Workshop Journal

Our experiences teaching annual workshops where we experiment with arts based curriculum adapted to Urban Sri Lankan kids. The best way to read these are from bottom up, in chronological order.

The inaugural annual workshops were made possible with the support of the Percival and Naomi Goodman Fellowship, from Columbia University GSAPP. Thank you for letting us dream bigger.

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21: Temple-Mosque-Kovil-Church

21: Temple-Mosque-Kovil-Church

Today’s lesson was derived from an old thought, a larger project designed around the conversation of religious tolerance. Can art help foster this?

Maker skills, Fostering ConversationRanitri Weerasuriya13 January 2021Sri Lanka, Art class, workshop 2019, PrayerComment

18: Spirit Animal masks at Lunuganga

18: Spirit Animal masks at Lunuganga

Soon we saw animals emerging out of their masks. Several owl’s, several monkey-lions, turtle-fish and so on.

Educational tour, Fostering Conversation, VisualizationRanitri Weerasuriya8 August 2020Sri Lanka, Art class, tour, Laki Senanayake, Exhibition workshop, Mask, art therapyComment

Thoughts: Building Hope with our Children

Thoughts: Building Hope with our Children

How do we react and foster conversation in the face of a traumatic event?

Fostering Conversation, ObservationRanitri Weerasuriya22 June 2019Peace, art therapy, Colombo, Easter, Sunday, Trauma, Sri Lanka, Drawing