CIRS Art Attack

From the art room to the wall

Made by Hand.

Painting, drawing, craft and the things made for the school’s stage.

Two cupped hands in rainbow colours on black

Four students bent over a pale blue clay pot, painting a band of pink and orange with fine brushes — Painting pots for Pongal, January 2025

The artwork wall

On the Wall.

279 works by CIRS students, printed in the Creative Corner of The Crossroads, the school’s magazine, across 32 issues. Each carries the credit it was printed with.

The Buddha's face with closed eyes, beside pink lotuses on a glowing orange ground — Vanshika MundadaIssue 04

Two views of a harbour town in flat bright colours, side by side — Naitik A.Grade IX · Issue 08

A Kathakali face in green beneath a tall ornamented crown — P. V. SatvikaGrade VIII · Issue 15

A dark tree silhouetted against a gradient from turquoise to orange, under a white moon — Arth AgarwalGrade VI · Issue 10

A cottage by a golden lake beneath trees and a glowing sky — M. Siddarth and Abhinav R.Grade VII · Issue 14

Ashmi A.Grade IX · Issue 31

Two cranes silhouetted before a sun setting into an orange lake — Vyan G.Grade VII · Issue 22

Butterflies over pink and blue washes, with an orange fruit below — Aryaman BansalGrade 7-C · Issue 05

Pale orange flowers opening among dark green leaves — Aryaman BansalGrade VI · Issue 06

Pink roses in a striped pink and blue vase on a yellow ground — Ayush G.Grade VIII · Issue 21

A small figure with raised arms on a hill beneath a rainbow — Kartik JainGrade VI · Issue 10

A heron silhouetted against an orange sun on a red sky — Aarush K.Grade V · Issue 22

A patterned bowl with the sun rising from it in yellow petals, on a pink wash — Devanshi NavinGrade VIII · Issue 30

A Kathakali face in green, red and yellow — Ridhima JainGrade X · Issue 11

Two figures in a boat silhouetted against a full moon over blue water — Ronav A.Grade VI · Issue 19

A pink lotus and a ladybird on a leaf beneath a swirling blue moon — Pirai S.Grade VII · Issue 18

A forest of slender trunks in red and orange light — Vedant A.Grade VIII · Issue 32

Radha and Krishna, faces close, in rich colours — Lokk VishwavedaGrade XI · Issue 26

A woman's face framed by red and blue flowers, on yellow — Gnanada M.Grade V · Issue 15

A stag silhouetted on a cliff against a pink sky and white moon — Yuvraj T.Grade VIII · Issue 21

A sunset in red and orange over dark blue water — Ananya AgrawalGrade XI Sci. · Issue 13

A mushroom house beneath a tree and tall pink flowers — Videhi S.Grade V · Issue 28

A woman's face behind a large butterfly, in streaks of blue, pink and yellow — Prisha BhartiaGrade X · Issue 11

A crowded doodle of buildings, a globe, a trophy and cartoon shapes in bright colours — Rayan SindolIssue 03

The whole collection

Issue

A road running to the horizon beside the sea, in coloured pencil — Trisha V.Grade VII · Issue 32

Krishna's face with a flute, in charcoal — Kabir KediaGrade VII · Issue 32

A dog's face surrounded by flowers, in bright felt-tip strokes — Tarushi AgarwalGrade XII · Issue 32

A shape filled with zentangle patterns in black and white — Anaira BhageriaGrade VI · Issue 32

A telephone box before a clock tower and buildings, in pencil — Radhya KediaGrade IX · Issue 32

Lord Rama in blue with his bow, against blue shapes — Pirai SoodanGrade IX · Issue 31

An anime swordsman in a patchwork robe, leaping — J. NidharshanGrade IX · Issue 31

A lighthouse with a spiral stair, in fine black ink — Pranitha K.Grade VIII · Issue 31

A trident with the Om symbol, in black pattern — Adira ChellamGrade IX · Issue 31

The Joker in sketchy black line on cream paper — T MuhilGrade XI · Issue 30

Three green fruits on a skewer on a purple ground — EkalavyaGrade IX · Issue 30

The child Krishna with a peacock feather, in pencil on pink paper — Tarushi AgarwalGrade XII · Issue 30

A cartoon boy with curly hair and a pencil behind each ear, in a white shirt — Anushka ModiGrade XII · Issue 30

A white cat's face close up, one eye green and one blue, in watercolour — Hasti AgheraGrade XI · Issue 29

An anime boy with earrings, laughing, in grey — Yuvika A.Grade VIII · Issue 28

Photograph of a motorcycle made of rolled newspaper, on a red floor — Aarush A., Vihaan S., Arjun B., Madhav RD, Shiv A. and Siddham S.Grade VI · Issue 28

Birds and flowers in bright folk patterns inside an arch — P. Adira ChellamGrade VIII · Issue 28

A blue rosebud on a long stem — Kriti F.Grade VII · Issue 28

An anime swordsman with green hair and a scar, in green and orange — Nirvikalp N.Grade VIII · Issue 28

A diamond of dense black-and-white patterns — Aradhya E. S.Grade VIII · Issue 28

A grinning anime boy in a straw hat and red jacket — Naitik M.Grade VII · Issue 28

A winged dragon in grey line — Raam B.Grade V · Issue 28

Two cartoon children among sports gear and posters, in pencil — LokhithjGrade X · Issue 27

An anime face with white hair, a hand at the cheek, in fine black line — S. RitheshGrade VIII · Issue 27

A hummingbird in flight, in grey — Shaurya B.Grade XI · Issue 27

A shopfront with an awning, crowded with potted plants — Ashmi A.Grade VIII · Issue 27

An anime fighter in green and black lunging forward — PiraisoodanGrade VIII · Issue 27

An anime swordsman in yellow striking among orange triangles — GarvitGrade IX · Issue 27

A footballer volleying a ball, in black line with blue — HardikGrade VII · Issue 27

An anime girl with pink and green hair before a pink heart and Japanese characters — Govardhan PMGrade VII · Issue 27

Names and classes are given as the magazine printed them, and the class is the one the student was in at the time. Where the magazine printed no name, none is given here.

