High school students who take four years of Arts score 100 points higher on the SAT

The Arts teach the skills essential for success in the global marketplace: risk-taking, out-of-the-box creative thinking, team problem solving, excellence as the standard and academic discipline

Students who are involved in the Arts have improved self-esteem and are less likely to skip school or engage in disruptive classroom behavior

Students who take Art have improved attention spans, increased interest in school and foundations of success on which to build

Participation in the Arts promotes tolerance for other cultures, Art is about working together, about communication, about bridges and connections.

 

March, 2003

Camlin's All-India Camel Colour Contest


Camlin Ltd. is India's largest manufacturer of fine and educational art materials. For over 71 years they have made a vast variety of world-class art supplies for professional, student and hobby artists. Each year Camlin sponsors a student art contest that attracts entries from over 5200 schools throughout India. In 2001, Camlin presented 138 prizes and certificates at the national level, the national prizes include a tour of Europe's finest art museums for several winners. There were 3100 prizes at the state level and innumerable prizes and certificates at the city level.

Learn more about Camlin's range of art materials: www.Camlin.com

In addition to the student art contest involving both K-12 and Higher Education students, Camlin also sponsors a juried exhibiton for professional artists and, in addition, a juried exhibition open only to art education instructors. For this profile we will review the art of participating Indian students and the winners of the Art Instructors Exhibition.

Art Instructor's Exhibition

Selected for European Art Tour

Kalyan Chakraborty, Acrylic

Satinder Kaur, Watercolor

Arun Kumar Muzumdar, Mixed Media

Anand Narayan, Mixed Media

V. Rajagopal, Oil Paint

Shankarappa Navalba, Watercolor

S. Y. Vaidya, Acrylic

A. K. Azad, Oil Paint

Shashikant Patade, Mixed Media

Anil Sagvekar, Acrylic

Praful Sawant, Watercolor

B. Jayaram, Mixed Media

Elementary and Middle School Students

University and Higher Education School Students