JSS Halbhavi School of Art, Dharwad: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

JSS Halbhavi School of Art, Dharwad was initiated in 1935 aimed to have a prominent school for art education particularly in Karnataka, India. Affiliated to University of Mysore, this institution in Dr. Shivarathri Rajendra Circle, Mysuru has been nurturing creative careers for more than eighty years. In a measured manner, today the institute is providing only one undergraduate programme BVA in Painting to a limited number of 35 students with help from a faculty strength of three faculty members.

The school is particularly proud to offer the context that facilitates artistic learning and growing. Facilities aimed at improving student learning are availed by students through the following. Knowledge center. A good library is an important source of information, reference and literature for students that gives them several materials to create and to know. The institution also embraces the role of technology into contemporary art learning by having well developed IT facilities to update students about technology tools and approaches used in the creation of art.

As link in chain of education, JSS Halbhavi School of Art is keen on quality-oriented education rather than on a furniture kind of education. The institute has only one undergraduate programme and the course offered is a full time three year B.V.A. Painting course. This specialised programme is meant to give students the best skills in painting, art history and other artistic practices in contemporary world. The school enrols thirty five students at a given time ensuring that the learners enjoy the personalised attention needed especially in a mentoring setting.

The admissions policy in JSS Halbhavi School of Art seeks to filter and admit talented students who show interest in the art.