{"id":74,"date":"2018-11-29T14:33:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draven.la-studioweb.com\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2025-02-13T12:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T07:23:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"74\" class=\"elementor elementor-74\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08f8fe6 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height body-width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"08f8fe6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9af529c\" data-id=\"9af529c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c4aef4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c4aef4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e12c700\" data-id=\"e12c700\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06c3edf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"06c3edf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee24913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee24913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Riyaaz: Academy for illustrators<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c01370a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c01370a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Riyaaz Academy for Illustrators was jointly initiated by Parag initiative of Tata Trusts, Eklavya, Bhopal and illustrator Atanu Roy in 2015. Riyaaz is a platform for young illustrators to explore different forms of illustrations through a dual mode \u2013 one week of theory and intensive hands on practice and three weeks of distance mode every month, supported with mentoring by a group of eminent professionals. The ten-month certificate course aims to hone perceptual and professional skills of the students. Riyaaz alumni are working for many publishers including Pratham Books, Eklavya, NCERT, Room to Read and Agha Khan Foundation.<\/p><p><strong>Training &amp; Mentoring <\/strong>&#8211; A Riyaazi draws and re-draws tirelessly, plays with colours and brushes, and looks for subjects from dawn to dusk striving to reach a higher goal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-761078b\" data-id=\"761078b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0b818f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f0b818f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a2fb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32a2fb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Continuous Feedback &amp; One-to-One Sessions<\/b> &#8211; At Riyaaz, students give feedback to each other during group discussions. The faculty facilitates detailed discussions on the text and the visualization of illustrations. Feedback and support from the faculty is provided even during the distance period.<\/p><p><b>Field Trips<\/b> &#8211; Field trips are organised regularly to selected sites to encourage detailed observations necessary for realistic drawing. Students are encouraged to interact with their subjects before they start drawing<\/p><p><b>Professional Opportunities<\/b> &#8211; Students may be offered professional assignments during the course. The course period ends with an exhibition where students are introduced to publishers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92b4f6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92b4f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Our Partners&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/b><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/paragreads.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/logo.png\" alt=\"partner\" width=\"60px\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ektaraindia.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ektara.png\" alt=\"partner\" width=\"120px\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riyaaz: Academy for illustrators The Riyaaz Academy for Illustrators was jointly initiated by Parag initiative of Tata Trusts, Eklavya, Bhopal and illustrator Atanu Roy in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":97,"href":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9239,"href":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/9239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riyaaz.in\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}