Adult Education

Instructor: Ms. Dipti Gupta (Tel. 9891043358)
Tuesdays: 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM - 12 classes – 1 hr. each
Dates: September 6 – November 29, 2022
Fee: $ 210 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Tuesday, September 6
Maximum class size – 10
Mode of teaching: On Campus

EXPLORING THE ART AND CRAFT OF POTTERY
They say to create is to come a step closer to the divine. When you hold a piece of clay, the world of possibilities is open to you. Pottery is not just an art, it is meditation. As a practitioner one can lose oneself for hours- shaping, re-shaping, moulding. 

There has never been a better time to immerse oneself in the soothing and calming aura of clay.

Join us for pottery classes, and experience the stimulating and satisfying effects for yourself. We guarantee unadulterated relaxation.

If you are a  beginner in pottery and are looking forward to taking it up as a hobby or turning it into a profession, then this course is meant for you. This is a three-month program, classes held once a week, launched with a mission and passion to impart a strong foundation in hand-building pottery skills.

You will be given a studio tour where you can experience the nuances of pottery making on potters wheel. You will be helped to make a variety of art work like platters,  bowls, bells, animals, photograph holder .

Cost of Clay and glazing of finished products is included in the course fees.

Instructor: Ms. Jyoti Singh Bedi (Tel: 4163-0502/ 98-107-40954)
Thursdays: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM – 12 classes – 2 hrs. each
Dates: September 8 – December 15, 2022
Fee: $210 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Thursday, September 8
Maximum class size – 7
Mode of teaching: On Campus

In this course you will get an introduction to this medium of art - color mixing in oils and easy step-by-step method to start your own canvas painting. This course is especially designed for those art lovers who have never dared to paint or any newcomers with lots of enthusiasm to learn to paint. It’s a wonderful opportunity to explore and create and by the end of the course get to complete two canvas painting on the subject of your choice. The above course fee includes the material cost.

The instructor has a degree in commercial art and has experience teaching children and adults for many years in the field of art. She is taking classes at AES and conducted workshops at the British Council Library.

Course material is  included in the course fees. 

Instructor: Ms. Shirin Sabharwal (Tel: 9654186691)
Wednesdays: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM – 12 classes – 2 hrs. each
Dates: September 7 – December 14, 2022
Fee: $220 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Wednesday, September 7
Maximum class size – 8
Mode of teaching: On Campus

Gastronomical Delights by Chef Shirin Sabharwal.

Join in a for a fun hands on class wherein you will learn traditional Indian Regional Dishes & European Continental Cuisine comprising of starters, main course ( chicken, fish, lamb & vegetarian), soups, salads, baked dishes and desserts. Will also will schedule a visit to a supermarket to familiarise with various ingredients and products to recreate the dishes you learn.

Instructor: Mr. Ravi Rastogi (Tel: 98-102-82995)
Mondays & Wednesdays: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM - 24 classes - 1 hr. each
Dates: September 5 – December 7, 2022
Fee: $180 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Monday, September 5
Maximum class size – 10
Mode of teaching: On-campus

Bollywood dance style is originally an amalgamation of Indian Classical and Folk Dances from different parts of India. Fun to learn and follow, Bollywood dance runs in every Indian's blood. So is our Bollywood dance class; Full of energy, fun and easy steps makes it interesting to follow by one and all.

Instructor: Mr. Ravi Rastogi (Tel: 98-102-82995)
Mondays & Wednesdays: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM - 24 classes - 1 hr. each
Dates: September 5 – December 7, 2022
Fee: $180 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Monday, September 5
Maximum class size – 8
Mode of teaching: On Campus

A fusion of Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban dances, Salsa is a Latin dance which came into being in New York City in 1960 as a ballroom and club dance. An integral part of outdoor festivals, Salsa socials with its distinct styles, is different in every district in the USA such as Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican, L.A. and New York; And our instructor is trained under stalwarts like Eddie Torres and Frankie Martinez.

