INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
LALIT KALA AKADEMI
- To promote and propagate understanding of India art, both within and outside the country, the Government of India established Lalit Kala Akademi (National Akademi of Arts) at New Delhi on 5 August, 1954.
- The Akademi has regional centres called Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendras at Lucknow, Kolkata, chennai, Garhi in New Delhi, Shimla and Bhubaneswar with workshop facilities in painting, sculpture, print-making and ceramics.
- Akademi has been organising national exhibition of contemporary Indian art with 15 national awards, each of Rs. 50,000.
- Once in every three years, the Akademi also organises Triennial India, an International exhibition of contemporary art in New Delhi.
- Since 1955, the Akademi has organised 52 National Exhibitions of Art and has presented the National Award to 545 artishts.
- The Akademi honour eminent artists and art historiens every year by electing them as Fellows of the Akademi.
- To propagate Indian art outside, the Akademi regularly participates in Internation Biennials and Triennials abroad and also organises exhibitions of works of art from other countries.
- To foster contacts with artists from outside, it sponsors exchange or artists with other countries uner the various Cultural Exchange Programmes and Agreements of the Government.
- The Lalit Kala Akademi accords recognition to art institutions / associations and extends financial assistance to these bodies ade well as State Academies.
- It also gives scholarships to deserving yound artists belonging to its regional centres.
- The Akademi brings out monographs on the works of Indian contemporary artists in Hindi and English and books on contemporary, traditional, folk and tribal arts authored by eminent writers and art critics, biannual art journals, lalit Kala Contemporary (English), Lalit Kala Ancient (English) and Samakaleen kala (Hindi).
- Apart from these, it brings out large size multicolour reproductions of contemporary paintings and graphics from time to time The Akademi has started a regular programme on research and documentation.
- Scholars are given financial assistance to undertake projects on various contemporary aspects of Indian society and culture.
- The Lalit Kala Akademi celebrated its Foundation Day in collaboration with Dhrupad Kendra, Ustad Alauddin Khan Academi, Bhopal, classical music performance, Exhibition cum workshop titled 'Ragas on Canvas' and a talk by Shri Om Prakash Sharma, were organised on this occasion in August, 2013.