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Art Institutions in India
In this feature Kolkata based art historian and critic Oindrilla Maity makes a survey of Indian Art Institutions where quality art education is imparted to the aspiring students.
MS University Of Baroda
Most art institutions in India have a colonial past. They were founded either during the colonial times by the Indians themselves who were chiefly reformers or by the British rulers, with an eye primarily on commercial purposes. Here is a glimpse on them and the courses they offer today
The Creative-i College is one of India's leading places for the study, practice and development of the Arts & Design.Located in Pune, Maharashtra, it provides a vibrant, innovative and accomplished environment, one focused on collaboration and community. Creative-i College has taken a creative approach in adapting to the winds of change in university education, leading to an intellectual adventure. The faculty, facilities and technology help them acquire valuable job skills as well as increase their knowledge, analytical skills, and expand their imagination to meet the challenges of a global community.
The college offers Bachelor's Degree Courses in: Product Design (Industrial Design), Fine Arts (Painting), Applied Arts (Commercial Art), Digital Arts (Multimedia & Animation), Mass Communication (Print / Electronic), Fashion Design, Interior Design, Performing Arts (Dance / Drama / Music)
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College of Creative Arts Ganga Dham Comm.
Website: http://www.creativei.info/
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Ever since its inception, the Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, has progressed by leaps and bounds. Affiliated to the Guru Nanak Dev University, it was established in 1975 under the aegis of Apeejay Education Society, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Seth Satya Paul Ji. Primarily set with the objective of promoting the art and culture of India, the college now offers courses in Management, Commerce, Multi-media, Information Technology, Computer Science and Design.
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Apeejay College Of Fine Arts, (Guru Nanak Dev University) Jalandhar,Punjab
The idea of establishing a University at Baroda had engaged the attention of the Government of the former State of Baroda and its educational advisers long before the question of regional universities and decentralisation, reorganisation and reconditioning of higher education to suit the cultural educational needs of particular areas had taken root in the country. The concept was first visualized by Dr. Jackson, when, as Principal of the Baroda College in the 1908, he advocated the establishment of a Science Institute at Baroda on an improved and independent basis. It was a consistent policy of the Government of Baroda to subject its educational system to periodical inquiries of a searching nature by educational experts of international fame additional chairs in new branches of knowledge.
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Faculty Of Fine Arts, MS University Of Baroda,
Baroda
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BFA in Painting
Duration: 4 year Eligibility: Higher secondary exam of the Gujarat state
Diploma in Painting
Duration: 2 year Eligibility: Intermediate
The Indian College of Arts & Draftsmanship is one of the oldest surviving art institutions in India. Formerly known as Indian Art School, it was established in 1893 by the late Babu Monmathanath., He was associated with the national Education movement of 1905 that was mobilized in view of the Partition of Bengal. The college inherits such glorious historical background. Monmathanath secured endowments and liberal partronage from the then Indian native states as well as the Corporation of Kolkata . The School also received benevolent support from the public. In 1966 the institution was granted affiliation by the Rabindra Bharati University. From 1996 onwards the university introduced degree course.
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Course(s) Offered: 4 years integrated bachelors degree course with affiliation to the Rabindra Bharati University.
Kala Bhavana, the department of visual arts in the Visva Bharati university, is well-known as a distinguished centre for Visual Art practice and research in India. The institute that gave the Indian culture modernist ideas initiated by Rabindranath Tagore,who founded it. This legacy was carried forward by the by the pioneers of modern art in India, such as Nandalal Bose, Benodebehari Mukhopadhyay, Ramkinkar Baij and their contemporaries.At present several eminent artists and scholars attached to Kala Bhavana have been keeping the tradition alive by their personal visual experience, fresh exposure and openness for experiment. It offers Under-graduate course, leading to Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Art , (Print-making), Design and History of Art, Diploma course leading to Diploma in Fine Art in Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Art and Design; Post-graduate course leading to Master of Fine Art degree in Painting (Painting/Mural), Sculpture, Printmaking, Design (Textile/Ceramic) and History of Art; Advance-Diploma course leading to Advance-Diploma in Painting Painting/Mural), Sculpture, Printmaking and Design (Textile/ Ceramic); One year Bridge course in History of Art; Certificate Course in Design; Foreign Casual Course in Indian Art.
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Kala Bhawan, College of Fine Arts & Craft,
P.O Santiniketan, Distt. Birbhum, West
At its inception during1962, the Rabindra Bharati University, in Kolkata occupied the former home of Rabindranath Tagore. While two of the three faculties of the University, those of Fine Arts and Visual Arts, are still located there, when the Faculty of Arts was founded in 1976, it was located on a new campus at 56A, B. T. Road, Kolkata-50. The new campus was on the grounds of the "Emerald Bower," a mansion built by Harakumar Tagore, the poet's uncle. The mansion and its perfectly manicured gardens later acquired by the Government of West Bengal, became a complex of academic institutions among which this University has the central and larger share. The main administrative office is housed at the Emerald Bower Campus. The Rabindra Bharati Act, 1981, reconstituted the university in 1981.