Instructor: Ms. Shikha Sawhney, (Tel: 9899318816)
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM - 24 classes – 1 hr.  each
Date: September 6 – December 8, 2022
Fees: $180 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Tuesday, September 6
Maximum class size – 10
Mode of teaching: On Campus

All levels- BEGINNERS WELCOME! A gentle class focusing on flowing from pose to pose and linking the movement with the breath. A variety of modifications are offered to encourage participation of everyone. Sitting, standing, and inverted postures, and challenging variations for more advanced students, yet fun and non-intimidating options for newer students will be suggested.

Instructor: Mr. Ravi Rastogi (Tel: 98-102-82995)
Mondays & Wednesdays: 5 PM – 6 PM - 24 classes - 1 hr. each
Dates: September 5 – December 7, 2022
Fee: $180 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Monday, September 5
Maximum class size – 10
Mode of teaching: On Campus

Zumba is perhaps the most fun way to attain your fitness goals. It is high-energy form of aerobic exercise that is rooted in Latin dancing and  is a highly effective way to increase your physical activity and daily calorie burn. Zumba Fitness in fact is the largest branded fitness program in the world, created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Pérez and founded in 2001. Fitness dance is  a complete workout that  is great for your heart, it makes your muscles stronger, and it can help with balance and coordination. You can burn between 130 and 250 calories with just 30 minutes of fitness dancing which is the same amount of calories burnt by  jogging for the same time.

Instructor: Ms. Jyoti Singh Bedi (Tel: 4163-0502/ 98-107-40954)
Wednesdays: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM – 10 classes – 1.5 hrs. each
Dates: September 7 – November 30, 2022
Fee: $130 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Wednesday, September 7
Maximum class size – 7
Mode of teaching: On Campus

Calligraphy is an art of beautiful writing or lettering which got lost over the last few years with the advancement of computer age. Now its getting revived and people are getting to know the joy of writing personal notes and letters again.. Anyone with an interest for writing can join the class, no prior knowledge required, only love for art and desire to learn to write beautifully. Participants  get to learn different fonts and to use pencil, pen and brush techniques on paper. They further get to do some projects like making invites, labels, framed names, monograms, poetry, wall hangings and quotes of their choice. By the end of the course the participants fall in love with their own handwriting, that’s for sure.

The instructor has  a degree in commercial art and has been calligraphy  professionally  & Commissioned projects for the last 20 years, including workshops at various venues like British Council Library.

Instructor: Ms. Kiran Puri (Tel. 85-270-54279)
Saturdays: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM – 10 classes of 2 hrs. each
Dates: September 10 – December 10, 2022
Fee: $160 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Saturday, September 10
Maximum class size– 8
Mode of teaching: On Campus

This course is planned to bring in all the segments of Indian History, beginning with the background of ancient India to the influx of Islam and the pattern of change in Medieval India, ‘The Delhi Sultanate ‘Mughal India ‘ and then British India. The course will extend all the way through the period of Modern India with emphasis on the development of nationalism, the 1857 revolt, the growth of congress and also updating the contributions of the freedom fighters. It will cover Mahatma Gandhi and his role in giving Independence to India . It would also cover the reasons of the ‘Partition of India ‘ and its impact which we are facing till today. The course would even be balanced with cultural background and reference to the ‘Seven Cities of Delhi’  with field trips to some of the popular monuments in Delhi if required . 

Kiran Puri is an expert in History and has been teaching the course ‘Indian History and its Culture with emphasis on the ‘Seven Cities of Delhi’ for the last 25 years . She holds two degrees of post graduation,  one in ‘History’ and the other in ‘Education’. Has been a full time employee at the ‘American Embassy School’ for more than 27 years .  

Nature Walk in Gardens and Parks with Debika
Ms. Debika Kumar (Tel. 99-710-22041)
Tuesdays: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM - 4 classes – 2 hours each
Fee: $85 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Tuesday, September 27
Dates of the walks are: Sep 27 Oct 4, 11, 18
Maximum class size – 10

Each week we will visit a different park or garden in our beautiful city. We will see hundreds of varieties of trees, both native and exotic. I will tell you how to recognize them and why they are special. We should also be able to spot around forty kinds of birds. Please bring along binoculars if you have a pair. Otherwise, a keen pair of eyes and a notebook will suffice. This course is not restricted to the AES community.

