Painting by Rakhi Das, one of the artists selected for the scholarship
Seven painters and sculptors from Tripura -among 17 from the entire North East region-will be awarded with Lalit Kala Academy for scholarships. A total 17 artists from the region. The artists will be felicitated, in presence of President of India Ram Nath Kovind, at the valedictory programme of North East Festival by the Union Cultural Affairs Minister G Kishan Reddy at Guwahati on May 4 next.
The selected artists from Tripura who will be felicitated at Guwahati on May 4 are – Santa Deb, Debajit Rudra Paul, Abhijit Majumder, Trisha Ghosh, Raju Deb Nath, Rakhi Das and Dipika Das. The selected scholars will work on sculpture, painting and Art history.
Since the time of Royals, artists of Tripura produced notable art works – pity, their works rarely got a chance to be showcased at the national level.
To promote and propagate the visual Artists of North East Region, the Lalit Kala Academyestablished its first North Eastern Regional Centre at Agartala and the lease deed was signed in December 2020. To further enhance the facilities and to bring the artists of the North East Region in the mainstream, providing scholarships was introduced in the Agartala Centre for the Visual Artist of the North East Region.
Another important factor to note that 15 scholarships will be provided exclusively for the North East Region and the scholarship amount has also been increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000.
