Study Tour/ Field Visit
Study tour – 23-26 September 2023.
Field Visit & Study tour – 3 April 2023.
Field Visit & Study tour – 15,16, 17 October 2022.
Final year students and Level II, Art History students ‘Craft: discourse and practice‘ unit as part of the course unit participated in ‘Threads on Threads’ an international conference on Textiles in Sri Lanka, South Asia and Europe, fringe events and field visit of Kurunagela on 15,16, 17 October 2022 to understand the global trends of weaving and dyeing industry in Past and contemporary.
Field Visit – 14 October 2022.
Final year students and Level II, Art History Honours students visited to Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka on 14 October 2022 to see the the exhibition called “Encounters.”
Field Visit -22, 23,24 August 2022
Level II, Art History students ‘Art and Heritage Industry’ unit and as part of the course unit visited to Jaffna Archeological museum, Jaffna Dutch Fort site museum and Sivapoomi museum on 22,23 and 24 August 2022 to understand the link between the various heritage properties and museums.
Site Visit – 26,27 March 2022
Department of Fine Arts, Level I Art History students visited to see “Encounters” exhibition in Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Sri Lanka on 27 March 2022. The chief curator of the museum gave a guided tour to the exhibition, students also visited Colombo National museum on 26 March 2022. Nearly fifteen students and three lecturers participated in this visit.
Study tour -December 2021 & March 2022
As an initiative to bring the Modern and Contemporary art works closer to the students, department organised a study tour to the Fourth year special. The students had interactive sessions and lectures at Sapumuel foundation, National Art Gallery, Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara, Karagampitiya, Paradise Gallery and Geoffrey bawa house No11.
Field Visit -2021
Students who offered a course unit on Colonial and Post colonial Sri Lankan art enjoyed their trip to old colonial buildings in Jaffna such as Hammenhiel fort, Jaffna Dutch fort, old Dutch and Portuguese churches and other public buildings.
Department tour – January 2020
Department of Fine Arts, Art History all batches students visited to see first exhibition of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Sri Lanka “One hundred thousand small tales” on 5 January 2020.
Study tour -2020
Final year Art History students continued their studies on Modern and Contemporary Sri Lankan Art in the museums, Galleries, Buddhist temples and private collections in Colombo. They also given opportunities to visit architecturally important building in the city.
Study tour -2019
Third year Art History students visited historical monuments, archeological sites and museums in Anuradhapura, Sigiriya, Pollanaruwa, Yapahuwa, Gampola and Kandy in their study tour for the course unit on Classical and post classical Sri Lankan Art.
Field Visit -2018
Students who offered a course unit on Colonial and Post colonial Sri Lankan art enjoyed their trip to old colonial buildings in Jaffna such as Hammenhiel fort, Jaffna Dutch fort, old Dutch and Portuguese churches and other public buildings.
Study tour -2018
Third year students of Art History & Art and design visited to Anuradhapura, Pollanaruwa, Yapahuwa, Gampola and Kandy museums and archeological sites to learn the nature of art in the pre modern Sri Lanka.
Department’s Field visit-2018
Department of Fine Arts, Art History students of all four batches visited Delft to study the colonial period monuments and other heritage sites.
Field Visit -2018
Students who offered a course unit on Colonial and Post colonial Sri Lankan art enjoyed their trip to old colonial buildings in Jaffna such as Hammenhiel fort, Jaffna Dutch fort, old Dutch and Portuguese churches and other public buildings.
Study tour -2017
In 2017 June, students of Art History & Art and design students got an opportunity to visit museums, private art collections and art galleries in Colombo as a part of their study tour for the courses in Modern and Contemporary art of Sri Lanka.
Study tour -2017
Department of Fine Arts organised a study tour to Anuradhapura, Pollanaruwa, Yapahuwa, Gampola and Kandy for the third year students of Art History & Art and design as a part of the teaching and learning activity of course units in Pre modern Sri Lankan Art.
Study tour -2016
Department of Fine Arts organised a study tour to Anuradhapura, Pollanaruwa, Yapahuwa, Gampola and Kandy for the third year students of Art History & Art and design as a part of the teaching and learning activity of course units in Pre modern Sri Lankan Art.
Department Picnic -2015
Department of Fine Arts, Art History students of all four batches went on a picnic to Pointpedro and Valvettithurai.
Study tour -2015
Department of Fine Arts organised a study tour to Anuradhapura, Pollanaruwa, Yapahuwa, Gampola, Kandy and museums, Galleries, Buddhist temples and private collections in Colombo for the final year students of Art History & Art and design as a part of the teaching and learning activity of course units in Pre modern Sri Lankan Art and modern and contemporary art.
Study tour -2014
Department of Fine Arts organised a study tour to Anuradhapura, Pollanaruwa, Yapahuwa, Gampola, Kandy and museums, Galleries, Buddhist temples and private collections in Colombo for the final year students of Art History & Art and design as a part of the teaching and learning activity of course units in Pre modern Sri Lankan Art and modern and contemporary art.
Students’ Visits – 2012-2013
Final year students at a traditional house in Jaffna(Left) on 16 March 2013.
Second year students participated in Galle Music Festival(Right).
Field Visit -2011
In 14 May 2011, Second year students of Art history visited to Jaffna fort to understand the methods and politics of heritage preservation & conservation.
Department picnic
Department staff and the final year students went on a picnic to Casuarina beach.
Study Tour -2002
The department conducted its first study tour in 2002 during the Norwegian mediated peace talk between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation tigers of Tamil Eelam.
