National College of Arts

National College of Arts
قومی کالج هنر
Motto کسب کمال کُن کہ عزیز جہان شوی
Kasb-e-kamal kun ke Aziz-e-Jahan shavi
Motto in English
 Seek excellence in your work, so you can be admired by the world
Type Public art school
Established 1875 (as Mayo College of Arts)
Principal Murtaza Jafri
Academic staff
 70
Students 1200
Location Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Campus Urban
Affiliations HEC
PCATP
Website nca.edu.pk

The National College of Arts (Urdu: قومی کالج هنر‎) or NCA is a public art school located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[1][2]

Founded as the Mayo School of Industrial Arts in 1875 by the British and Lala Lajpat Rai alongside the Lahore Museum. John Lockwood Kipling became the school's first principal and in 1958 the Mayo School was restructured as the National College of Arts.[3] It was granted degree-awarding institution status in 1985 and received a university charter in 2011.

NCA is Pakistan's the oldest art school and the second oldest in South Asia. As of 2016, the college is ranked as Pakistan's top art school.[4][5] The college maintains three departments; fine art, design and architecture, combined teaching over 800 students.[6] The college runs faculty and student exchange programs with School of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the Instituto Superior de Arte.[7] It also hosts the UNESCO Chair in architecture.[8]

History

John Lockwood Kipling first principal of Mayo College of Arts with son Rudyard Kipling.

One of two art colleges created by the British Crown in British India in reaction to the Arts & Crafts Movement, the Mayo School of Industrial Arts was named in honor of the recently assassinated British Viceroy of India Lord Mayo in 1875. Its first principal was Lockwood Kipling, who was also appointed the first curator of the Lahore Museum, which opened the same year in an adjacent building. The school was renamed the National College of Arts in 1958. Designated the premier art institution in the country, it was transferred to the Education Department from the Department of Industries in the 1960s. It received degree-awarding status in 1985 and created its first graduate programs in 1999. In 2006, the school opened a second campus, at Rawalpindi. It became a university in June 2011.[9]

Departments

The school features the following departments:

Principals

Mayo School of Arts

National College of Arts (1958 - present)

Alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Thesis display: NCA students showcase their creative work - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Saving the legacy of the National College of Arts". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  3. ↑ "NCA Lahore-Introduction". www.nca.edu.pk. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  4. ↑ "5th Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) 2015" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "HEC University rankings: Why not Indus Valley, IBA or NCA?". Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  6. ↑ "NCA Lahore-The Student". www.nca.edu.pk. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  7. ↑ "NCA Lahore-Foreign Linkage". www.nca.edu.pk. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  8. ↑ "UNESCO Chair in the Conservation and Management of Historic Towns and Urban Centers (839) | | UNESCO". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  9. ↑ Nadeem Omar Tarar, From Primitive Artisan to Modern Artists, Colonialism, Culture and Art Education in Punjab, South Asian Studies retrieved on September, 2011
  10. ↑ Ali, S. Amjad Painters of Pakistan Islamabad: National book Foundation 1995 pg 34
  11. ↑ Hugh Heath Principle of Mayo School, Lahore. 1871-1938
  12. ↑ http://www.nca.edu.pk/archives/
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