Lahore Chitrkar, studio & gallery is a registered non-profit, non-commercial organization founded in 2001 by a group of painters, architects, writers, dancers and musicians. The primary activity of the Lahore Chitrkar centers around a working studio and gallery where artistic skills are learned shared and exhibited. The ongoing programs include painting and drawing portfolio class, Music classes in classical Vocals, Flute, Tabla, Sarangi, Sitar, Guitar (acoustic & electric) Violin & Keyboard. Internationally renowned Kathak dancer Nahid Siddiqui conducts an ongoing Dance class. Lectures and discussions on music making, art workshops for children, monthly classical music concerts, theatre workshops and painting exhibitions are a permanent feature of chitrkar cultural calendar.

A new forum 'Lahore Sudhar' is established to encourage public participation in the process of planning and execution of development projects.The citizens must have a voice in the planning process and public hearings must be held for all city projects.

A summer workshop for children is held each year alongwith occasional story telling sessions. 124 events have been organized since the inception of Lahore Chitrkar in 2001. Presently 12 teachers and 53 students are part of the art and music program. Professional audio recordings are done of all concert and events. Lahore Chitrkar attaches great value to awareness of our cultural heritage as a necessary part of art training.Tradition is valued not as convention and formula but as an artistic response structured in a local body of expressions and forms. This artistic heritage provides the formal reference and standard for further exploration and artistic innovation.

Please send us an email if you would like to be invited for events. Participate any which way you can and play your part in materializing the goal of cultural revival and sustenance, Donations can be send to,

Lahore Chitrkar, Account # 1025-00305671-03, Habib Bank Limited, Fortress stadium branch, Lahore, Pakistan.