Youth Outreach Programs
The group of young people…
Since these preliminary events and after an initial survey trip to Dambana in February 2008, Colombo Institute received permission from the Adi Vasi community leaders, particularly from its Chief Vanniyeletto to carry out the program in the community. The Colombo Institute organized its first full session on basics of photography and an introduction to scriptwriting [...]
Reading images: the first step in script writing…
As the second component of the course, dramatist Piyal Kariyawasam introduced the participants to the dynamics of creative writing and script writing through a number of practical exercises. One such exercise was to weave narratives out of ad hoc images taken from newspapers and a discussion on the interpretation of images took place as part [...]
Basics in photography…
Colombo Institute conducted its first photography and creative writing/script writing course on 8th and 9th of March 2008 at the premises of the Nadee Arts Center. During the session, the students who were all from GCE Advanced Level classes from nearby schools were introduced to the basics of photography through an illustrated presentation. The instructor [...]
Initial Visit
At the invitation of Lasantha Chandana Kumara, an instructor for art teachers and the head of the newly established Nadee Art Center based in Lihiniyagama in the general area of Dehiattakandiya in the Eastern Province, a team of Colombo Institute members consisting of Jagath Pathirage, Anoli Perera, Chandra Lekamaarachchi and Sasanka Perera undertook a field [...]
Introduction to the community
The second site selected for making a documentary film is Dambana in the Uva Province. This particular village is mostly inhabited by Adi Vasis or Veddas, the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. Given the Institute’s interest in youth and multiculturalism within the film series, this endeavor is meant to focus on how youth in this [...]
