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{{Infobox university
| name = Government College of Arts, Chandigarh
| former_name = 1875 (as Mayo College of Arts)<ref>{{Cite web| title=Citizens charter | url=http://chandigarh.gov.in/pdf/citizen_charter_gca.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142213/http://chandigarh.gov.in/pdf/citizen_charter_gca.pdf | archive-date=2019-02-17}}</ref>
| image_name = Government College of Art, Chandigarh logo.png
| motto =
| mottoeng = ''Excellence in work is art.''
| principal = Dr. Alka Jain
| established = {{start date and age|1951}} in [[Shimla]] (Post-independence)
| founder = S. L.
Prashar <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/remembering-a-legend/article3217683.ece|title=Remembering a legend|newspaper=The Hindu|date=31 March 2006|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
| type = [[Public university|Public]] art school
| staff =
| faculty =
| students =
| colors =
| city = [[Chandigarh]]
| coordinates = {{coord|30.44|-76.47 |type:edu |display=inline}}
| country = [[India]]
| campus = Urban
| affiliations = [[Panjab University]]<br />[[All India Council for Technical Education|AICTE]]
| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.gcart.edu.in/}}
}}
The '''Government College of Arts, Chandigarh''' is an art institute in [[Chandigarh]], India. Established in 1951 by SL Prashar, it offers professional education in [[art]] to students from over 68 years. This institute is one among the first three art institutions of India. It has a history of almost 132 years, initially, it was initially established as Mayo School of Industrial art in 1875 for purpose to provide industrial drawing as the world was on industrial revolution. [[John Lockwood Kipling]] was appointed as the first principal of the institution,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lahore.city-history.com/places/mayo-school-of-industrial-art-later-national-colle/|title=Mayo School Of Industrial Art Later National College Of Arts|work=lahore City History|access-date=2018-03-14|language=en|archive-date=2018-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306204506/http://lahore.city-history.com/places/mayo-school-of-industrial-art-later-national-colle/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000610/windows/main1.htm|title=The Tribune - Windows - Main Feature|website=tribuneindia.com}}</ref> which is now active as [[National College of Arts]] in Lahore. It came up on 16 August 1951 as splinter [[Mayo School of Arts, Lahore]] in Pakistan after [[Partition of India]]. In 1951 it was first established as Government School of Art and craft at [[Shimla]],<ref name=ever>{{cite web |date=August 2, 2004|first=Kanika |last=Gahlaut |title=First ever exhibition of S.L. Parasher's works to give glimpse of pains of Partition |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20040802-first-ever-exhibition-of-painter-s.l.-parashers-works-789725-2004-08-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> the capital of Punjab and subsequently Govt. College of art and craft, Chandigarh. On re-organization of Punjab, the control came under Chandigarh Administration. This institution is situated in Sector 10 C, adjoining the [[Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh]].

==History==
Government College of Art, Chandigarh the Institution is recognised as Mayo School's post-colonial cousins in India. Primarily it was set up by the British on the name of Mayo School of Art, at Lahore (now in Pakistan) in the year 1875.<ref>{{cite book |author1=D S Kapoor |title=History & Heritage - Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh |date=2017 |isbn=9789352794010 |url=https://www.flipkart.com/history-heritage-govt-college-art-chandigarh/p/itmf3bqgae2pxfek |language=en}}</ref> After the partition of the country, it was re-organized upon the prototype of Mayo School, as Government school of art and craft, at Shimla on 16 August 1951. The syllabus was modelled on the pattern of the Lahore school. Initially, it was put under the administrative control of Director of Industries and Industrial Training, Punjab.<ref>{{cite web |title=Satish Gujral Biography - Paintings, Architecture & Artworks, Life History, Facts |url=https://www.culturalindia.net/indian-art/painters/satish-gujral.html |website=culturalindia.net |language=en}}</ref>

In 1962, when Chandigarh came up as the new Capital of Punjab, the school of Art was shifted to its current location. Adjoining is the Government Museum and Art Gallery Chandigarh. The campus has been designed as a composite Cultural Complex by the French-Swiss architect [[Le Corbusier]]. The first principal and founder of this college in Chandigarh was S. L. Prashar.<ref name=ever/><ref>{{cite book |title=History & Heritage - Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh |isbn=9789352794010 |page=139 |url=https://www.flipkart.com/history-heritage-govt-college-art-chandigarh/p/itmf3bqgae2pxfek |language=en}}</ref>