Call Debika if you have questions or suggestions.

Instructor: Ms. Sunaina Suneja (Tel. 9811059724)
Thursdays: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM - 4 classes
and 3 museum visits on mutually agreed dates
Fee: $100 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Thursday, November 3
Dates of the class are: Nov 3, 10, 17 Dec 1
Maximum class size – 10

Sleight of Hand: India’s Handcrafted Textiles and Her Artisans

Sunaina SUNEJA graduated from AES in 1975 and has been working with India’s handcrafted textiles for over 30 years.

In a 4-part series and two guided visits, Sunaina narrates the background and history of some of India’s textiles along with her personal stories, combining tradition with contemporary design.

• An introduction to Indian Textiles.
• KHADI, the handspun handwoven fabric of peace, was advocated by Mahatma Gandhi, during India’s freedom struggle.
•  INDIGO, its inherent magic and romance, captured through photographs and samples of different techniques of indigo dyeing and printing will also be displayed.
• PHULKARi, the vibrant embroidery of Punjab and the exclusive story of the revival of its traditional technique
• VISITS :

1GANDHI SMRITI  is the Memorial-Museum dedicated to the Life and message of Mahatma Gandhi , through photographs, newspaper articles of his time, dioramas as well as the Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum.

It is here that he spent the last 144 days of his life and was assassinated  on January 30, 1948.

Sunaina has dedicated over three decades working with KHADI, the homespun cloth Mahatma Gandhi advocated during India’s freedom struggle and it is with that lens that she will walk participants of this guided visit through the Museum.  

(1 ½ hour visit) Entry is Free.

TEXTILE GALLERY at the National Crafts Museum, Bhairon Marg, New Delhi  (2 hours)

Exquisite vintage textiles from different regions bring to the forefront the renowned expertise and skill of india’s craftspeople.

The Charkha Museum opened in 2017 in the heart of Delhi, Connaught Place.  An appeal was published in newspapers requesting individuals to contribute any Charkha (Spinning Wheel) they possessed and that's how this collection came to be.The museum has a small but interesting number of Charkhas, simple to embellished ones and also includes the New Model Charkha which is most commonly used today

Entry to the Museum is ticketed.

Instructor: Ms. Pallavi Singh (Tel: 976-902-1595)
Saturdays: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM -4 classes – 1 hr. each
Dates: October 1, 8, 15 Nov 5
Fee: $50 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Saturday, October 1
Maximum class size - 10
Mode of teaching: On Campus

The caste system is arguably the world’s oldest continuous cultural form of social stratification, with rules originating in the second to third century BCE. This course seeks to analyse the different perspectives on caste, modernity and gender, the manner in which various social categories in India appropriated modernity and strove to (mostly) unsuccessfully benefit from it.

Instructor: Ms. Malthi Peter(Tel: (8586962457)
Wednesdays: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM – 12 classes – 2 hrs. each
Dates: September 7 – December 14, 2022
Fee: $210 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Wednesday, September 7
Maximum class size – 7
Mode of teaching: On Campus 

Relief is a kind of sculptural technique where you will be using the medium and give a 3D look(to raise) to your piece of work. You will be using wood base. You can make mirror frame out of it or relief painting as such on the wood base.

Course material is  included in the course fees

Instructor: Ms. Malthi Peter(Tel: (8586962457)
Fridays: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM – 10 classes – 2 hrs. each
Dates: September 9 – December 9, 2022
Fee: $190 or equivalent INR (as per the AES Business Office exchange rate)
Begins: Friday, September 9
Maximum class size – 7
Mode of teaching: On Campus

In this activity the learner will choose the design and make a screen out of  it. This screen you will use  to print on a piece of cloth by using pigment colours. You can print T-shirts, Bed covers , home linen or anything of your choice you want to print.

Course material is included in the course fees.