Palm trees and a heron silhouetted against a sunset — Vyan GoyalGrade VI · Issue 10

Rama and Sita embracing, against orange and green hills — Pirai S.Grade VII · Issue 20

Four small squares: moonlit branches and silhouettes in pink, blue, red and green — VishwasIssue 02

Dark peaks and bare trees reflected in water under an orange and pink sky — Yug DidwaniaGrade VI · Issue 10

A bright flower on a ground of purple and pink shapes — Vivaan R.Grade VII · Issue 10

A woman with long red braids and gold earrings, in strong colour — Rayan S.Grade X · Issue 08

A fried egg on toast with chillies and herbs — Arth A.Grade VII · Issue 22

A stag silhouetted on a hilltop against orange mountains at sunset — Yuvraj T.Grade IX · Issue 25

A round mandala in blues, purples and pinks — Aradhya E. S.Grade IX · Issue 31

A slice of strawberry cake dripping with pink icing — Devansh S.Grade VII · Issue 21

A patterned owl in rainbow colours on a branch among green leaves — Aran and Aarush S.Issue 06

A woman with long auburn hair and green eyes, on yellow — Aashi K.Grade IX · Issue 17

A rocket lifting off against the colours of the Indian flag — Garvit S.Grade VII · Issue 12

Black branches against an orange and yellow sky — Naman T.Grade VI · Issue 19

Inside the art room

How the Work Gets Made.

Art here is not an afternoon apart from the rest of school life. It is on the floor of the art room with a banner half-painted, on the tables of an exhibition being read by the students who made it, and in the masks and sets that end up under the stage lights.

Students seated on the floor around sheets of paper, painting and drawing — Working on the floor

Painting & drawing

The largest pieces are made on the floor, where there is room for them: banners, backdrops and collaborative paintings worked on by several students at once.

Craft & handwork

Craft is taught alongside painting — work made by hand, finished with care, and put out on the table for the school to see.

A student arranging handmade craft pieces on a display table — Handwork, on display

Folded paper stars, birds and boxes pinned on a white cloth above a table of paper forms — Folded paper, pinned up for Fine Arts Week 2026

Close view of a table covered with folded and cut paper pieces — Paper craft on the tables, Fine Arts Week 2026

A teacher and students at a long table, working on a purple banner with yellow lettering — Painting the banner

Made together

Some work is too large for one pair of hands. A banner is laid out along a table and worked on from both sides; a clay pot passes between several students, each taking a band of it.

One pot, several hands

The same pot, a few moments apart.

Two frames from the same sitting, painting pots for Pongal in January 2025: one pot, and several pairs of hands working around it, taking the brush in turn.

Four students seated on newspaper around a red clay pot painted with green leaves and white dots, one holding a small pink pot and a brush — Painting pots for Pongal, January 2025

The same red pot a moment later, a student leaning in to paint along its rim — The same pot, a few moments on

A house activity

Wall Magazines.

An annual artistic highlight at CIRS, the Wall Magazines bring each house together around the students who make them. Vivid colours, striking art, intricate detailing and bold quotes only begin to describe their place in school life.

Annual: a house activity and artistic highlight
Weeks: spent in painstaking strokes
Entire house: rallies around its artists
Every detail: every line, point and hue brought to life

Students holding up white masks they have made — Masks, made for the stage

Made for the stage

From the Art Room to the Stage.

Some of the art room’s work is made to be performed: masks, props and pieces of set that leave the studio for the school’s stage. The students here are holding up masks they made.

We have not yet matched them to photographs of the same masks in performance, so they are shown here on their own, with the people who made them.

CIRS Theatre

The exhibition

Work on Display.

Finished work is put up for the school to see, and the students who made it stand beside it to talk visitors through it. Where the school’s records name the exhibition and its date, the caption does too.

A student gestures towards framed photographs on a display wall as younger students listen — A student talks younger visitors through the work

Students reading work laid out on tables at an exhibition — The exhibition, being read

A display wall of drawings and paintings, with an easel holding a drawing on book pages, a relief torso and a boxed model on plinths — IB Visual Arts exhibition, April 2024

A model room seen through wooden bars, its walls covered in small pictures — IB Visual Arts exhibition, April 2024

Students gathered around a long table of small clay figures, one pointing — Students at a table of clay figures

Leaves and a patterned flower over blocks of pastel colour — Aarush K.Grade VI · Issue 28

An arched bridge over a pink stream, framed by blue and green foliage — Ananya A.Grade 10-C · Issue 05

A single orange pumpkin on a green ground — AryaGrade VII · Issue 08

Lord Rama in blue drawing his bow — GovardhanGrade VI · Issue 24

Orange flowers on dark stems with green leaves — Kanushree A.Grade IX · Issue 15

Lord Rama in blue holding a squirrel on his palm — Pirai SoodanGrade VII · Issue 16

A many-armed blue deity standing on the globe — Shwet G.Grade IX · Issue 20

A face painted half in one tradition and half in another, with a feathered headdress — Issue 07

A close net of green squares outlined in black — Mithra A.Grade V · Issue 21

A large eye over the globe among lotuses and symbols, titled "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" — Issue 07

Nishitha P.Grade VI · Issue 11

Lord Ganesha seated, in orange, pink and yellow — Aarush K.Grade VI · Issue 27

A grinning camel on pink dunes beneath a black sun — PranithaGrade VI · Issue 21

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