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| Edited By: Kinjal Desai |Source: |Updated: Feb 25, 2011, 03:42 PM IST
Fifteen students from the prestigious Lycee International St Germain en Laye School in Paris along with 25 students of Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS) in Ahmedabad created a mural on the MGIS's wall.
The mural made using graffiti art had messages of inclusion.
"These European students have come down as part of an exchange programme, and with the help of art, we are trying to bridge the gap between the thought and culture among the students. This art piece was created under the guidance of artist Pravin Mishra," said founder of MGIS, Anju Musafir
Musafir said this is also a way of beautifying walls of the city, which tend to get filthy with passing time and wrong use by the people.
"While brainstorming, students were asked to explain their own inner feelings, through art. Keeping Gandhiji's ideology - 'Be the Change you want to See' as a central theme, students decided on various topics to be painted on the wall. Graffiti is all about removing your fear of scale and getting to know what teamwork is," explained Mishra
Besides Lycee, MGIS has exchange programs with L'ecole Aujourd'hui school in Paris, one school from New York, USA, one from Kenya in Africa and one school from Adelaide, Australia.
