The first puja for the visionary project guided by the singular ambition “एकताको लागी सम्पदा” (unity for heritage preservation) in 2017 AD
- Develop a cultural city showcasing Nepal’s lifestyle for visitors to experience our living heritage.
- Foster the skills and creativity of our craftsmen and women and entrepreneurs sustaining our ancient arts and crafts.
- Promote tourism through the skilful hands of our artisans’ families who will demonstrate their handmade goods at our project site of Nepal Art Village.
Our vision is to preserve the built, living and natural heritage through the skilled craftsmen and women who have been preserving their ancestors’ traditional technologies for future generations by creating a world heritage city for them.
The goal of Nepal Art Village is to develop a cultural city with traditional Nepali Art, Craft and Cultural Heritages and to develop tourism in the newly developed city. This will contribute to the preservation of Nepalese civilization, which is about to disappear due to unplanned development of the country, for the next generation, Nepal Art Village envisages achieving this goal by following activities:
- To professionally and socially contribute to the preservation and vitalization of traditional Art, Craft, Architecture, Cultural heritages and indigenous technologies of Kathmandu Valley along with the Himal, Pahad & Tarai regions.
- To encourage young artists and youth in general to choose a career related to
Nepalese area of art, heritage and culture; furthermore facilitate them to compete in the world market. - To showcase a live museum illustrating the traditional Nepalese lifestyle.
- To run training institutes for traditional art, craft and architecture.
- To develop and operate artistic apartments, monuments and business complexes.
- To design and develop an environment-friendly park in open spaces including the land provided by Godavari Municipality.
- To develop other facilities like health facilities, old care homes, schools, workshops and factories.
We are a collective of skilled craftsmen, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, environmentalists, and art enthusiasts united in the endeavour to establish living art as a significant cultural achievement for Nepal, akin to Mount Everest’s global renown. Learn more about our team members and their stories.
Anil Chitrakar, the well-known heritage conservationist and social entrepreneur working for the preservation and promotion of Nepal’s globally unique natural, cultural and built heritage has become the new leader at the Nepal Art Village (NAV). The eleven-member board of NAV decided unanimously to elect and appoint Anil Chitrakar as the chairperson of Nepal Art village at their meeting on Thursday, March 6, 2025.
The central idea behind the Nepal Art Village is to design and build a creative space where Nepali art and craft and artists can thrive and take their work to a whole new level. The village is being designed and built to become a “future World Heritage Site.”
At the Nepal Art Village site in Chhampi, just south of Bungamati, land has been acquired, the world’s tallest mask is being installed and plans are now underway to develop the housing areas, artists’ workshops and business areas. The site will also have plenty of green areas to grow all plants that are culturally important for Nepal.
“This is a very exciting and futuristic idea that artists have come up with collectively and made investments for the same. We must all take time to understand this project and help in any way possible to make it successful,” says Anil Chitrakar.
Anil Chitrakar
Chairman, NAV