The Pupil Saveetha Eco School showcases 3,500 artworks at Chithira Punaivu 2026

At the Pupil Saveetha Eco School, creation is not conscionable an extracurricular subject; it is simply a mode of life. This doctrine comes live successful the sixth variation of Chithira Punaivu 2026, the school’s yearly creation exhibition, which opens from February 25 to 28 connected the schoolhouse turf. 

What began arsenic an in-house showcase wrong the schoolhouse premises has grown into a nationalist exhibition, inviting visitors to witnesser the artworks by the young creators. “This twelvemonth marks a important expansion. From nether 2,000 works successful erstwhile editions, we present person 3,500 artworks this year,” says Saveetha, director, The Pupil Saveetha Eco School.

Created by students from classes I to XII, this year’s standout absorption is connected ceramics and carpentry, with handcrafted sculptures and clay works besides being the centre of attention. There are besides Kalamkari textiles, hand-woven fabric, terracotta works, printmaking, and lithography done by the students. “Everything you spot present is the child’s originative work. We bash not inject our ideas into the child,” says Dolly Mohan, principal, The Pupil Saveetha Eco School. 

Students person 2 dedicated hours of creation acquisition each week, moving crossed a wide spectrum of media — from watercolours and lipid to pottery, ceramics, carpentry, and textile printing. “Importantly, each enactment connected show present is created wholly wrong the schoolhouse premises,” says Dolly. 

“By the clip they permission us, the children should beryllium equipped not lone academically but with beingness skills,” she adds.

Opening connected January 25, this year’s guests of honour see creator Bhagwan Chavan, crippled shaper Anandan Damodaran, and Akhilesh Kathamathu, manager of photography.

Chithira Punaivu is connected from February 25 to 28 astatine The Pupil Saveetha Eco School, Annammal Street, Thiverkadu Co-operative Nagar, from 8am to 6pm. Open to all.