about
The Art Outreach Society (TAOS) is an award-winning non-profit
organisation
incorporated in 2016 with the aim of promoting
the arts and providing a
platform for art education, mental
health and community building.
We work toward social and individual change through creativity and
the arts.
Using innovative methodology, we are helping revolutionize art
education
across the country through various projects and have worked with
over 600
women and 500 children.
And we’re just getting started!
mission
Promote and develop artistic practices to provide
multidimensional dialogues between society and artists.
Facilitate physical, mental, and emotional healing through art.
Drive societal change through art and culture, art education.
ongoing
projects
Curated by Tanya Abraham
December 11th 2022 - March 31st 2023
' A Place at the Table '
Satellite Exhibition at Kochi - Muziris Biennale 2022
Curated by Tanya Abraham
December 11th 2022 - March 31st 2023
' who put out the fire? '
Public Participatory Project
I Hear the Echo
Sound Art Project
Hiral Bhagat
I Hear the Echo,
Calligraphy, Ink on paper
upcoming
projects
Collaboration with Education Department, Government of Kerala
supporters
Polytechnic Institute of Milan, Italy
Parsons School of
Design, New York
Christ University, Bangalore
St Teresa’s College, Kochi
Sacred Heart College, Kochi
International School of Brooklyn, New York
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), India
National Institute of Design (NID), India
WICCI IndiaKashi Art Gallery, Fort Kochi
District Prison, Kakkanad
Kerala Startup Mission
Street Heroes of India (SOI), Spain
Centre for Constitutional Rights Research and Advocacy
International school of Brooklyn
Symbiosis, Pune
Flame, Pune
Global Public School, Kochi
French International School, Mumbai
Kochi Muziris Biennale Foundation
Department of Education, Govt of Kerala
Corporation of Cochin (C-HED)
awards
2019
Social Innovator Award
presented to TAOS Founder Tanya Abraham
“e unnathi”, Women’s Conclave
2018
Iconic Women Creating
Change Award
presented to TAOS Founder Tanya Abraham
World Economic Forum, Birmingham, UK
2017
NGO Leadership Award
presented to TAOS 2017presented to TAOS
World CSR Day
Tanya Abraham
testimonials
“The art therapy workshop by Edmundo Santos helped me to let go of
thoughts which no longer served
me, to connect with people more compassionately and with less
judgement and more
understanding, to feel grateful for abundance I possess and to
forgive those
whom I feel have wronged me. It also helped me forgive, appreciate
and
love myself more. At the end of the workshop, I could see clearly
a promising future unfolding before me.”
Gayathri Jayan,
Chartered Accountant
“I witnessed great improvements in a special needs child’s
abilities
at Amaravathy School. Working with art has shown us change can
happen.”
Kavitha George
Volunteer and Lead , Amaravathy School
“The students were a little nervous in the beginning, it was the
time
for them with art. But the mentors friendly approach and manner
of getting them to understand and express themselves through
art, changed the scenario.”
Johnson, Coordinator,
St. Joseph’s LP School Kumbalangi
“There is a marked improvement in the drawing abilities and
general
performance of the children. By understanding the concepts of
colours,
they are able to visualise poems and other concepts at school
easier
and put them down on paper.”
Rosalind Shermy S
Teacher, Amaravathy School, Fort Kochi