Every year, in the remote village of Sujata, Bihar,Niranjana Public Welfare School holds the Wall Art festival.Over a course of three weeks, artists from India and Japan visit the village to create art on the walls of the school’s building.
The trend began in 2006 when about 50 students from Tokyo Gakugei University donated money that they made from working part-time jobs to an NGO in India to construct a new school building for the Niranjana Public Welfare School in Bihar.
Yusuke Asai also encouraged children to make hand-prints on the wall as a sign of their hopes for the future.
By 2010, the NGO had enrolled around 400 students–studying from nursery to Class 7.
Inspired by traditional Indian wall paintings, Japanese artist Yusuke Asai painted the walls and the ceiling of some classrooms with mud paintings.
Working with children, artist Yusuke Asai collected soil from various sites in the village and mixed it with water to make pigments.
Isn’t it amazing?
By:Archa Dave
