TIAW 2010 was held from 13th to 25th September 2010 in Colombo. There were 18 Sri Lankan and international artists participating in the workshop this year.

Participating international artists wereImran Hussain Piplu - Bangladesh, Khanyisile Mbongwa - South Africa, Lisa Tagesson - Sweden, Nirmala Karuppiah - Malaysia,Smitha Cariappa - India, Sunil Sigdel – Nepal. Sri Lanka artists included Bandu Manamperi, Janananda Laksiri, Lalith Manage, Lakisha Fernando, Menika Vanderpootan, Nishantha Hettiarachchi, Pushpakumara Koralagedara, Pradeep Chandrasiri, Pradeep Thalawattha, Prasanna Ranabahu, Thisath Thoradeniya.

The main activity were centered around the area of the 'Warehouse Project', Block 26,Tripoli road, Maradana,  in the old warehouse area where the food granaries used to be. Most populated and highly commercial district with many clusters of low income groups live hidden behind the large commercial building it offered the artists a different look from the general perception of Sri Lanka as the exotic land.

On the 25^th Septemeber, the last day of the workshop, an exhibition opened where the public was invited to view. The workshop process also included a theatrical performance by Jahuta, a theatre/ musical group which popularly performs in village melas and religious festival to entertain the public.  The opening of the exhibition also included number of perfomances by Bandu Manamperi, Smitha Cariappa, Khanyisile Mbongwa and Lisa Tagesson.

One of the main objectives of this project is to provide a forum for interface between different art forms and to work responding to local situation/ environment. This year, the theme of workshop will be ‘Urban Landscapes and Human Geographies’ which allowed the artists to explore the city of Colombo and its socio-cultural characteristics as an art exercise.

The International Artists Workshop 2010 was sponsored by Arts Collaboratory (Hivos/ Stichtling-Doen/ Mondrian Foundation) and Ford Foundation.  The local partners were 'Warehouse project'.