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'''Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts''' is a cultural centre in [[Altinho]], [[Panjim]], Goa. Its official website describes it as a "non-profit, process-based initiative to encourage creation, learning, understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the [[visual arts]] through education and dialogue in Goa".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sgcfa.org/about-us.php# |title=Art Studio in Goa &#124; Art and Culture Goa &#124; Music, Theatres, Exhibitions |access-date=14 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709225157/http://www.sgcfa.org/about-us.php# |archive-date=9 July 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Facilities==<br />
The centre has exhibition galleries, space for workshops and lectures, studios, two residency rooms for visiting scholars, artists and faculty, an open-air amphitheatre, an outdoor courtyard that houses the Café Al Fresco and a gallery for emerging artists. An art resource library is being set up for art students.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sgcfa.org/index.php# |title=Art Gallery in Goa &#124; Goa Centre for the Arts &#124; Contemporary Art in Goa |access-date=14 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722100956/http://www.sgcfa.org/index.php# |archive-date=22 July 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Location==<br />
[[File:Writer Amitav Ghosh at the Sunaparanta..jpg|right|thumb|Writer [[Amitav Ghosh]] at Sunaparanta]]<br />
It is located in the picturesque Altinho hills atop the Goan capital of [[Panjim]] in [[Ilhas]]. The nearest landmark is the local hostel called the Lar de Estudantes.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.tripadvisor.in/LocationPhotos-g303877-d3258270-Sunaparanta_Goa_Centre_for_the_Arts-Panaji_Goa.html |title = Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts (Panjim) - 2020 What to Know Before You Go (With Photos)}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Sunaparanta was set up by industrialist Dattaraj Salgaocar. Its aims and objectives, according to the institution, is "to preserve the artistic and legacies of Goa, to encourage, sponsor and promote innovative work in the visual arts, to serve as a bridge between the Goan art community and the national and international art communities and, most importantly, to provide resource support to art students and others interested in art."<br />
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Activities include a Sketch Club, Film for Thought (documentary and art films), the Mango Tree after-school visual art class for children, a children’s Theatre Club, Open Studio—a full-time ceramics studio and an ongoing programme of varied workshops, activities and events in creative arts.<br />
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==Panel, committees==<br />
Sunaparanta's chairman is industrialist Dattaraj Salgaocar and its vice-chairperson is Dipti Salgaocar.<br />
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Its advisory board consists of [[Prafulla Dahanukar]], Dilip De, Dr. Vidya Dehejia, Dr. Saryu Doshi&nbsp;(chairperson), Pheroza J Godrej, Margaret Mascarenhas&nbsp;(convenor), Dattaraj Salgaocar, Dipti Salgaocar, [[Rajeev Sethi]], Anwar Siddiqi, Tasneem Mehta, Abhay Sardesai, and [[Jitish Kallat]].<br />
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The project directors are Shamoli Barreto and Elizabeth Kemp, the administrative head is Nilima Kamat Menezes, and the secretary and programme coordinator is Justina Costa.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.sgcfa.org/ Official site of Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts]<br />
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157623561693562/ Photos of Sunaparanta]<br />
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