Make quality art education accessible to children from under-resourced communities.

Pablo Picasso once said, "Every Child is an Artist."

But does every child truly get the deserved opportunities and exposure to become one?

Art is often overlooked as just an extracurricular subject at schools or as a hobby a child can pursue in their free time. Societal stereotypes and lack of awareness about diverse artistic professions discourages children from pursuing art as a viable career path. And the real potential of art in a child’s holistic development is underrated. Children need to be exposed to quality art education if they have to make a choice to take it up as a career or not, they need to be given enough opportunities to practice. Many schools lack dedicated art teachers, resources, and curriculum, resulting in inadequate exposure and limited exploration of the diverse art forms.

We at Kalakriti, a program under Artent Education Foundation, are on a mission to bring accessibility and exposure to varied art forms (ranging from visual arts, performing arts to literary arts and media arts) to every child in every school. This would enable the child to make an informed choice to choose his/her/their own career pathway after receiving a holistic education. We aim to give them the tools to unlock their full artistic potential with access, a safe space to explore and express and the right guidance.

Our program runs in a Marathi medium government school and a low-income private English medium school in Pune for 60 students.

You can be a part of transforming art education in India with us by supporting us with funds that will be used to ensure that our students get access to varied artforms, best art supplies, exposure to art spaces, opportunities to showcase their artwork at various spaces and continued art classes facilitated by artists themselves.