Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 7 : An All India Art Exhibition organized by Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA) (Regd.), Jammu in collaboration with Studio Akshay, Pune at Raja Ravi Verma Art Gallery, Pune (Maharashtra) concluded here today. Murli Lohati, veteran and national awardee artist of Pune was the Chief Guest. Kulwant Singh Gill, a well known artist from Amritsar was the Guest of honour and Ramesh Bhosale, an eminent artist from Pune was the Special Guest on this occasion.
The prominent among the artists whose works were displayed in this show included: K S Gill and Dharminder Sharma (Punjab), Mohd. Aslam Naqishbandi, O P Sharma and Shahida Malik (J&K), V S Rahi (New Delhi, Nathu Lal Verma (Rajsthan), Amita Khare, Romika Bhasin (Madhya Pradesh), Ram Viranjan and Reena Choudhary (Haryana), Minu Dey (West Bengal), Pratima Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Sharmila Gupta and Shubdha Bhosale (Maharashtra) and Shahid Pasha (Karnataka)
Speaking on this occasion, chief guest Murli Lohati said that JKCCA is doing very well in the field of art, culture & languages. He hoped that more such events would be conducted at Pune and other such places in future also.
Speaking on this occasion O P Sharma, Director, JKCCA presented his views about the activities of the organization. He said that the organization has plans to conduct an all India Art Exhibition of the works of veteran, senior and upcoming artists at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and an All India Painters' Camp at Poonch during the month of February, 2016 and an Exhibition of Basohli Paintings during March, 2016 at Kala Kendra, Jammu. He added that an Artists' Directory of J&K State artists will be published in very near future. He said that JKCCA has been working with full zeal for the promotion, development and propagation of art, culture & languages for the last sixteen years under the able guidance and supervision of Pt. Kewal K. Sharma, President, JKCCA and a well known social worker of J&K state. |
