Gulmohar Days is moving to a new address in Kalyani Nagar!!!!

Dear Friends,

It gives me great pleasure to give you the following piece of exciting news!

Come September, Gulmohar Days will be shifting to a new facility in Kalyani Nagar. Thanks to all your support and good wishes, the past year has been wonderful for us. We have clearly outgrown our present premises and greatly look forward to creating some wonderful times in our new one.

Our new premises is a bungalow near the Joggers park at Kalyani Nagar. We hope to shift in the first week of September 2010. We shall certainly keep you posted with our new address closer to our date of shifting.

Thanking you all once again for all the blessings and good wishes! In addition to the programmes that we have currently on our activity list, we have some great events planned as well. Looking forward to your continued participation and support!

Warm regards
--
Nandini Nair

Trinity Speech and Communication classes for kids

Hello Everyone,

Enrollments are on for for the Trinity Speech and Communication classes at Gulmohar Days.

There are 2 sessions currently in progress.

Every Monday : 5.30 to 6.30 pm: ages 6-8 years
Every Wednesday: 5.30 to 6.30 pm: ages 9 - 15 years

All enrollments will be for a minimum period of 6 months starting September 10th, 2010. 

Please do write in at the earliest to gulmohardays@gmail.com for further details on the programme.

Our Fun & Fitness Club makes news!!

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Celebrating India: The "Freedom Catwalk" at Gulmohar Days!

Dear parents,

We are planning a small, informal event at Gulmohar Days on the 10th of August to celebrate our country's Independence day! Request all kids who are presently enrolled in our Story and Phonics clubs to please get ready for the "Freedom Catwalk": they need to dress as prominent personalities from Indian history. A number of kids have already signed up. Pandit Nehru, Gandhi Ji, Netaji Bose, Shivaji and Bhagat Singh are already taken. We also have one Kargil war Hero!! Not to mention a size-able number of Rani Laxmi Bai!!

Please do call/email to confirm your child's participation.

All library members below the age of 5 yrs are also most welcome to participate. Please do not leave entering your childs name to the list for the last day. We would like to know in advance and therefore make arrangements to accommodate that many children.

Event: Celebrating India!
Ages 3-5 yrs: "The Freedom Catwalk"
Date: Tuesday, 10th of August, 2010
Time: 5.00 to 6.30 pm
Looking forward to yet another fun event!

Our Pop Art workshop

Ladies, that was one cracker of a workshop!! A marathon session from 10.00 am to 6.30 in the evening. I think some backs were sore and some knees a little wobbly by the end of it all, but the smiles grew only wider! Thank you all for a fun session where the canvases were bright and beautiful and the sketching and painting was peppered with good-natured banter and laughter! Enjoy some pictures that capture you all at work. We hope to see you more often at Gulmohar Days!!

Our Fun & Fitness Club

The Fun & Fitness Club has seen some spirited response. Our Fitness mentor has the kids doing yoga, aerobics, a little "dancercise" twice a week, every Monday and Thursday from 4.00 to 5.00 pm. Enjoy the pictures of our little ones warming up for a session.
The Fitness Club for women is off to a fantastic start too. The mommies are are here thrice a week for their yoga sessions ( Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays).

One-day Art workshop: Painting Portraits in pop-art style

"Perpetual moderness is the measure of merit in every work of art.”

 – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Painting Portraits in pop art style

Gulmohar Days invites participation in an exciting daylong hands’on workshop titled, “Painting Portraits in Pop Art style”.

Increasingly, pop art is being popularised through simple techniques to recreate photographs in the pop art style, the movement which acquired a cult status with artists like Andy Warhol.

The workshop will combine a lec-dem supported by clips of some of the great artists who popularized the movement along with hand’s on artmaking sessions.

Participants will each arrive at an artwork in the pop-art style rendered with acrylic paints on canvas.

Session 1:

An interactive lecdem on the works and inspiration of some landmark artists of the American Pop Art movement such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein etc.

Session 2:

Participants will be required to bring a portrait photograph in b&w or colour.

Pop Art reduces images to blocks of colour with little or no shading, so when looking for a photo to use it's important to keep this in mind. Look for a photo with clearly definable shapes and tonal areas. Once the photo is changed to
black and white, it will become more apparent whether it is suitable.

Painting Techniques for Creating a Pop Art Portrait

Participants will refer to the photo printout to get the tone placement right and follow step-by-step painting techniques:

There should be no shading within the colours -- the aim is for three vibrant blocks of colour (the finished painting should have the appearance of stencil art). Through a step-by-step process participants will create sketches and drawings before arriving at a final artwork rendered with acrylic paints on canvas boards.

Enjoying the Results

One of the advantages of painting in the Pop Art style is an impressive finished product. Although the image doesn't look 'realistic', it still portrays a recognisable portrait and is easier to paint than skin tones. Once the techniques are mastered, it makes a great gift!

Duration: 6 1/2 hrs

 The workshop is open to interested individuals irrespective of prior drawing/painting experience.

 Materials (acrylic paints, paper, dry pastel, brushes and canvases) and briefing notes/backgrounders will be provided.

 The workshop will be facilitated by Renu, a trained artist. Besides participating in several exhibitions in India and abroad, Renu has been conducting art workshops on visual arts and art and storytelling using an interactive and hand’s on learning approach over the last 4 years.

Workshop Details

Dates: Saturday, July 31^st, 2010

Age-group: for adults and kids above age 11 yrs

Timings: 10am to 1pm (half hr lunch break)

                1.30pm to 5pm

Fees: Rs. 1050/- per participant (incl of all materials)

Venue: Gulmohar Days, Kalyani Nagar, Pune

To register: Pls email gulmohardays@gmail.com to reserve a spot and pay fee at the earliest. Seats on first come first serve basis.

Photography Workshop for kids (ages 9 to 15 yrs)

Gulmohar Days is happy to host a fun and hands-on Photography workshop for kids in the month of July.

Pls find course details below:

COURSE TITLE: Photography Workshop (Basic Course)

AGE GROUP: 9 to 15 yrs

DAYS: Every Saturday (5 sessions of 2 hours each)

DATES: Indoor sessions: 24th, 31st of July; 7th, 14th of Aug, 2010
             Outdoor session: 21st of August, 2010

TIME: 11.00 am to 1.00 pm

COURSE FEE: Rs 1300/ for the entire workshop

MATERIALS REQD: Children must bring their digital cameras from home for each of the sessions. Camera must have an empty memory card and fully charged battery.
COURSE CONTENT:
• Camera History - Defining photography and how it began
• Camera handling, Using a point-and-shoot camera (parts, functions, handling, and storage)
• Essentials of a good photo
• composition and color
• capturing subjects from various viewpoints
• viewing and feedback of students photos
• The outdoor session would be a fun day wherein kids will use techniques they have learned in class

As always we will accept only a limited number of participants in this group. Pls call at the earliest if you wish to enroll your child in our workshop or for any further inquiries regarding fee structure.

Art Experience: A unique art programme for kids ages 9-15 years

There is small correction in the schedule: The art experience group will meet EVERY FRIDAY and not Thursdays as mentioned below. The change in day is as a result of several parents requesting for a Friday class.