Art In Action

Study Hall CHRYSALIS presented ‘Art in Action’, an online Inter-House Art Competition for students right from grade 6 to 12, allowing them to take a breather from the current stressful situations and provided them a platform to unlock their creativity flamboyantly. Sizeable number of students self nominated themselves to be a part of the event. The categories under the event were- Junior (6th to 8th) and senior (9th to 12th), 6 students per house were shortlisted in the preliminary round by their art teachers based on their previous art work which they had sent on their house Whatsapp .

The shortlisted artists in the consequent days had several workshops with the art teachers regarding how to use-mix-create colors that suit the mood of the creation; they rapidly produced ideas on how to portray meaningful issues through brushes and pastels following the rules and procedures of the event. To exercise the mind and hands prior to the central event, several themes were given in these sessions, in sync with social issues and the ongoing pandemic. The final topics were allotted on the eve of 29th august and final creations were to be handed on 30th, the junior Vincent van Goughs expressed their picture of solidarity during the pandemic and the senior Picassos equated rights for women to Human Rights! The judging parameters were creativity and originality, drawing and layout, color scheme and quality of work. No entries were to be accepted after the given deadline. All the artworks were eye-opening and touching but the few victors who managed to ace the task were–                        

Juniors
1st PositionSilver OakMohd. Ahmed
2nd PositionJacarandaAkshainie Singh
3rd PositionJacarandaAnwesha Baranwal
4th PositionSilver OakNandini Agarwal
House Positions (Junior)
1st PositionSilver Oak
2nd PositionJacaranda
3rd PositionCypress
4th PositionFire Flame
Seniors
1st PositionSilver OakSukaina Masood
2nd PositionCypressKaustubh Singh Chauhan
3rd PositionFire FlameYamini Naidu
4th PositionSilver OakAnukriti Agarwal
House Positions (Seniors)
1st PositionSilver Oak
2nd PositionCypress
3rd PositionFire Flame
4th PositionJacaranda

JUNIOR PAINTINGS

SENIOR PAINTINGS