Devika
Sundar
Workshops and Studio
Saya : Exploring Art as a Therapeutic Tool
Jan '19 - present
Parallel to my practice, Saya (formally Hanno Terrace Studio) is a collective art space and outdoor open studio founded to facilitate art as a medium of expression, release and therapeutic outlet for children and adults across diverse ages and backgrounds.
Background and Context
In December 2019, I was coming off the ends of a recent exhibition, and a project that occupied a long space of time and energy over the last year. However, it's experience affirmed intention towards the practice I wanted to continue. I observed my work finding meaning and expression in personal, collective and shared human experience.
Often, within art spaces, there can exist a detachment from a wider, accessible and inclusive language.I wished to challenge this by creating alternate safe spaces through dialogical art workshops—open to anyone, irrespective of experience, skill or background—encouraging fluid exploration, experimentation and connection through creative engagement.
Art as a Therapeutic Outlet
When words aren’t fully formed to express what we’re feeling, we often need another language—another outlet—to engage with. Through each session, we explore how we might discover art as an expressive, reflective, and therapeutic tool. Together, we reconnect and initiate a quiet dialogue—an awareness and understanding of ourselves within the stillness of the space around us. By releasing inhibition and self-judgment, we focus on using art as a form of release—finding ways to express stillness, mindfulness, and presence within a contained moment.
Past Workshops and Sessions
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Cooking with Joy - Monoprinting through Food and Colour | In Collaboration with Bess Frimodig
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Unravelling the Unseen: Discovering Dialogue and Play through Visual Outlets
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Coloured Palates: A Meditative Tasting Experience through Silence and Watercolours | In Collaboration with Samyukta Kartik
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Mindfulness through Wash and Colour: Exploratory Watercolour Sundays
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Exploring Art as a Therapeutic Tool and Outlet
Images, Workshops and Sessions : Exploring Art as a Therapeutic tool at Hanno Terrace Studio
Mindfulness through Wash and Colour: Exploratory Watercolour Sundays
Art as Healing and Outlet / Studio Sessions : Participant Expressions and Explorations
Coloured Palates: A Meditative Tasting Experience through Silence and Watercolours
Description and Poster PDF
Workshops conducted outside the studio
Blue Matchbox Studio : Mindfulness through Wash and Colour
Social Offline : Dialogues
Workshop with children, Bilal Bagh, 2019
