Offset Education brings symposium for musicians, educators this weekend
OffSet Education is hosting a symposium in Bengaluru to foster community among arts educators across music, theatre, and dance. The event aims to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue to improve arts education in India.
Why it matters
It highlights the growth of professional development networks for arts practitioners in India.
Ever since it began as a podcast during the pandemic, Out of the Box (OOTB) has been taking small steps to build up a community for music educators. After two seasons of the podcast, the arts education organisation OffSet Education’s founders Nush Lewis and Shanelle Rodrigues launched an online community platform in 2024.
“We engaged with the community by hosting online professional development workshops and resource pool sessions, and by doing that the community slowly started growing. By the end of 2024, we had 200 members pan-India, and have crossed 700 members as of today. This started as an experiment and we did not expect it to grow this large,” Nush says.
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