Goan art colourfully
illustrates the unity in diversity of Goan heritage.
Various art forms pertaining to different religious
beliefs and life styles have mingled into one unique
identity that has developed into Goan art.
Thus we find Hindu artists chiseling out Christian
images in villages and cities.
Goan art, developed around religious requirements,
represents this process of assimilation, interdependence
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Goa is a proud place for lovers of Christian art as it
houses Asia's first Museum of Christian Art at Rachol
Seminary in Salcete taluka. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
of Lisbon, Portugal has provided funds for the restoration
of this treasure-trove of Christian art objects.
Kala Academy
The Kala Academy of Goa, a state-sponsored
autonomous organization, was set up in 1970 to revive and
enrich the long traditions of Goan Art and Culture spanning
over 2000 years. The Academy's aims, objects and activities
are focused at preserving, fostering and developing dance,
drama, music, literature and other arts and also promoting
through them cultural unity. The Academy runs a faculty
of Theatre Art, a faculty of Indian Music and Dance and
a faculty of Western Music and Dance. It offers scholarships
to talented, promising young artists to study and flourish
in these fields.
The Academy library has a treasure of books
on Indian and Western art and culture, besides books on aesthetics,
criticism, biographies of great personalities in the field
of art and films on art and culture. In addition, terracotta
items and models of the contemporary artists have enriched
the library. Its Art Gallery is a stupendous success in showcasing
the gems of Goan art including various paintings of different
media prepared during the annual artist's camp organized by
the Academy. The library facility is extended to the staff
and students of the Academy, scholars, research workers, art
lovers, critics and artists from all over India and outside.
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