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Paper Airplane Project
The Paper Airplane Project is an interactive workshop that engages children to explore their creativity, collaborate and provide an introduction to process-based art. Baptist Coelho uses the construction of paper airplanes as a communication tool for children to express themselves, while visualizing their dreams and aspirations. The Paper Airplane Project was developed from Coelho’s installation entitled, RE(WIND), 2006. This site-specific work consisted of paper airplanes, which appear to fly into a room through an open window. The project encouraged children to construct paper airplanes, incorporate ideas about adulthood and create art works...more

The Crane Workshop
Volunteers from the Tara Trust in Mumbai held a 4 day workshop at the LAMO Centre over a period of 3 weeks. As part of goodwill and support to children who were victim to Japan’s tsunami last year, this workshop required children ages 7-15, from different schools in Leh living in and around the Old Town neighbourhood took part in the workshop. The first part of the workshop for children included paper-crane making...more

Wash Exhibition
The exhibition covered the findings of the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Survey carried out as a part of The Neighbourhood Project by LAMO with the help of Abeer Gupta (Resource Person) initially and later in Sept/October 2010 by LAMO with resource person Shalabh Mittal. SDTT (Sir Dorabji Tata Trust) and J&K Tourism Ministry have supported the exhibition as a part of The Old Town Study Project...more

Basic fine art foundation Workshop - By Chemat Dorjey
As a student of modern art I thought it would be helpful to have a basic fine art foundation workshop with younger students in Leh, especially for those students who want to take art from just a hobby to a serious career. I felt that with some fine art foundation basics, students would be able to practice and further develop their interest and skills so that when they go for an entrance examination for higher studies in art, they know their basics and they do well...more