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Kala Academy has updated the Official Contact information.
The new email Id of Kala Academy will be: diradm-kalaacademy@goa.gov.in
Kala Academy has appealed to all the general public, artists fraternity and all the concern to take note of the above changes and co-operate.
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The 29th edition of the prestigious ‘Nupur’ – Classical Dance Festival jointly organized by Kala Academy Goa and West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur will be held on 27th, 28th & 29th March, 2026 with the courtesy of Shree Mahalasa Saunsthan, Mardol in the Temple premises of Shree Mahalasa Devasthan, Mardol- Goa with the participation of national as well as international repute artists in the field of Classical Dance.
The festival will be inaugurated on Friday, 27th March 2026 at 8.15 p.m, in the presence of Shri. Chandrakant Kavlekar, Hon’ble Chairman, Kala Academy, Padmashree Vinayak Khedekar, Shri. Govind Gaude, M.L.A, Shri. Vivek Naik, Director, Directorate of Art & Culture, Govt. of Goa, Panaji and Shri. Premanand Kamat, President of Shree Mahalasa Saunsthan at the aforesaid venue.
All the artists will perform with live accompaniment.
Kala Academy has invited top ranking artists of the country in various dance forms besides Goan artists of repute to perform in this festival. After the inaugural function on Friday, the 27th March 2026, at 8.30 p.m Kuchipudi dance (Duet Performance) will be presented by Dr. Vasanth Kiran and Vaishnavi Mukundan, Bengaluru. The first day’s programme will conclude with Bharatanatyam dance(Group Performance) by students of faculty of Indian Music & Dance, Kala Academy
On Saturday, the 28th March 2026, at 7.00 p.m, Kathak dance (Group performance) will be presented by students of Faculty of Indian Music & Dance, Kala Academy. This will be followed by Mohiniyattam (Solo) by Divya Warier from Mumbai.
On the concluding day i.e. on Sunday, the 29th March 2026, at 8.30 p.m, Bharatanatyam Dance (Group Performance) will be presented by Prarthana Kaushik Kala Nilayam, School of Art, Goa at 8.30 p.m. The festival will conclude with Kathak (Solo) by Durga Arya from Kolkata.
Kala Academy have appealed the dance lovers, connoisseurs and students to attend the festival in large numbers. The programmes are open to all.
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Kala Academy Goa has declared the results of 50th State Art Exhibition (Student Category). Accordingly, Anish Abhijit Naik in the Painting and Graphic Print Section, Anushri Arjun Dhawaskar in Applied and Graphic design section and Chinmay G. Mest in Sculpture section respectively have been awarded the first prize. The panel of judges namely Shri. Sagar Naik Mule, Shri. Sandesh Naik & Shri. Deepak Gaonkar judged this exhibition of competitive nature.
In Painting and Graphic print section, Chinmay G. Mest and Lekhraj L. Surlakar secured second and third prize respectively, whereas in Applied Art and Graphic design section, Rohit D. Satodkar and Daelyn Fiona Fernandes have bagged second and secured third prize respectively. In sculpture section, Harish Ladu Kudaskar has been awarded second prize and Soham G. Juvekar been selected for third prize. Prize sponsored by Goa Hindu Association in memory of Artist Late Raoji V. Gaunekar has been secured by Chetan Prabhakar Gaude whereas Late Hanumanth B. Neugi Memorial prize awarded to Amisha Vijay Harmalkar.
Kala Academy is organizing the State Art Exhibition for the last 49 years. This year, altogether 238 works were received in all the three sections and a total of 90 works are selected for display in the exhibition.
The exhibition will be inaugurated at the hands of Shri. Chandrakant Kavlekar, Hon’ble Chairman of Kala Academy Goa on 11th March 2026 at 5.00 p.m at the Art Gallery, Kala Academy, Panaji.
This exhibition will be on view for public from 12th to 15th March 2026 between
10.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m.
Kala Academy has congratulated all the prize winners. The prize distribution of this competition will be held at later stage. All are requested to make a note of the same and attend the inaugural function in large number.
