To promote arts and creativity, State Government’s Directorate of Culture and Archaeology Raipur will be organising ‘Aakaar’ camp for providing training traditional sculpture and various other artforms, in four divisional headquarters of the state from next month, officials informed.
The camps will be held in Raipur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur (Bastar) and Ambikapur (Surguja). This camp is open for people of all age groups- from children to senior citizens. Culture Department officials informed on Thursday that ‘Aakaar 2018’ camp will be organized at Mahant Ghasidas Museum premise in capital city and divisional headquarters Raipur from May 1 to May 15. This camp will be organized in Bilaspur from May 15 to May 30, in Jagdalpur from June 1 to June 10, and in Ambikapur from June 1 to June 10. This camp will be held in two shifts- morning 7am to 10am and evening 4.30pm to 7.30pm.
To enroll for ‘Aakaar 2018’, participants wil have to send application to Rajbhasha division of Directorate of Culture and Archaeology (Mahant Ghasidas Museum Premise Raipur).
Application should be sent with training fee of Rs 200. Disabled participants and children of orphanages will be provided concession in training fee.