The Tribune
April 12, 2017
Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi to start Sohan Qadri Fellowship
Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi is starting Sohan Qadri Fellowship for an artist between 30 and 50 years of age. The fellowship includes various streams such as drawing, painting, mix media, installations, photography, graphics-print making and sculpture. Artists residing in Punjab and Chandigarh, are eligible for the fellowship. Selected artist would get Rs 2 lakh as fellowship during a period of one year. The fellowship is aimed at providing talented artists a platform to continue their research to develop new ideas in their respective disciplines. The Fellowship is being sponsored by Sohan Qadri Foundation. Sohan Qadri was born in the Punjab, in the village of Chachoki, near Jalandhar. He received his art education from Government College of Art, Chandigarh and had many friends in Punjab and Chandigarh. Qadri was a well known artist of Punjabi origin who lived in Copenhagen and Toronto. —TNS
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