All India Painting Competition 'Meri Kalpana'

Every year Nav Shri Art & Culture Organisation organises national level painting competitions for all professional artists, school-college's teachers and students, academics, students of fine arts institutes and art lovers, who are 18 years or above. The purpose of this competition has been to eliminate the discrimination of every class from our society and to awaken the spirit of unity. For this, every year we provide a new theme to the artists, in which the artist brings his/her feelings and imagination onto the canvas through colors. This year's theme is 'Meri Kalpana', in which you can paint your imagination on canvas or paper and give a beautiful message to society through your painting. The winners of this competition get cash prizes, trophies, scholarships and award certificates as well as a chance to exhibit their artwork in the national level art exhibition.

• Minimum age of 18 years is eligible to participate.
• All professional artists, school-college teachers and students, academics, students of fine arts institutes, and art lovers, anybody who has an Inclination for painting.
• Members of the 'Selection Committee' are not allowed to participate.

The painting must be between a minimum of 12 X 18 inches to a maximum of 36 X 48 inches.

• You can choose any medium
• You can use only Ivory Sheet, Cartridge Sheet or Canvas for surface
• Glitter or decoration material cannot be pasted or used in artwork

• Fill the Online Registration Form with all necessary and required details.
• The image of your artwork has to be uploaded at the time of registration.
• There is no participation fee for 'NSACO Members' to participate in the All India Painting Competition.
• Those who do not have NSACO membership will have to Pay a Participation Fee of Rs 300/- to participate in the competition and at the time of registration fill the participation fee transaction details.
• Read all the Rules related to the 'All India Painting Competition' carefully before participating.
• The information given by you should be complete and true.
• The last date for submission is December, 31st 2023 (Sunday).
• Registration can accept through online only.
• You can also apply for Life Time Membership of NSACO

The All India Painting Competition 'Meri Kalpana' is organising by Nav Shri Art & Culture Organisation. The panel of the selection committee for the competition is composed of senior professionals of fine arts. The selection committee decisions in each round of the competition will be final.
The minimum age of 18 years is eligible to participate in the All India Painting Competition

• All professional artists, school-college teachers and students, academics, students of fine arts institutes, and art lovers, anybody who has an Inclination for painting.
• Members of the 'Selection Committee' are not allowed to participate.

'Meri Kalpana'
If seen, there is no end to our imagination, we all have the freedom to think. Every person has their own imagination, but the artist has the power to present their imagination through their painting. The thinking of an artist is the mirror of society. With this thought, the theme of this year's competition has been kept 'Meri Kalpana' so that all artists through their imagination can present their art on canvas in such a way that it can give a new look to society. The work submitted in the All India Painting Competition should not be a copy of any painting. The submitted work must be self-composed. The painting must be between a minimum of 12 X 18 inches to a maximum of 36 X 48 inches.

• You can choose any medium
• Can only use Ivory Sheet / Cartridge Sheet / Canvas for surface
• Coloured paper, glitter, decoration material, etc. cannot be paste or used in artwork

• Fill the Online Registration Form with all necessary and required details.
• The image of your artwork has to be uploaded at the time of registration.
• There is no participation fee for 'NSACO Members' to participate in the All India Painting Competition.
• Those who do not have NSACO membership will have to Pay a Participation Fee of Rs 300/- to participate in the competition.
• Read all the rules related to the 'All India Painting Competition' carefully before participating.
• The information given by you should be complete and true.
• The last date for submission is December, 31st 2023 (Sunday).
• Registration can accept through online only.
• You can also apply for Life Time Membership of NSACO

• 60 artworks will be short-listed by the selection committee out of all over entries.
• 30 works out of the short-listed artworks will be nominated for the final round.
• The winners will be selected out of 30 nominated artworks.
• All the participants & winners will get the information through our website www.artNculture.org

• All artworks will be posted on the organisation's Instagram Page @artncultureorganisation .
• The 10 most liked artworks posted on the Instagram page will be shortlisted
• Out of the shortlisted artworks, 3 winners will be selected by the selection committee.

The result will be declared on February, 18th 2024 (Sunday).

• 1st Prize : 21,000/-
  + Trophy + Award Certificate + Gift Hampers + Exhibit Work on Gallery
• 2nd Prize : 11,000/-
  + Trophy + Award Certificate + Gift Hampers + Exhibit Work on Gallery
• 3rd Prize : 5,100/-
  + Trophy + Award Certificate + Gift Hampers + Exhibit Work on Gallery
• Consolation Prizes(3) : 2,100/-
  Trophy + Award Certificate + Gift Hampers + Exhibit Work on Gallery
• Special Prizes(3) : 1,100/-
  (Like Basis on Instagram Page)

• Top 30 nominated artists get an opportunity to participate in group exhibition on the national level (Free of Cost)
• Winners may not request substitutions of prizes. All winners are solely responsible for any kind of taxes or fees as well as all additional costs that may be incurred.
• It is compulsory to attend the prize distribution function for all the winners, otherwise, the prize money will be canceled.

• We will also upload your painting image to our Organisation's Instagram Page and send you a link to your painting image through Instagram / WhatsApp message, which you can share with all your contacts & social media and collect more and more likes for yourself.
• You can collect likes on your post till February 5th, 2024 (Sunday) after that post will be archived for some time.
• The 10 most liked artworks posted on the Instagram page will be shortlisted
• Out of the shortlisted artworks, 3 winners will be selected by the selection committee.
• The decision of the selection committee will be final, and no appeal will be entertained.

• Participation certificate will be given to all the participants.
• The soft copy of the certificate will be sent to the participants on their registered email.
• If any participant wants a hard copy of the participation certificate at their address then they have to pay courier charges.

• It is compulsory to submit the original artworks of the top 6 nominated participants to the organisation committee by the given due date for the exhibition.
• Submit your artwork personally or send through registered mail, courier to the following address:
  Nav Shri Art & Cuture Organisation:
  Cottage No.5, Basement, West Patel Nagar, Near Metro Pillar No.230, New Delhi-110008
• Do not send your artwork in a glass frame by courier or registered mail, it may break on the way.
• While sending the painting by courier or post, the participants will have to pay the courier or postage charges.
• Participants disqualified at any time for any reason shall have no claim for any “Rewards”.

• Upon submission of their registration or works, participants acknowledge the validity of the rules & regulations.
• Participants must follow the organiser's arrangement; Otherwise, the organiser has the right to withdraw the prize eligibility of the participants
• Those who have copied the actions of others will themselves be responsible or accountable.
• The decisions of the selection committee will be final, and no appeal will be taken.
• The competition organisation committee has the ultimate authority to interpret the rules and regulations and has the right to make any changes to them as necessary.
• Any changes to the rules and regulations of the competition will be updated on the organisation's website www.artNculture.org
• The organisation will not be responsible for any loss of artifacts due to natural calamities like floods, erosion of the earth, etc.

NSACO Membership is a unique lifetime membership offered by Nav Shri Art & Culture Organisation to its new members. Anyone who has NSACO membership can easily participate in any NSACO events and activities (payable or non-payable) through this membership and avoid the fee payable of repeated contests. Only through the little contribution, you can get NSACO Membership for a lifetime.
The lifetime membership fee for Children : Rs 300/- Adults : Rs 700/- Foreigner Rs 1500/-