EdSparks Collective

* The EdSParks Collective is a first-of-its-kind professional development program for all those interested in exploring the full potential of the visual arts in transforming student learning. The program consists of 10 sessions, each of which is conducted in a hands-on, interactive manner, utilizes a variety of multimodal strategies to maximize engagement. These build the participants' understanding of how to design and enriching educational interventions. The overall objective is to be able to utilize the visual arts to support students' growth and development.

The course's specialization tracks allow the participants to delve into areas such as, supporting the development of 21st century learning and SEL skills, enriching library education goals, and an approach to teaching through art where other subject knowledge is applied and strengthened in an art class. This includes catering to the foundational learning needs of early childhood.

* No prior experience in art or art education is needed to participate.

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EdSparks Collective Program in a Nutshell

Course Dates:

Phase 1: Foundational course (In-person, Bengaluru) - Nov. 03 to 08. 2025

Phase 2: Action learning project- Nov. 2025 to Jan. 2026

Phase 3: Choose 1 from the specialization tracks below
Jan. 20 to 22, 2026: 21st Century Learning and SEL Skills
Jan. 27 to 29, 2026: Library Education
Feb. 03 to 05, 2026: Art Integration

Medium of Instruction: English, with support in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada
Mode of Delivery: Hybrid; in-person (Bengaluru) and virtual

Who is it for?

Pre-requisites and candidate profiles: The program is open to NGOs' leadership and program team members, curriculum and instruction specialists, educators, teachers, and teacher developers involved with children, who are flexible and enthusiastic about trying new things.
It would add great value, if one decision-maker at the program level, and an implementation team member, can participate. This will help the educational organizations to make the changes necessary for applying the knowledge gained through the workshop.

We are happy to present the latest edition of The ArtSparks Angle, ArtSparks Foundation’s Professional Learning and Development Program newsletter. In this edition, we feature ArtSparks’ Professional Development Course, EdSparks Collective 2023-24. We also feature Abhisheka from Nature Conservation Foundation (Bengaluru), a past-EdSparks Collective participant, narrating her experiences of conducting transformative artbased educational experiences with the children she works with.

What Happens After EdSparks?

Become a part of Community of Practice!

All EdSparks cohort members become part of a larger community of practice, and are provided with on-going support throughout the year, post the EdSparks Collective program. The purpose of EdSparks extended to sustain the momentum created through the EdSparks Collective program. Support is offered to help participants design and implement robust art interventions in their respective organizations.

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Testimonials

"We have been striving to create inclusive and expressive environments for children, and we were only trying to do this through books till now, but after attending this program, we know how to do it with the arts as well. I think through the arts we are actually able to do it more prominently and more vibrantly."

-Prerna, Founder, The Blue Ladder Trust

"Whatever I was conducting with children till date was limited to just one activity. I always felt I was missing out on something but I was not able to figure out what exactly. The children were definitely learning something but what are they learning and how are they learning the concepts were not clear. This course was extremely beneficial for me in that sense. The complete program experience was amazing."

- Sukhada, Co-Founder, Anandban

"I think I am blessed to have attended this course by the ArtSparks team. It has shown me a 'window' to think, pause, reflect, rethink and move ahead. I really appreciate the practice of this pedagogy - what a good way to transform theory into praxis!"