Seva Mandir

In June a group of 15 students from Foundation for Sustainable Development organized many trainings with Children’s Corner, Women Short Stay home, Youth resource Centre, Learning Camp. One of the trainings was organized with youth and children of Urban Block where Seva Mandir is operational with slums of the city. The 20 day training was focused on the theme as how the art can help express feelings. In the workshop, with the help of painting, clay art and making cloth dolls the trainees were taught to express their feelings.Later on the 26th June, the material produced was put up in an exhibition in “Suchna and Prasaran Kendra” (Radio office).

These students are pursuing studies in Art. The students emphasize on using Art Therapy as Psychological problem solving therapy to address variety of issues. Some people are comfortable talking about their problems, others aren’t.  Some aren’t really sure how to fully express themselves. Art Therapy is for some a more comfortable means of communicating about their issues, and can also become a recreational activity that people can use to relieve stress and continue to work through issues in the long term.  The purpose is not just to create art, or even to teach art skills for the sake of doing art.  The art skill training is done with the goal of allowing these people to use them to make the most of the therapeutic benefits of the art activities. It’s also like learning from surroundings. The purpose of Art Therapy is to give people a mode of expressing themselves, their emotions towards a variety of issues through art.