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The vision of the Arts and Culture portfolio is to work with KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
multiplicity, excellence and marginalised communities,
focusing on three main areas: Conservation (built heritage, • Tata Trusts’ Art Conservation Initiative completed six
film preservation and art conservation); Art Education at 3-month training courses in the conservation of specific
the tertiary levels and Performing Arts (music, dance, materials such as paper (prints, drawings, and maps),
and theatre). natural history specimens, metals, wood, manuscripts,

and miniature paintings, as well as wall paintings, across
To preserve and nurture the country’s heritage, both past five partner institutes and trained 39 young
and present, and to establish solid foundations for the conservators in remedial conservation. A 10-day
future, we must support the arts and culture in all their workshop on the conservation of the material heritage
myriad forms. However, securing sustained support for the of Sikkim was also organised in partnership with the
arts is challenging, especially against the backdrop of the Kolkata Institute of Art Conservation and Sikkim State
high-intensity developmental concerns that India faces, Archives, Government of Sikkim.
further exacerbated by occurrences like the recent
COVID-19 pandemic. The portfolio therefore endeavours • Under the Film Preservation Initiative, ten fellowships
to provide incremental and layered support, helping were awarded to deserving candidates for the 7 edition
th
organisations and programmes achieve long- of the Film Preservation and Restoration Workshop
term sustainability. India, where they were trained in the best practices
of film as well as digital preservation and
object conservation.

• As part of the Students’ Biennale 2022, seven curators
were engaged to work with over 190 students to
produce 50 works of art that were displayed for 4
months across 4 venues in Fort Kochi.

• The fifth edition of Kalapana (a Tata Trusts platform that
serves as an extension of its arts and culture
programmes into the community) was held in February
2023. It featured a conversation between visual culture
theorist and critic, Kaiwan Mehta and noted
conservation architect, Ratish Nanda to highlight and
discuss the 3-part volume, ‘Specifications Manual for
Built Heritage Conservation’, a Tata Trusts publication in
partnership with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.

39 50
732 Individuals trained in Production grants
80 Individuals trained in remedial conservation 10 1 given to students to
preventive conservation
Field surveys through eld surveys and through 3-month training Fellowships given in Exhibition produced for produce the
courses in conservation
undertaken 10-day workshops of speci c materials lm preservation Students’ Biennale 2022 exhibition
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