We began our Teaching Fellowship Program began on 20 February 2021 with the aim to expand our pool of teachers & facilitators. We’re excited to have diverse candidates hailing from Coimbatore, Pune, New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Trichur, and Gangtok on board with us, with all of them having a shared interest in visual arts, photography, and teaching.

This program will equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and community to become more effective, collaborative agents of change in the educational sector.

Each fellow will be provided with the opportunity to develop core concepts such as:

1. Visual vocabulary
2. Fundamentals of photography (such as exposure, composition, and light)
3. Technical knowledge and digital post-processing
4. Storytelling
5. Soft skills needed to conduct classes and inspire creativity

I. Application and Selection Process

A. Eligibility: Who can apply?

Someone who has the desire to take time out of their schedule to teach and educate children

Someone who is committed to engaging with the CPB Fellowship program and supplement your income through our engagements

Someone who is able to network and expand the vision of the fellowship through the adoption of new partner institutions through the promotion of the after school program.

B. Application

Your application will help us understand your eligibility, experiences, your motivations and desire to be a part of this workshop and why you would want to learn to become an educator and possible fellow.

After a review of your application by our experienced panel of curators, you will be invited to share your story over an online call to complete your application process of selection along with an essay of submission for us to understand your motives and ambitions. .

Once selected you will be provided with all the details of the workshop and preparative work needed for the course.

C. Participation

All selected candidates will have attend four days of training: Jan 9-10 and Jan 22-23

D. Completion

Participation certificates will be provided to all who have completed the workshop.

To receive the completion certificate participants are required to attend all sessions and provide an end of a course assignment that will be evaluated

Only when all requirements have been met, will a participant be eligible for a possible fellowship.

II. Cost of Workshop:

From all the applications submitted, the ten most suited participants will be chosen. The workshop is free of cost for all selected participants.

III. Batch size

No more than 10 participants will be selected for the workshop from all submitted applications

IV. Immediate Benefits

At the end of the workshop and after an internal review and assessment of your engagement, skills, and desires to teach, CPM Prism will open its network to you and if selected to become a fellow, you will be offered a career path into the world of photo education.

V. Commitment

A requirement/agreement of part-time engagement and commitment will be needed from the fellow for a minimum of 1 year with the selected institution to retain the title of fellow.