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On January 15, 2021, the Delhi government started a new ‘Street Theatre and Performing Arts Fellowship’ scheme for the artists across the state. This scheme is launched by the Deputy Chief Minster of Delhi, Mr. Manish Sisodia. It was launched at the Delhi Secretariat. Under this scheme about 500 artists from artistic backgrounds are selected for fellowship. More 500 artists will be added to the existing ones in the near future. This scheme will cover artists from theatre, music, dance, fine arts, etc. On one hand it will be a source of livelihood for the artists and on the other hand it will promote street art in the state.
Scheme Overview:
| Scheme name: | Street Theatre and Performing Arts Fellowship scheme |
| Scheme Under: | Delhi government |
| Launch Date: | January 15, 2021 |
| Launched By: | Deputy CM Delhi, Manish Sisodia |
| Implementation: | Sahitya Kala Parishad, Department of Arts, Culture and Languages |
| Beneficiaries: | Artists across the state |
| Benefit: | Opportunity to exhibit various arts on the streets across Delhi |
| Objective: | To provide an opportunity to the artists to exhibit their art on the streets thereby promoting the art & culture among the general public |
List of scheme launched by Delhi government
Scheme Objectives and Benefits:
- The main objective of this scheme is to provide the artists an opportunity and a platform to show their art & talent
- This fellowship will be a source of decent earnings for the artists
- Training will be provided to the artists for performing on streets
- It will enable the artists to show their street art to a huge public at a stretch
- It will enable the artists to bring out their creativity and show it to the public at real time
- This scheme will promote the street art and age-old culture
- It will develop new interest for arts, music and culture among the youth as well as encourage the artists to follow their passion
Scheme Details:
- Deputy CM of Delhi, Mr. Manish Sisodia launched a unique scheme named Street Theatre and Performing Arts Fellowship for the artists across the state
- It will be implemented by Sahitya Kala Parishad under the Department of Arts, Culture and Languages
- This scheme is launched for giving an opportunity to the artists to exhibit their talent and art on the streets thereby directly reaching out to a huge public
- It will be good source of revenue for the artists
- Under this scheme currently 500 artists have been selected
- These artists will be given appropriate training from the experts
- They will then perform on the streets in a team of 10 at different places across Delhi
- These performances will be conducted at public places weekly
- More 500 artists will be added to the existing ones under this scheme soon.
- It will enable the artists to bring out their creativity and show it to the public at real time
- It will encourage the artists to follow their passion and take the art forms on a public platform
- It will lead to an increased reach of various art forms across the state
- This will develop new interest for art, music, culture among the youth
- This scheme targets to empower the artists thereby promoting the art & culture across the state.
