ICKPAC
The Bangalore based Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural
Heritage (INTACH) of Chitrakala Parishat Art Conservation Centre
(ICKPAC) restores damaged works of art to their former glory.
  The
Director of the ICKPAC,
S. Subbaraman, in an interview to bangalorebest.com,
said that ICKPAC has taken up the restoration project
of 28,000 sqft area of damaged mural paintings
at Sri Ramalinga Vilasam Palace,Ramanathapuram in Tamil
Nadu. The paintings depict historic scenes such as the battle
between King Sethupathy and the Maratha king of Tanjore, and
Sethupathy receiving foreign delegates and Christian missionaries.
Scenes from the Ramayana and Bhagavata adorn the palace walls.
 ICKPAC
receives disfigured works of art, including guild art on metal
and wood artefacts and icons. Several individuals have had their
ancestral portraits restored. Larger projects are in progress.
Inclement weather eroded guild work on a bronze idol of Ranjit
Singh in Jamnagar in Gujarat. ICKPAC has restored it.
The Centre has salvaged and restored numerous paintings and
guild works for the Department of Archeology, Government of
Karnataka, and private individuals. Some of them include the
paintings of Raja Ravi Verma. Mr Subbaraman, while pointing
at a stained old framed metal sheet painting at ICKPAC, said
that, without jeopardizing its previous status, it will be repaired
using chemical treatment.
Damaged ivory carvings, ancient artefacts, are being restored
by ICKPAC. It has also restored works of art at the Rajbhavan
in Bangalore, the Tanjore Palace and Srirangam Temple in Tamil
Nadu and others belonging to the State Government and private
individuals in the city. 
ICKPAC conducts periodical workshops for librarians,
curators and art galleries on preventive conservation, Mr
Subbaraman added. Those interested may contact ICKPAC.
Address: ICKPAC, Chitrakala Parishat, N
ear Kumarakrupa Guest House, Bangalore.
Phone: 2225 0418
Fax: 2226 3424.
Regional Design and Technical
Development Centre
(Design Wing)
To all the art and craft lovers out there, here is a showcase
of handicrafts that is sure to lure  your
hearts! Step into the showroom of Regional Design and Technical
Development Centre (Design Wing) on Church Street. It is
indeed an exemplary show of art and artifacts of South India
under one roof. However, all these artifacts are not for sale,
but are only motifs. These motif artifacts, displayed
here, are meant for crafts-persons and marketing organisations.
One can visit their showroom at the RDTDC and study these
motifs in order to create similar designs on one's own.
The centre also promotes latest craft designs by organising
festivals of crafts, craft bazaars, product promotion programmes,
and market meets.
The main aim of this Government organisation is to design, develop
and revitalise traditional handicrafts of south Indian states
like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Lakshadweep,
Pondicherry and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. "We also conduct
special surveys in crafts concentration areas, study crafts
of tribal and folk cults i n
south India. To produce similar tribal artifacts at lesser cost
and lesser laborious efforts, we find out new techniques,"
the Deputy Director of the RDTDC, P. Sundara Murthy says.
The efforts of RDTDC have led to the revival of severaldwindling
crafts, as well as the reinstating of craftspersons in their
traditional occupation. The design centre is fully equipped
with designing facilities to boost the crafts, particular to
the southern region, that is wood and stone carving, Tanjore
decorative art, lacquer ware work, inlay and metal craft and
soapstone craft.
Address: The Deputy Director, Regional Design
and Technical Development Centre (Design Wing), # 78, Church
Street,
Bangalore - 560 001
Phone: 2558 7673. Fax: 2555 9826.
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