Creative Learning

The Saraf Foundation’s core focus, a belief that leads every initiative we lead, is to encourage learning, no matter the age. We believe that everyone has an innate curiosity that we want to foster, and we want to do so by creating experiential learning opportunities for people.

Creative Learning at Taragaon Next

At Taragaon Next, we’ve implemented Creative Learning in various ways. We’ve developed our programming by keeping the various audiences that visit Taragaon in mind and have two distinct ways things get implemented.

For Schools

Taragaon Next has Creative Learning programming specifically for schools where students are able to interact with the entirety of Taragaon’s space. For ‘Taragaon Treasure Hunt’, students are being asked to engage with the artworks that are on display, notice minute details, solve riddles and to engage with the garden space. In ‘Leafing Around Taragaon’, students are asked to engage with the plants at Taragaon and identify them with the use of a viewfinder.

There are various other workshops that address different ways students can learn new skills like learning how to paint traditional masks, art therapy, origami, pottery making, etc. that are hosted with professionals in the field.

For Regular Visitors

Regular visitors are able to register for all and any workshops hosted at Taragaon Next. With workshops happening every month, people are able to engage with experts in the field and learn valuable skills. With workshops like printmaking, terrarium making, stop-motion animation, etc. happening at Taragaon, this taps into older visitors being able to engage with the space. Most workshops center around the various exhibitions or talk programs happening at Taragaon, so that longer/in-depth discussions can happen.

There are various free events like the Taragaon Talks programs and film screenings, which happen in collaboration with the British Council Nepal and Alliance Française de Katmandou.

Visitors are also able to register for guided tours of the exhibition or of the space itself.

Creative Learning at Nepal Architecture Archive

At Nepal Architecture Archive, we have opportunities for architecture students/ heritage enthusiasts to unroll our architectural drawings and discuss them with the help of our archivists. They are also able to spend time reading books from our library and go through the research that have been published by the Saraf Foundation.

A new initiative that we are implementing is Object Based Learning with materials from NAA. People are able to get in-depth knowledge about an object and are able to learn how to handle it, how to store it, etc. This allows for people to partake in the preservation process and learn how to engage with heritage materials that they might have access to in their community.