National College of Arts Lahore
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| Established | 1872 |
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| Type | State |
| Staff | ??? |
| Undergraduates | ??? |
| Postgraduates | ??? |
| Location | Lahore , Pakistan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.nca.edu.pk |
National College of Arts Lahore , usually referred to by its acronym NCA, is a famous old College in Lahore, Pakistan.
Like all old institutions, the National College of Arts, has a historical tradition. Much of its present tone was set long ago when it was known as the Mayo School of Arts. Gazetteers written about the city of Lahore in 1915 describe the work being done at the school as one of the cultural highlights of the urban center.
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[edit] History
The Mayo School of Industrial Art was set up to commemorate Lord Mayo, the British Viceroy to India. A teacher of painting and sculpture Lockwood Kipling, working then in Bombay in a Parsi School, was appointed its first Principal parallel to his charge of the Curator of the Lahore Museum. The Museum and the School were conceived together.
In 1958, the school was upgraded by the then West Pakistan Government into the National College of Arts. In 1963, the Government recognized the College as a premier arts institution in Pakistan, was taken away from the Department of Industries and placed under the Education Department with its own Board of Governors. The new policy in 1972 further recognized the achievements of the college and planned its development into a center of Excellence in the Visual Arts. A high-powered Board of Governors was constituted to ensure a measure of autonomy under the Federal Ministry of Education.
In 1985, through an ordinance the college has been granted the status of an autonomous degree awarding institution and now awards Bachelor Degrees in Fine Arts, Design and Architecture. The ordinance also empowers the institution to institute postgraduate programmes in the field of Visual Arts.
[edit] Organization
- Department of Fine Arts
- Department of Communication Design
- Department of Ceramics Design
- Department of Product Design
- Department of Textile Design
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Musicology
- Department of Film and Television
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