An event featuring presentations by photojournalist Uma Bista on ‘Women and Religion’ and by artist/teacher Kailash Shrestha on his experiences with last year’s Rivers of the World workshop is slated to take place at Photo.Circle, Arun Thapa Chowk, Jhamsikhel, on Thursday. 

Created globally in partnership with the Thames River Trust, the River’s of the World programme had included 6 partner schools from Nepal.  Shrestha had been part of last year’s programme where he led workshops for school children, which culminated in six unique works that were exhibited alongside works by UK schoolchildren along the bank of the Thames River in London.

The Rivers of the World is a two-year long international art and education programme that aims to connect students around the globe to their local river through environmental, economic and cultural learning themes. By working under an artist or designer, the children learn and gather ideas that are channelled into drawings, paintings, photographs and other visual media. The artwork is then curated and exhibited in partner schools outside the UK and along the River Thames walkway in September as part of the Totally Thames festival.

Since its inception in 2005, the Rivers of the World project has taken part in 28 countries around the world including Egypt, Turkey, China, Hungary, Thailand, Brazil, Indonesia, France, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, South Korea, India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Argentina, Nepal, USA, Pakistan, Taiwan, and across the UK in London, Hull and Reading.

During the event, the organisers, British Council, in association with Photo.Circle and Artudio, will be awarding an artist grant to Bista in support of her work exploring relations between women and water sources in the country.

The event will start at 5pm on Thursday, March 29.