Reflections

There is a particular kind of learning that happens not in a classroom but in a shared space — when artists from different valleys sit together, show each other their work, and begin to find the threads that connect them. That is what Padav has always tried to make room for. This year, it did so again. The fourth cohort of the Padav Art Mentoring Program brought twenty young artists to Kaaya Learning Centre in Tilwari village, Dehradun, for six residential days in early 2026.