Save the Stripes !

Second Edition

Ranthambhore International Art Camp

It has been a year since Jaipur Art Summit's team stepped into the beautiful, extravagant reserve that is one of the prime tiger habitats of the country - Ranthambore National Park. We always been awed by the magnificence of the tiger and its habitat, we truly understood it after visiting this park.

At Ranthambore National Park, we have seen the untiring efforts of the forest staff in the conservation and protection of what is undisputedly the biggest gift from nature to us - the forests and all that they shelter. The contribution of these people is indeed noble, and is hardly recognized by the general public. Our heart goes out to these unsung heroes who patrol the jungles and guard the natural heritage of our nation.

The sad testimony to the need for such management and dedication is in the fact that it has taken us only a century to go from fifty thousand tigers in the wild to less than two thousand. It is also more critical now than ever to conserve and protect our forests, with the looming threats of climate change and the multiplicity of its effects, as also the worsening quality of the environment that we live in, where most of the people on our planet are exposed to some form of pollution or the other.

It is now essential to conserve this species along with its habitat for the very sustenance of human kind and life as we know it. It is not only for the earth that we need to conserve our forests and its wild inhabitants, but for our own sake as well. We are but a speck of dust in the larger scale of things. For the earth to continue having suitable conditions for our survival, we must act now. If we want our children to be able to marvel at the magnificence of this beautiful planet, we must act now.

If we want nature to be our ally in the fight for survival, we must act now. This is the point that the populace and its leaders need to understand before it is too late. To achieve our goal of conserving this iconic species (and ourselves in the process), we are working towards better wildlife management policies, building partnerships with local communities and promoting awareness.

Here at Ranthambore National Park, with the little experience we have, we can't even say that we understand the term conservation completely, but we are inspired enough to dedicate ourselves with a 24 artists to create live canvas painting to 'Save the Stripes'.

We owe this profound passion to the magic of the natural world and the surreal majestic tiger that calls it home and we are going to meet so many tigers not only in the forest but also during the live painting camp on 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 July 2025 at Ranthambore.

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