When I was at IIMB last month, we were asked to introduce ourselves to the class. This is how it went – my name is Shilpa and I’m a software engineer, my name is Nidhi and I’m a Chartered Accountant, my name is Simli and I’m a scientist and so on. The facilitator said she […]
Month: April 2018
Invitation To Summer Camp 2018 at VR Bengaluru
Learning to use the right side of their brain is a huge gift you can give your kids! And the opportunity to be free to create, to enjoy their creative side, use wild imagination, and make art, is just priceless. At the VR Bengaluru 15-day Summer Camp 2018, I will have a creative lab to […]
6 Reasons I Love the iPad Pro as an Artist
I’ve used a lot of iPads and iPhones in the last ten years but never used one to draw or sketch, until now that is. I got an iPad Pro 12.9 inch along with the Apple Pencil and Apple Smart Keyboard as a gift for my birthday this year. Its been a busy month so it […]
12 Reasons I Love Working With Children
I recently hosted a sold out 2-day arty kids Easter activity workshop in association with VR Bengaluru called ‘Easter Eggstravaganza’. Activities included Egg Bunting, Pin the Bunny’s Tail, Egg Painting & Easter Egg Hunt along with a massively popular photo booth and bunny kissing booth. In addition, I collaborated with Muji to conduct in-store Easter […]
Public Art At VR Bengaluru on World Art Day 2018
VR Bengaluru commissioned me to conceptualise a temporary site-specific live public art installation titled ‘Art, I Love You’ on the occasion of World Art Day 2018. This international event led by IAA-UNESCO takes place on April 15th, Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday, and celebrates fine arts and promotes awareness of creative activity worldwide. So what […]
Happy World Art Day
Here’s wishing you a very happy World Art Day. There is no culture and no civilization without art. Art is an integral part of everyone’s being. I see art as a universal alphabet, which could be understood by any person in the entire world. Art is magical. I think art offers a great opportunity to convey […]
11 Lessons For Budding Entrepreneurs
I just got to know that I am one of Top 100 participants chosen from among 6000 applicants across India to be part of an all-female startup incubation program called Women Startup Program (WSP) 2018 by the NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) supported by Department […]