FINE ARTS

The Department of Fine Arts offers a four year course leading to bachelor degree in Fine Arts. Many graduates of the Fine Arts Department at NCA have found fame and recognition in Pakistan and abroad.

The Department of Fine Arts is the foremost programme for artistic and intellectual discourse and activity in the country. It involves leading professionals to contribute through their teaching/ presence and provides freedom/venue to students for developing into successful creative individuals with independent aesthetic choices. It aims that students should have academic skill, analytical ability and confidence to find independent solutions. It trains students, at the end of their course, in becoming practitioners with meaningful understanding of tradition and information of contemporary.

To attain this, the Department of Fine Arts offers a range of courses, which include studio and theory. Divided into Majors of four different disciplines: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture and Miniature Painting; Studio Drawing, Studio Electives, and Fine Art Seminar.

Each student of Fine Arts, in the 2nd Year is introduced to all 4 Major subjects, before choosing one to pursue in 3rd and 4th years. During this period, Studio Drawing and Fine Art Seminar contribute towards developing an individual approach.

The Department of Fine Arts, in accordance to the vision of NCA, facilitates students to enrol in Elective Courses, offered by the Department as well as from other departments of the institution. Recognizing the need for a multi-disciplinary pedagogy, the programme is structured to encourage exposure and experience beyond a student’s selected course of studies/Major Subject.

The Painting course introduces students to a variety of media, including oils, acrylics, water colours, mix-media and tempera. Students are encouraged to articulate their visual and verbal ideas. They experiment with materials to formulate an individual approach to image making. Three well-lit studios provide sufficient room for the painting projects.

The Printmaking course imparts training regarding all intaglio techniques such as dry point, etching, engraving, photo-etching and aquatint.

An extensive course in the planographic processes, such as offset and direct method lithography; relief printing processes such as woodcut and lino-cut are taught along with silkscreen printing and digital printmaking.

Specialization in Miniature Painting was established in 1982; in this course, studentsare taught the skills and traditional techniques of miniature painting. They are encouraged to develop an awareness and sensibilityof contemporary practices of this art form. They learn the preparation of wasli (traditional paper), handmadebrushes, and preparation of colours. The use of the traditional along with the contemporary approaches expand the vision and equipwith technical possibilities.

Sculpture as a medium has moved from making three dimensional objects to site-specific installations and videos. The multidimensionality of this process links it withtechnology and materials,both new and old. It allows thestudents to explore and definenew frontiers in material,form and expression. Thestudents are encouraged texperiment with a range ofmediums and materials.

Foundation Semesters

1st Semester

2nd Semester

3rd Semester

4th Semester

5th Semester

6th Semester

7th Semester

8th Semester

Thesis 18 credits

Elective Courses

From 3rd semester onwards, a student will be able to choose elective courses from within his/her department and from other departments with the help of assigned advisor. Each Elective Crouse will be of 2 credit hours.