M Faran Hassan
Old Architecture of National College of Arts, Pakistan
The institute was originally founded in 1875 as the Mayo School of Industrial Arts and was one of two art colleges created by the British crown in British India in reaction to the Arts & Crafts Movement. It was named in honor of the recently assassinated British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1875. John Lockwood Kipling became the school's first principal who was also appointed as the first curator of the Lahore Museum which opened the same year in an adjacent building. In 1958, the school was renamed as the National College of Arts. Designated the premier art institution in the country, it was transferred to the Ministry of Education from the Ministry Industries in the 1960s. It received a degree-awarding status in 1985 and created its first graduate programs in 1999. In 2005, a second campus in Rawalpindi was opened. In 2011, the college received its own charter and became a degree awarding institute (DAI).
Image: Faran Hassan
Old Architecture of National College of Arts, Pakistan
The institute was originally founded in 1875 as the Mayo School of Industrial Arts and was one of two art colleges created by the British crown in British India in reaction to the Arts & Crafts Movement. It was named in honor of the recently assassinated British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1875. John Lockwood Kipling became the school's first principal who was also appointed as the first curator of the Lahore Museum which opened the same year in an adjacent building. In 1958, the school was renamed as the National College of Arts. Designated the premier art institution in the country, it was transferred to the Ministry of Education from the Ministry Industries in the 1960s. It received a degree-awarding status in 1985 and created its first graduate programs in 1999. In 2005, a second campus in Rawalpindi was opened. In 2011, the college received its own charter and became a degree awarding institute (DAI).
Image: Faran Hassan