A three day art camp was organized by TMZ group, a company promoting young talents in various fields such as art, education and glamour. The art camp focused on the creative process more than on the end product.

While trying to offer a platform for exchange of information, contextulisation of art practices and sharing of inspiration, participants were given a platform to interact with senior artists and exchange notes.

It was an ongoing process of the organization, which sponsors the works of upcoming artists, and conduct art camps, where senior accomplished artists guide budding talent, thus providing a unique opportunity to promising young artists.

Art camps serve as a perfect learning experience, an opportunity, for the established artists to check out the new trends and currents, and keep in touch with young artists.

The participants were from Delhi School of Arts, Amity International, Jamia Milia Islamia, Triveni Kala Sangam, Appejay School of Art, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Women’s Polytechnic and Meerut University.

Altogether 25 young artists participated at the camp. The theme of the three-day camp was ‘woman by woman’ and all the participants were women. To select the deserving candidates elimination round was done which various criteria viz., seriousness, creative talent, versatility and their performance in school judged.

Besides Jatin Das and Bulbul Sharma, well- known cartoonist Irfaan was also part of the camp and on the last day he carved a few cartoons for the benefit of the participants. Jatin Das indeed took keen interest in the camp and tutored the artists. He too carved few paintings for the benefit of the participants.

The artists who assembled sought inspiration from each other and engaged in a gamut of art-related activities.
Apart from talking and exchanging ideas, they painted, drew and had fun.

They experimented with forms and media that they have not tried before. The idea to hold the camp was conceptualized by a young entrepreneur Viraz Gupta, who is also the CEO of TMZ group.

Gupta assured the artist community that they were planning such art camps all over India involving artists. For the young aspirants the camp, it was an excellent learning experience. As Shamaila of Jamia Milia said, “I have learnt a lot from the camp. I had an opportunity to interact with lot of artists, from different media and schools.”

For Poonam of College of Art, “it was an experience with a difference. Under one roof, I could watch artists working with different techniques.

Also senior artists presence at the camp enlightened all of us.” Jatin Das, Bulbul Sharma and Irfaan interacted freely with the artists and even taught few techniques. Das said, “Such camps really help the younger lot to grow.

But one has to be serious.” According to the coordinator of the camp Pinkesh Devasia, “the purpose of the camp was to give a platform to the deserving talents and we had succeeded in our endeavour.”