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Salima Hashmi, is an artist, curator and contemporary art historian, who taught at Lahore's National College of Arts for 31 years before working as its principal for four years. Currently Dean at the Beaconhouse National University's School of Visual Arts, she is known to promote a unique intellectual perspective among students, teaching them to appreciate nature, cultural traditions and sacredness of the crafts. She shares her insight and experience with the incoming MPhil ELM batch of 2022 at the Orientation 2019, where she talked about Art Education, and its significance. She speaks about the earlier times when artistic expression was not allowed freely, and how it covertly flourished under a strict environment. She also shares her thoughts on working in a collaborative environment while holding onto one’s own identity. According to her, learning from others and adapting different ideas and notions are imperative to personal growth.