NHAF in Association With ICCR Announces Art Contest For Students Across India

Art Competition For Students on ‘Make In India’ and ‘Swachh Bharat’

Mumbai:  Niki Hingad Art Foundation (NHAF) in association with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), an autonomous organization of the Government of India has announced the fourth annual Inter School Drawing Competition 2015 titled ‘Make In India’ Art Competition for students across India.

 NHAF has invited entries from schools and students all over India for partaking in the art-drawing contest to be held on the 28th of March 2015 at Sir J. J. School of Arts, Fort, Mumbai between 10:30 AM to 12:45 PM.

Talking about the initiative, Ms. Niki Hingad, Founder, NHAF says, “This is the 4^th year of the inter school art and drawing competition with social awareness playing the main scheme of things. This year our theme for the national competition is in sync with the government’s praise worthy initiative, ‘Make in India’ and ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’. We believe that art is a sole journey from an artist’s mind to the heart and has its own language of self-expression. We would like these young artists, the future of our nation to explore their inner selves and sketch some brilliant ideas out around these initiatives. We want this message to reach across all parts of the country”.

Interested students outside of Mumbai are requested to register their entries with the participant’s full

name, age, name of school, residential address and contact number via email at nhafnationals@gmail.com and send the original artwork titled as ‘National Entry’, duly signed and attested by the school authorities to NHAF base, 1-1, Ratnakar Building, Narayan Dhabolkar Marg, Off Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai 400 006 till 20^th March 2015.  The theme for the participant will be a) Make In India, b) My Dream, c) Swachh Bharat.  The artwork will be displayed during the art competition at the Sir J J School Of Arts.

For the participants in Mumbai and neighboring areas the participation is through schools enrollments. All participants will be physically present to participate in the competition to be held on 28^th March at the Sir J J School of Arts. The theme for the competition will be Green Thumb. Emphasizing on the need of saving our environment, the competition theme will focus largely on saving the remaining green cover.  There will be a special category for children from Differently Abled Schools.  Interested students from Mumbai may register through schools or individually by providing their name, age, name of the school, contact number and other details via email: nhafgenius@gmail.com or nhafforyour@gmail.com latest by 24^th March 2015.

All entries will be judged by a panel of judges from the Sir J. J. School art fraternity and will be rated on the basis of creativity and originality of the artwork. The jury will select a total of 12 winners in 4 categories from Mumbai and 6 winning entries from all other regions. NHAF will announce the winners at the art competition.

This will be a free competition fully supporting the idea of freedom in the world of Art and will be categorized in four different age groups i.e. ‘Veni-A ' – Age 5 – 7 yrs, 'Veni-B' Age 7 – 10 yrs, ‘Vidi’ – Age 11 – 14 yrs and ‘Vici’ – Age 14 -16 yrs.  

For further details please call on 022- 40441999, between 10am – 5pm or join NHAF on NHAF/ Nikihingad.artfoundation via Facebook account.

Address: NHAF base, 1-1 Ratnakar bldg., Narayan Dhabolkar Marg off Nepean Sea road, Mumbai -400006.

About Niki Hingad Art Foundation (NHAF): NHAF Foundation is involved with various art activities for the last few years. The foundation aims to ignite an immense interest in the perception of art in the younger generation and hence has been actively involved in creating a difference in the world of art. With the help of eminent professors of the Sir J. J. School of Arts and its team, NHAF works in various fields of Art round the year. These activities are held in various schools and include special courses in various fields and techniques of Sketching, Charcoal, Calligraphy, Pen and Ink, Clay modeling, Water colors, Acrylic colors, Cartoon caricature, Landscape, Portraits, Still life, Sculptures. The foundation conducts various workshops on famous Artists, mediums of art, various eras of art like Op art, Modern art.