Write notes on Lalit Kala Academy.
The major objectives of the academy are:
- The Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Art is India's National Academy of Fine Arts.
- It is an autonomous organisation, established in New Delhi on 5th August, 1954, by the Minister for Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The youngest of three Academies founded by the Government of India, the Lalit Kala Akademi was established to direct its focus on activities in the field of visual arts.
- It has its headquarters at Ravindra Bhawan, New Delhi and has regional centres at Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Garhi (Delhi), Kolkata, Lucknow and Shimla. It is funded by the Union Minister of Culture.
The major objectives of the academy are:
- To encourage and promote study and research in the field of creative arts such as painting, sculpture, graphics. etc.
- To encourage and coordinate the activities of the regional art organisations and State Lalit Kala Akademies.
- To promote cooperation among artists and art associations and development of such associations.
- To encourage the establishment of other Regional Art Centres in the country.
- To foster cultural contact within the country and also with other countries, through art exhibition, exchange of personal act objects and also provides scholarships.
- To promote study, research and survey of folk, tribal and traditional arts and crafts techniques and sponsoring them.