Promoting art and culture, the Delhi government has increased the number and the budget of scholarship for advancing art practice, which will help all kinds of artist and also the artist with disabilities.
In a statement, the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, “To make arts policy more inclusive, the Sahitya Kala Parishad of Delhi government has introduced a number of new programmes and broadened the scope of existing ones,”
The new categories introduced by the Delhi government into the programmes are the main keynote to the scheme; they are community arts, visual arts and research in art development, broadening the scope of music, theatre and dance. Also, 10 reserved scholarships in each category for artists with disability, and the inclusion of contemporary mediums like video-making, photography, digital art along with painting.
Further on the announcement, Sisodia, who is also the Art, Culture and Language Minister, said that his government’s main goal is to make art practice and funding more inclusive and not just follow hierarchies. “While on the one hand supporting artists practising traditional arts is important, it is equally important for us to acknowledge newer forms of expressions of the common people and support that. Why have hierarchies in arts if our aim to build an equal society?” he said.
According to the scheme, a candidate who wishes to apply and grab the limited seat opportunity shall apply at Sahitya Kala Parishad and shall opt the category and get the scholarship of Rs 4,000 per month for visual arts, dance, theatre, music and community arts, and Rs 12,000 per month for research and arts development
The Minister said, “The last date to apply at Sahitya Kala Parishad is September 10 and forms can be downloaded from its official website,”