KARACHI SCHOOL OF ART IN ART EVENTS
• Truck Art Caravan 1994 in collaboration with PSO.
The purpose of the project was to bring Art back to the
people to which it belongs & originates from. Truck
decorated by Art students in socio political perspective,
loaded with a mobile gallery traveled throughout the eminent
cities of Pakistan from Karachi to Peshawar in the period
of month.
• Artist Exchange Program 1995 in Collaboration with
Scot-land Transport Museum. This project Karachi School
of Art sponsored the stay of an English Artist Nicola Griffith
and study of indigenous origin of the decoration of transport
vehicles i.e. trucks, buses, rickshaw, taxies and carts.
In response to that a Pakistani artist from KSA, Afshan
Abid was invited to Scotland to work and decorate two most
modern vehicles i.e. a road liner and a commuter van in
the context of typical Pakistani decoration. The road liner
was kept in regular services in decorated state for six
month. The commuter van became the permanent exhibit of
Scotland transport museum with the well-elaborated context
of the join venture between two nations & from Karachi
School of Art.
• Top Seven Positions in Athena Awards 1996, conducted
by One to One communication.
• Different National Award secured by the artists
belonging to Karachi School of Art on innumerable occasions.
• Academic position in board since birth of the
Board of Technical Education Sindh, Karachi School of Art
has always held the best track record in term of positions
in board examination.
• Admission in NCA Postgraduate Program. The standard
of education in Karachi School of Art in term of philosophy
& craft, is positively recognized by National College
of Art (NCA) Lahore, by enrolling two graduates of Karachi
School of Art in the second badge of masters program on
the bases of four years diploma studies completed at KSA.
• Participation in Sheraton Art Festival Every Year.
Since the beginning of this local event Karachi School of
Art has been the largest contributor amongst all Art institution
of Karachi.
• Commissioned Paintings for Oman (Masquat). It
was August 1999, when a group of five young & promising
Artists were invited at Oman’s National day Celebrations.
The assignment was to paint on mesh & plywood surfaces.
The huge size paintings were displayed on eminent spots
in the capital. The paintings were highly appreciated.
