On August 17th, Aadya Bommineni, Bhargavi Mannepalli, Rithika Arumugam, Anika Adusumelli, Sneha Sankar, Meera Sankar, Dhiya Sankar, and Guhan Thiagarajan volunteered to represent our school and art style at the NW Folklife and City of Bothell Summer Nights Event. The volunteers split up into two groups; one group took the first shift of volunteering, and the other took the second. They worked hard to teach the community about the Madhubani art style, as well as sell prints.

Almost every volunteer also stepped up and took the opportunity to speak on stage about their artwork. For many of them, the speech was the hardest part, but as Meera encapsulated, “I overcame that challenge [of the speech] when I saw how people were intrigued by my culture.” It is clear that our volunteers were able to capture the community’s interest, enjoy themselves, and learn new skills at this event.