First step towards fulfilling out my dream……..

Background : Sketch of The Khajuraho Temples

By : Anuj Agrawal

Godrej Loud

I am Anuj Agrawal, born and brought up in a town of Madhya Pradesh, Guna

I pursued engineering in my undergrad and currently am a management student at IIFT.

From the age of 5 years I started having interest in drawing and sketching and later on in other art works as well. Sketching is a hobby I have pursued till date

I love chating with people whether my friends, family members or strangers but not virtually on social networking sites though

I am also interested in dancing, swimming, music listening singing(which only a few admire) and playing basketball

Me

My dream that is very close to my heart is : “To collect the best of works of art from people of rural as well as urban slum areas, who because of having many hardships never got an opportunity to showcase their talent , and organize an exhibition where people of aesthetic interest come, appreciate their work and provide them opportunity as well as feedback to carry forward their talent as career”.

The works of art may be in the form of paintings, sculptures, pottery, handicrafts or any displayable form.

There are certain works which are world class or keep potential to become world class but are left hidden in closed shelves. I want to visit each and every house ,that I can, and find these works and get them before the world.

Even there is a lot of requirement of such hidden talent and so these people will get tremendous opportunities.

My dream

I myself is an avid lover of art be it any form and at times have seen such masterpieces created by people that I have felt that “Why are they yet untapped?”

I have thought many a times of being lucky to get appreciation and support from my families to pursue my interest but there are people who also have a desire to work on their interests, and are really very good in these but can’t get that support and platform

Also my mom have been a great motivating factor behind this. She use to encourage and even fund our maid’s son who was also interested in learning art and today he could take classes for the same

Why is it my dream??

Not Exactly!!!

I have found a lot of times that this section of society has got a lot of talent but don’t get a chance to blossom. And so it’s a great chance for me to visit different places which I have never been in contact with and see those pieces which I can never seen and have never imagined even.

It fills me with excitement thinking having an exhibiton of those hidden talents that people have never seen and are willing to have a glance of those.

Along with these people, my mom and sister who also are deeply enthusiastic about art work will be the happiest at that moment

The silent village , a sketch created by me recently

Is it a social work???

Making the dream successful will start with visiting villages and slum areas in Delhi NCR as well as few villages of other states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh

In villages I can meet village sarpanchs and gather crowds. Tell them the purpose and ask them to show every kind of art work they are involved in

I will be collecting all those works that I find amusing and get details of the artists

I will need to find details of people involved in art fields who have achieved heights as many as I can, print brochures for the exhibiton, post these to every involved organization, individual, business, that I find and touch base with them

Campaigning through print media, radio, social networking sites, colleges and gather as many people as I can and for volunteers as well

Arranging for jury and critics that consist of biggies in the field Organize the event, book hall, get the artworks ready for display and

call all those people whose work are to be displayed in the exhibition

How will I do it??

Campaigning:Print Ads : Rs. 15,000Radio : Rs. 10,000Social advertising : Free

Approaching people:Printing Brochures : Rs.10000Banners and Posters for promotion assuming 100 : Rs.5000

Photography expenses : Rs.20,000(including copies for after exhibition work) Booking Art Gallery : Rs. 20,000 (private gallery in Delhi prize for a day) Traveling charges(that include mainly trains, buses, taxis, Autos, rickshaw,

Tonga) : Rs. 15,000(Max. including overheads) Frames and other needs for organizing the works for display – Rs. 15,000(100

entries and Rs.150 average on every piece of work ) Allowances for calling people from distant places : Rs.20000 (considering 50

people and Rs.400 as average expense)

Total with present figures : Rs.1,30,000

IF overheads exist it won’t exceed Rs. 1,50,000

Budget Details

Achievement

Well begun is half done and so if the event is successfully completed then I can expect a lot much contributions from various enthusiasts of similar interests

After the event I have to be in consistent contact with the people both who appreciated the work and the artists who created the work

This will be a beginning to start such chain of events and I have an advantage of being in Delhi where I can get many people who would be interested in these events.

The confidence and satisfaction after the success of the event can never be compared to any other thing

Sketch of Radha Krishna, Created by me during School

THANK YOU !!!