Taking Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Programme and its specializations
People who have eyes for arts and aesthetics have a fascination for fine art as a career. It is a welcome relief for many after completing their school education as it does not require cramming through big hardbound textbooks and burning the midnight oil for passing exams. The programme offers specialisations in various disciplines including dance, music, visual arts and theatre. The subject aims at enhancing the creativity skills of an individual. They integrate our cognitive and emotional capacities and promote our inherent desire to learn.
The vibrant picture
In any form, art captures the attention and focus of people and amuses them for the way they use imagination. We often end up admiring the exotic paintings hanging on a wall or the exquisite artefacts kept inside a museum. What is the most intriguing fact about art? That it connects people in a social web across all communities. How? It speaks in a language that descends boundaries and is above religions. You must have heard that a picture speaks a thousand words. This is the reason why a portrait or caricature can easily strike a chord with the admirers as they carry a visual appeal.
Where artists are nurtured
It is fast becoming a tool of learning and the fine art related courses are quickly gaining acceptance in the colleges today. There are some of the institutions that are offering a number of specialisations in bachelor of fine arts degree level. One of the premier institutions in India which is located in Kolkata is the Institute of Fine Arts at Shanti Niketan that offers courses in five major categories of visual arts comprising painting, graphic arts, sculpture, art history and design.
Another well-established centre that runs a graduate level course in the subject is the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts at University of Delhi. Here, students are taught about Applied and Creative Art. There are four year programmes offered in Art History, Painting, Sculpture, Applied Art, Printmaking as well as Visual Communication. Faculty of Visual Arts at Banaras Hindu University situated in Varanasi is the Meccah for studying Plastic Arts, Applied Arts and Painting as it attracts art lovers from round the world who solely come here to take up these streams.
College of Art in Delhi is a distinguished institution where training in both applied and creative art is imparted. The main topics that are covered here include Photography, Sketching, Painting, Sculpture, art teaching and Applied Art. Other popular educational institutions that run various courses in fine arts are L S Raheja School of Art in Mumbai, Amity School of Fine Arts in Noida and Department of Fine Arts at Aligarh Muslim University.
Breaking the myths
With the advent of digital technology, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Dehradun, felt the need to come up with an undergraduate programme in Digital Arts which is a newly launched area in this discipline. A student who is particularly interested in a career in this field, learns to imbibe art in its different forms through his or her basic understanding of perception, colour and advanced aesthetics. The only thing that prevents many people in taking up this discipline of study is the myth that education in fine art is non-essential. Whoever appreciates beauty, will agree with the fact that it is inherent in every vibrant and colourful thing lying around, therefore, needs to be observed carefully.
