This summer, one of the students from our school, Mahathi Anshitha Barrenkala, hosted and taught an in-person Madhubani workshop in India for the Mathru Abhinaya Foundation girls' orphanage. Mahathi’s family and another family were able to sponsor a day of activities and dinner for the orphanage.

To prepare, Mahathi’s family helped her organize the event and gather materials, including the wooden coasters that the girls would draw and paint on. On the day of the event, Mahathi spent over five hours teaching girls as young as five years old, to those as old as the tenth grade, how to draw and paint Madhubani designs on coasters.

Overall, the artwork created by the artists at the event proved that everyone’s effort was worth it. Reflecting on the experience, Mahathi says, “The girls really enjoyed the activity. It was nice to have the opportunity to conduct a workshop like this.”