…
Tuesday morning. The little stitchers have been at it and already have works to show, in just a day. Today’s a special day….we’re meeting Eleanor at her home, aptly named- Peace Cottage. Admittedly, we spent a little longer getting to Peace Cottage….we got thoroughly lost getting there. (Thank God for GPS which finally helped us […]
May Events
Ease @ the Easel- Visiting Gallery Gitanjali & Vamona Navelcar (Day 3)
Its day 3 of the Easel @ the Easel workshop happening. We’re stepping out of the library space and visiting Gallery Gitanjali. The kids are all in the van and we’re making our way through traffic, discussing artists they knew. Leonardo da Vinci is the first response we heard. With some amount of prompting, they […]
Ease @ the Easel with Harshada Kerkar (Day 1 & 2)
Colours of summer…enthusiastic budding artists….and paper just waiting to be filled. This was the situation on Monday morning, the first day of the Ease at the Easel workshop. For the first 2 days, the kids would be working with Harshada Kerkar facilitating and guiding them. The session starts quietly…contemplatively. Their talking about nature. The table […]
Eleanor Viegas’ Visit and the Ubuntu Program Workshop
On a warm Friday afternoon, Bookworm had the pleasure of welcoming Eleanor Viegas, artist and museum educator for an in-house workshop. As Eleanor walked around the library space talking, listening, asking questions, she radiated a certain quietness and calm. Being involved with community projects she was quick to appreciate the patchwork that the Needlecrafters group […]
A last session of stirring it up… (Day 6)
Its the last day of the stir it up week…..and what a last day it was! The kids were excited as usual, the people at Bookworm, not so so excited. But just for one reason…..there’s no lights in the area today! …and both things we’re doing today are baking oriented! *trying hard not to panic* […]
Stirrrring it up with Vandana Naique! (Day 5)
Excitement even before entering the library today….everyone knows its that day of the week when we go to the kitchen of ‘the lady who makes the yummmy brownies’! Yup! Today the kids are visiting the kitchen of Vandana Naique; the lady behind the brownies! And so we’re ready to set off; 2 car fulls. When […]
Stir It Up….and make some noise too! (Day 3)
Day 3….and there’s lots of excitement! Word in the library is that big bars of chocolate are set on the work spaces to be used today! They’re wondering……hoping…..little fingers crossed! And so ofcourse, that was the first question they asked us. We figured, why take away the suspense so soon?! “Maybe…” we tell them. They’re […]
Stir it up (Day 2)
Day 2….we’re all set to go! The kids are waiting to step into the cars. We’re off to the market! “What are we going to do at the market?!” With shopping lists in hand, and 2 groups made; the veggies group and the fruit group; we set off to come back with the items on […]