issue was whether they were doing it right there are no rules in art we told them you decide what is right and wrong we taught them that art has no boundaries that there are different areas in art like photography they all left with the determination to do what they wanted the way they wanted without fearing what people would think he says the camp however is not the end and just the beginning say the organisers as a follow up they will be attending a second camp in april where they will actually create the works says manu jose coordinator of the event the second camp will be at the pepper house those 10 days they will make art works in the morning during the evenings they can interact with artists watch good movies etc we are also planning a professional exhibition of their works at one of the biennale venues the aim says shine is to make it a continuous process which will take place every year not just as part of the biennale and the women apparently cant wait for the camp in april says shailaja until now the only focus of the kudumbashree was eradication of poverty and selfhelp for women but now it is pushing women to the forefront in the fields of art and culture too for which we are greatly indebted after the camp we send each other whatever works we do on whatsapp i encourage them to put on canvas their thoughts and dreams this is just the beginning of our journey the first step the experience has brought them closer and has made them think about art says asha from wayanad there were six of us from wayanad and it was beyond our imagination to be at the biennale until then we hadnt given much thought to a work of art we worked with clay and lots of other materials every year we wish to make this happen and most importantly the women were happier as they left points out artist bhagyanath they all wanted to come again and all were happy when they went back art always infuses a kind of energy into your life and that energy can influence other spheres of life too