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The Vasant Valley Art Marathon – 2014

27 November 2014 - 28 November 2014

The Vasant Valley Art Marathon is a celebration of aesthetic expression. History has witnessed that humankind has an intrinsic need for communicating through art, and as a tribute to the arts, which knows no barriers of geography and language, the students of Vasant Valley School had conceptualized this Art Marathon.

This unique platform brought students of the performing and visual arts together, to showcase their artistic talents, express their creativity, and by doing so, celebrate the very purpose of art. The marathon not only gave the students an opportunity to express and display their creativity, but also helped them develop and build on this solid base with the help of experts in their respective fields. On the first day, students attended interactive sessions with the various art guests, honing their talent. On the second day, the students created a magnificent piece of art using all that they learned over the first day, proving undoubtedly that art, in all its spheres, has a bright future.

The categories and the mentor artists for each category were as follows:
Big Picture – Puja Bahri
Mosaic – Reyaz Badruddin
Photpgraphy – Dinesh Khanna
Indian Dance – Gauri Diwakar
Drama – Shena Gamat
Orchestra- Bipul Chetri and Ganesh Datta
Vocal – Dhruv Vishwanath
Food Art- Manish Mehrotra

Students from the following schools participated in the Art Marathon
Modern School Barakhamba Road, Sanskriti School, Mother’s International School, Shri Ram School School, Bluebells School, St. Marys School, British School.

We are grateful to our alumni, Ishaan Gupta (Class of 2006), Medha Vira Gupta (Class of 2009) and Samvid Gupta (Class of 2010) for their generous support in creating the website.