Master visual arts at Kalakshetra
Painting, sculpting, ceramics, photography and heritage — Kalakshetra Foundation’s Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts is offering one-year certificate and four-year diploma courses that encompass all these subjects and provides a holistic view of the visual arts.
The four-year course with eight semesters, for which applications are now open, will deal with subjects like Indian art, academic studies, sculpture, computer and photography and so on. “When students finish this course, they understand art in all its spheres. They are not blind to one or ignorant of the other. This helps them mix and match and evolve as an artist,” says Priyadarshin Govind, director, Kalakshetra Foundation.
The one-year certificate course concentrates on Indian art, academic studies, sculpture, ceramics and printmaking. Students who wish to shift to a four-year diploma on completing the short course have the option of doing so. “The course has been there for a while but the old one was fluid. Now, we have added more theory and other dimensions, making it intense and heavy. The students, at the end of the course, are well qualified,” says Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, head of the visual arts department.
Rm. Palaniappan, who helped form the new syllabus with Lakshmi, says the finetuning of the syllabus was done to match the contemporary ways of the world. “We incorporated Indian aesthetics into the course. Also, people don’t learn painting or sculpture separately. Everything is integrated into it. We also have subjects that address theatre like stage and jewellery design,” he explains.
To apply for the course, you can drop a mail at registrar@kalakshetra.in or call 24520836.
The four-year course with eight semesters, for which applications are now open, will deal with subjects like Indian art, academic studies, sculpture, computer and photography and so on. “When students finish this course, they understand art in all its spheres. They are not blind to one or ignorant of the other. This helps them mix and match and evolve as an artist,” says Priyadarshin Govind, director, Kalakshetra Foundation.
The one-year certificate course concentrates on Indian art, academic studies, sculpture, ceramics and printmaking. Students who wish to shift to a four-year diploma on completing the short course have the option of doing so. “The course has been there for a while but the old one was fluid. Now, we have added more theory and other dimensions, making it intense and heavy. The students, at the end of the course, are well qualified,” says Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, head of the visual arts department.
Rm. Palaniappan, who helped form the new syllabus with Lakshmi, says the finetuning of the syllabus was done to match the contemporary ways of the world. “We incorporated Indian aesthetics into the course. Also, people don’t learn painting or sculpture separately. Everything is integrated into it. We also have subjects that address theatre like stage and jewellery design,” he explains.
To apply for the course, you can drop a mail at registrar@kalakshetra.in or call 24520836.
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