Danida, Denmark’s development cooperation, is hosting an art exhibition focusing on children from February 19 to 24 at Yala Maya Kendra, Patan Dhoka. [break]
The exhibition is said to be more so for the children because the illustrations portray stories of local Danish children’s stories.
“We are concentrating on the experience of how a child experiences a good story. If the story is good, the children will automatically benefit from it,” said Altschuler, adding, “It might not be directly educational but this will evolve the children to be creative and research the wealth themselves.”
According to Altsczhuler, the children should be able to find the answers they are looking for on their own instead of just expecting it from the adults. “They are curious and they have the right to choice to come and face reality,” he said.
Through the event, The Danish Authors’ Society hopes that Nepali writers and illustrators will also learn new ways of expressing.
10 children have also been selected from Radio Katha, a radio show for children aired on Radio Nepal, through a competition.
“We asked them to send us their original stories in five minutes and we got 375 entries,” said an excited Altschuler.
He further added that a jury consisting of Nepali authors and laureates chose top 20 of which 10 have been selected for a workshop starting tomorrow in Dhulikhel.
“The children will learn about creative writing, performing arts and writing stories,” he informed.
Srijana Singh Yonzon, coordinator of the exhibition, invited parents to bring their children to the exhibition to learn new things and help broaden their horizon from an early age.
“The children can learn a lot from the art work and also the exhibition will be playing Maya and Max¸ a television series created especially for children,” she informed.
The event is open from Sunday through Friday this week from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm.
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