UnrulyArt

Art has profound benefits for those who engage in it: better social integration, improved cognitive function, reduced anxiety, and enhanced self-esteem. Our goal is to actively include children across all levels of skill in art activities. We have devised several techniques (collectively named ‘UnrulyArt’) that enable children to create art while sidestepping cognitive and motoric challenges. We have conducted many UnrulyArt sessions with the Prakash children in New Delhi following sight-restoring surgeries, and we have also organized similar activities with special education classrooms in Cambridge and Boston area schools. The sessions are a lot of fun for all participants – children, teachers, and scientists alike. UnrulyArt pieces have been exhibited in the Butler Gallery, Princeton University, and also at Children’s Hospital, Boston.