==Campus==
[[Dhanraj Bhagat]] Sculpture park in the College campus,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - The Tribune Lifestyle |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101016/ttlife1.htm |website=tribuneindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theindiapost.com/nation/chandigarh/dhanraj-bhagat-sculpture-park-inaugurated/|title=Dhanraj Bhagat Sculpture park Inaugurated|date=15 October 2010|publisher=|access-date=17 February 2019|archive-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081956/https://www.theindiapost.com/nation/chandigarh/dhanraj-bhagat-sculpture-park-inaugurated/|url-status=dead}}</ref> was set up on 15 October 2010, that became an open-air workshop for the students to work in open classroom and an option to recover from the constraint of time and space of regular college routine, as a result, it came up with a permanent exhibition of artworks in the institution.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sculptures brought to life at Chandigarh Arts college left to fate in open |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/sculptures-brought-to-life-at-chandigarh-arts-college-left-to-fate-in-open/story-7ZZoSIi1oNxTT3cJCcvECN.html |language=en |date=11 October 2018}}</ref> S L Prashar Art Gallery was inaugurated on 16 June 2012, and the first exhibition with old photographs dating back to 1951 on diamond jubilee of the institution.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gallery of Memories - Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/gallery-of-memories/964119/ |website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>

==Courses==

Government College of Art, Chandigarh offers a graduate and a postgraduate degree in four main branches, namely, Painting, Sculpture, Print Making and Applied Art. Since the year 2002, The college has instituted another full-time diploma course of 4 years duration and special diploma course of 2 years duration since 2012 for deaf and Mute/Mentally Challenged students in Fine Arts (all the four disciplines)<ref>{{cite web |title=Government College of Art, Chandigarh |url=http://chandigarh.gov.in/pdf/citizen_charter_gca.pdf}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
*[[Satish Gujral]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturalindia.net/indian-art/painters/satish-gujral.html|title=Satish Gujral Biography - Paintings, Architecture & Artworks, Life History, Facts|website=culturalindia.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=History & Heritage - Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh |isbn=9789352794010 |page=287 |url=https://www.flipkart.com/history-heritage-govt-college-art-chandigarh/p/itmf3bqgae2pxfek |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Sohan Qadri]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/sohan-qadri|title=Sohan Qadri - 38 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy|website=artsy.net}}</ref>
*[[Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Arts Council of Wales {{!}} Power of Silence: Photographs and Drawings by Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal |url=http://www.arts.wales/87524 |website=arts.wales |access-date=2019-02-16 |archive-date=2019-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142246/http://www.arts.wales/87524 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Shiv Singh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apnaorg.com/articles/sap23/|title=Shiv Singh, the Blackrobed Painter and Sculptor|website=apnaorg.com}}</ref>
*[[Sidharth (artist)]]
*[[Diwan Manna]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography - Diwan Manna |url=http://www.diwanmanna.com/page/biography |website=diwanmanna.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Thukral & Tagra]]<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=http://www.thukralandtagra.com/new/about/ |website=Thukral & Tagra}}</ref>
*[[Vibha Galhotra]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Vibha Galhotra |url=http://vibhagalhotra.com/bio.html |website=vibhagalhotra.com |access-date=2019-02-16 |archive-date=2019-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217030110/http://vibhagalhotra.com/bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[D. S. Kapoor]]
*[[R. M. Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lalitkalachandigarh.com/page/rahi-mohinder-singh|title=Rahi Mohinder Singh - Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademy|website=lalitkalachandigarh.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>
*[[Gurpreet Singh Dhuri]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/people-in-the-city/story-otm4espX6EVXGeUV68JLpJ.html|title=People in the city|date=2014-02-18|website= Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref>
*[[Manjot Kaur]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kaurmanjot.com/bio | title=About }}</ref>
*[[Randeep Maddoke]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/landless-a-film-on-punjabs-dalit-farmers-gives-the-community-a-voice-that-statisticians-often-fail-to-6395421.html|title=Landless: A film on Punjab's Dalit farmers gives the community a voice that statisticians often fail to|date=2019-04-08|website=Firstpost|language=en|access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref>
*[[DrJogender Pal Singh]]

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[[Category:1951 establishments in East Punjab]]
[[Category:Art schools in India]]
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