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Rabindra Bharati University,
The Banaras Hindu University is an internationally acclaimed institution, founded by the nationalist leader, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, in1916 with Dr Annie Besant, as the University of India. It played a stellar role in the independence movement and has developed into the greatest center of learning in India. It has produced numerous freedom fighters and has immensely contributed to the progress of the nation through a large number of renowned scholars, artists, scientists and technologists. The Air Field of the campus was started for military training for flying during the Second World War.
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Course(s) Offered: B.A Painting
Duration: 3 years Eligibility: Intermediate exam with 45% marks in aggregate of Board of High School & Intermediate Education, UP Allahabad or its equivalent
BFA in Painting
Duration: 4 year Eligibility: Inter exam with 45% marks in aggregate Candidate must have passed the Entrance test
MFA in Painting
Duration: 2 year Eligibility: BFA and viva test
The Sir J. J. School of Art has existed since was originally started with donation from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy in 1857. And has imparted quality education of fine arts in India for over one and a half century. In 1935 the JJ School of Art started a new department, called the Commercial Art Section (CAS), with an objective to impart all of the necessary training in art to its students, but with an eye to exploit this training for commercial purposes. A direct contribution of this section was to aid the war-process for the government by designing its propaganda and public awareness posters. As a consequence, the government finally decided to scrap its idea of shutting down the institution. The students trained at the CAS soon found that they had a considerable demand from the commercial industries of Mumbai (then Bombay), to design publicity material for selling their products and services. Also, the fledgling advertising industry lapped up talent from the CAS, creating a set of people who would end up being counted amongst the fathers of Indian advertising.
An ornate metal plaque at the entrance of this house proclaims, "Rudyard Kipling, son of Lockwood Kipling, first principal of Sir JJ School of Art, was born here on 30.12.1865." It offers degree courses in Bachelors and masters in fine arts, architecture along with two PG courses and government diploma in commercial art.
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Programmes offered by college are B. Arch, BFA and other design Courses. The details of courses can be had from the office
The following are a few other significant ones:
College of Art, New Delhi
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The four years full time Degree Course is divided into two parts
a] A one year Foundation Course is common to all students.
b] A three year Specialisation Course in Painting ,Sculpture and Applied Art
These courses provide intensive and advance training in theory and practice.
The total number of seats in the Foundation course is 108 available to the three specialisation as under:-
Painting 30 seats
Sculpture 10 seats
Applied Art 60 seats
Deaf & Dumb 3 seats
Foreign Nationals 5 seats
There will be entrance examination in the month of June on two subjects [a] General Knowledge related to Art & Culture of India [b] Creative Test. The Final selection is based on merit.
Jamia Milia Islamia University
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The University Offers the same course as offered by the College of Art, New Delhi. The Entrance test pattern is the same as conducted by the College Art, New Delhi. The entrance test is held in June.
The Sambalpur University Act was passed by the Orissa Legislature on 10th December, 1966 to fulfill long cherished dream of the people of Western Orissa for establishment of a University.
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Course(s) Offered: B.A (Visual Art / Music / Dance & Drama)
Duration: 5 years Eligibility: Matric
University Of Jammu, Jammu (Tawi)
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Course(s) Offered:
BFA in Painting
Duration: 3 year Eligibility: Preparatory course of the University or its equivalent
BFA in Sculpture
Duration: 3 year Eligibility: Preparatory course of the University or its equivalent
Govt. College Of Music & Fine Arts, Srinagar
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Govt. College Of Music & Fine Arts, Jawaharnagar, Srinagar
(E-Mail Address Not Available)
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University Of Rajasthan, Jaipur
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Course(s) Offered: BFA in Painting
Duration: 4 years Eligibility: 12 year Sr. Sec. exam with 45% marks
BFA in Sculpture
Duration: 4 year Eligibility: 12 year Sr. Sec. exam with 45% marks
College Of Arts & Craft, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
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College Of Arts & Crafts, Chennai
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BFA in Painting
Duration: 5 years, Eligibility: 10+2
College Of Fine Arts, Mysore
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Berhampur University, Orissa
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Course(s) Offered:
BFA in Painting
Course in Oil Painting & Indian Painting Duration: 5 year Eligibility: HSC exam of Board of Secondary Education Orissa or its equivalent
BFA in Sculpture
Duration: 5 year Eligibility: HSC exam of Board of Secondary Education, Orissa or its equivalent
The other important art institutions are
- BK College of Art, Orissa
- SN School of Art, Hyderabad,
- Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore,
- CAVA, Mysore
- Trivandrum Fine Arts College
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Kerala, Fine Arts College, Mavelikkara
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Fine Arts College, Trissur
- RLV Fine Arts College, Trippoonithura.
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