The Indira Gandhi National Open University is organising a four day long workshop for the inmates of Tihar jail. The workshop aims at exposing the inmates to various art forms by the teachers and students associated with painting, music and theatre of the school.
The workshop focuses on the basics of arts and provides a firsthand experience in painting, music and theatre arts to the inmates. The workshop in painting and theatre is being conducted for a group of male inmates and music for female inmates.
Prof. Sunil Kumar, Director of School of Performing and Visual Arts stated, “The inmates will be given a chance to actively participate in the activities and produce their own work of art. Further, this exposure may also be helpful for the inmates to opt this as profession and mode of expression through arts of their choice later on.”
At the end of this workshop music and play presentation shall be made by the trained inmates on the basis of what they have learnt and an exhibition of paintings made by them shall also be organized.
Pro Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU, Prof. Pravin Sinclair praised the unique concept to train inmates in different streams of arts. She informed that this concept of training inmates in arts will not be confined to this jail only but similar activities may be conducted at other jails as well.
