Rangoli artwork, floor art tradition of India, of Jaipur-based researcher and educator Dr Lalit Kishore got recognized by the "Show Your Talent (SYT) International Group" administered by renowned artist Anagha Deshpande Vyas since 2018 that recognizes and awards contributors for various art and craft forms which are low-cost.
Work of Dr Kishore in the area of 'Rangoli Tutorial art' won the award on February 2021, (see inset collage). The artwork was as a part his own practice for its non-art use for special kids to develop motor skills, coordination skills, sensory perceptions, attentiveness and visual intelligence.
The art form of rangoli was adopted as an intervention to fill the developmental gaps of children with special needs and a short note on which was written published in slideshare portal as follows while working at Disha foundation in Jaipur.
SHORT NOTE:
Special educators and educational therapists are suppose to explore line-drawing skill with pencils and coloured chalks for training children with special needs for fine motor skills, coordination skills, attentiveness and cognitive skills development.
If, the activity is linked with Indian culture of dot and line rangoli patterns and designs by as successive drawing, it can work as an art therapy.
Art is needed to be adapted to meet the special needs by modifying both the tools of the art and art activity by adhering to basics and simplicity.
The following successive drawing activity is related to successive drawing modified line rangoli that can be tried for children with special needs.
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