Art Education

Art Theatres

Jnanapeeta Awardees

Kannada & Culture

Modern Kannada Classics

Academics

The government has set up the following academies with a view to promote the independent constructive plans and their implementation; these function within the administrative jurisdiction of the department.
   

• Karnataka Sangeetha mattu Nritya Academy
  (the Karnataka Music and Dance Academy)
• Karnataka Nataka Academy (the Karnataka Drama Academy)
• Karnataka Sahitya Academy (the Karnataka Literary Academy)
• Karnataka Urdu Academy
• Karnataka Lalithakala Academy (the Karnataka Fine Arts Academy)
• Karnataka Janapada mattu Yakshagana Academy
  (the Karnataka Folk Arts and Yakshagana Academy)
• Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy
  (the Karnataka Kodava Literary Academy)
• Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy
  (the Karnataka Kodava Literary Academy)
• Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy (the Karnataka Tulu Literary Academy)
• Karnataka Shilpakala Academy (the Karnataka Sculpture Academy)

   
KANNADA PUSTAKA PRADIKARA
(The Kannada Book Authority)
Co-ordination of the activities connected with the Kannada book industry, assistance to both writers and readers, ensuring that Kannada books reach the readers, and similar measures have been entrusted to the Kannada Pustaka Pradhikara. Bulk purchase of books, the publication and sale of educational books and such other activities also come within its jurisdiction.
  
PRATHISTANAS (Foundations)
The following prathishtanas have been set up for the study of the rich contribution of outstanding writers and artists, and the publication and preservation of their works:
  
Dr. D.R.Bendre National Memorial Trust
Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Prathishtana
Dr. Pu Thi Na Trust
Dr. Masti Venkatesha lyengar Trust
Dr. Mallikarjuna Mansur Trust
  
KARNATAKA NATAKA RANGAYANA, MYSORE
A theatre unit, Rangayana, has been set up in Mysore to provide advanced training to stage artistes. The five-year course involves the trainees in innovative experiments and is conducive to the progress of the theatre. At the end of their training the trainees present performances all over the State.