
Democratize learning
Masterclasses, peer reviews and expert talks, open to everyone at no cost.

By creatives, for creatives
A free philanthropic initiative by Tejj, where designers, artists, photographers and makers learn, collaborate and create together.

Since 2024, we have turned café tables, heritage walks and gallery halls into open classrooms. No fees. No gatekeeping. Just creatives helping creatives grow.
Creativity grows faster in company. So we built the company we wished we had.

Masterclasses, peer reviews and expert talks, open to everyone at no cost.

Cross-discipline meetups where painters meet product designers and unexpected partnerships begin.

1,200+ members across India for mentorship, feedback and project teammates.

Canvas Conversations, our e-podcast, shines a light on creators and their process.
Designers, engineers, researchers and students from these teams and campuses have joined us.


A hands-on morning of charcoal drawing at IKEA Hyderabad: bold gestures, light and shadow, and happily smudged fingers. Beginners welcome.

A free, curated summit for women building in AI: four women-led talks, a panel, and conversations that carry on after.
Also on the horizon
AI meetups, talks, photowalks and art jams. 36 and counting, all of them free.
Sep 2026No agendas, no slide decks. AI builders met the AI Sangathan collective for four live pitches from teams shipping real products.
Jul 2026A room of strangers reading The Tree in Me together, with psychologist Pranavi Gokavaram guiding the conversation.
Jul 2026Official Community Partner for a day of creators, founders and students. Connect, collaborate, create.
Jun 2026Designing the Intelligence Age with Framer: designers, builders and technologists on how AI is reshaping design.
Jun 2026Our comeback walk through Golconda’s heritage. DSLRs and phones equally welcome.
May 2026An AI and design conference with IKEA and AI Sangathan, past the hype and into the practical future of design.
May 2026A slow evening of washes and blends, guided step by step by Swathi K.
Mar 2026The first AI Sangathan sync-up: builders and thinkers from Hyderabad’s AI scene, with an open show and tell.
Feb 2026Where Manifest began: a design convergence with Framer on how creativity and AI are reshaping the craft.
Dec 2025An evening of performances, open mics and impromptu jamming.
Nov 2025Kids explored oil pastels and foam clay in a free, joyful afternoon of making.
Oct 2025A Diwali design walk and diya painting so creative that we doubled the prizes, from 6 hampers to 12.
Oct 2025A 1,000-piece puzzle built together. Less about competition, more about the bigger picture.
Sep 2025A free day of art, meditation and mindful creativity, guided by Kanha’s practitioners.
Sep 2025Designers and makers co-built the 2,000-piece LEGO Super Mario limited edition set.
Aug 2025Letters as art in Gothic, modern cursive and native Telugu scripts, ending in a zine poster session.
Aug 2025The mud-and-mirror craft of Kutch, on IKEA’s birthday, with Swathi and Hyma.
Jul 2025Our first Lippan session with Hyma, in collaboration with Chika Café and Hyd Paints.
Jun 2025A serene afternoon of mandala art with designer and artist Swathi Kirthyvasan.
2025Winding trails with Dr. Avani and team, past rocks that really do whisper.
Oct 2024Mobile photography along the lakefront, for every level.
Aug 2024Arches, the old flea market and early light on Hyderabad’s most iconic monument.
2024Strokes of colour instead of stress, painting to express rather than impress.
2024Textures of time, stories in shadows and light dancing on ancient walls.
2024Bark, leaves and rhythm. Art we did not just see, but felt.
2024Reflections, ripples and rising light between lenses and life.
AI & designTeachers from Kerala to Karnataka prototyping student-centred ideas for their classrooms.
Art & craftTiny masterpieces where every inch tells a grand story.
PhotowalksHidden courtyards, time-worn facades and the pulse of everyday life.
Culture & playSculpted stone murmuring tales of time, texture and imagination.

एआई संगठनIntelligence unified
Our AI circle
Creativee is where artists, designers and makers meet. AI Sangathan is its sister circle for builders, researchers and the AI-curious. It runs every AI-first event we host, from Coffee + Computing and Manifest to Women in AI, to spread practical AI knowledge across India. Free, like everything we do.



Builder meetup2 editionsCoffee + ComputingSunday mornings for AI builders, researchers and the curious. No slides, no agendas: live pitches from teams shipping real AI products, then conversations over coffee.Chika Café, HyderabadSee Edition II
Design × AI conference3 editionsManifestDesigning the Intelligence Age. Designers, builders and technologists on how AI is reshaping the craft, with Framer, The Garage and IKEA.Hyderabad and BengaluruSee Manifest Bengaluru
Summit, up nextFree ticketsWomen in AIA free, curated summit for women building in AI: four women-led talks, a panel and conversations that carry on long after.Hyderabad, 24 Oct 2026Book free ticketsOur way of giving artists the exposure they deserve. Painters, sculptors, calligraphers, crafters and designers sign up, and we feature them in our artist listing and across the community so more people discover their work. Free to join, always.
VijayMetaphysical artist, Hyderabad
NeethikaDigital artist, Hyderabad
Ganesh KumarPost-modern artist, Hyderabad
Rajesh BVisual artist, Hyderabad
TaheraBeaded jewellery, Hyderabad
NavakanthTelugu calligraphy, Hyderabad
MadhubabuSculptor, Hyderabad
AnjaliPaper quilling, Hyderabad
PriyaCrochet artist, Hyderabad
Anjali LResin artist, Hyderabad
SharvaniUX designer, Hyderabad
KusumaLandscape artist, Hyderabad
AadyaMixed media artist, Mumbai
Ananda Rao AVisual artist, Hyderabad
NameerModern artist, Pune
SridharContemporary artist, Warangal
VaishnaviVisual artist, Hyderabad
GayathriVisual artist, Hyderabad
SrinivasWatercolour artist, Thane
PrasannaAcrylic artist, Hyderabad
DeepikaHandcrafts, Hyderabad
AtishayVisual artist, New Delhi
JayaasriDigital artist, Hyderabad
SwapnaAcrylic and charcoal, Hyderabad
Vijaya SreeMacramé artist, New Delhi
TanujaFine artist, Hyderabad
AdityaGraphic designer, Bhubaneswar
LakhaniVisual artist, HyderabadAnd Vijay, Ganesh Kumar, Rajesh B, Tahera, Madhubabu, Anjali, Anjali L, Sharvani, Kusuma, Ananda Rao A, Nameer, Vaishnavi, Gayathri, Srinivas, Deepika, Atishay, Swapna, Vijaya Sree, Tanuja, Lakhani, with many more joining every month.
In their words
“It wasn’t a workshop, it was a reset. I left lighter, more centred and deeply grateful.”
Artists, designers and practitioners who gave their weekends to teach, for free. Every workshop here was led by one of them.