Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: A national exhibition of art organized by J&K Centre for Creative Arts, Jammu in collaboration with Anand Art Mission, Haridwar and Snehil, Dehradun was today inaugurated by chief guest, V.S Rahi, a veteran artist from Delhi at Haridwar.
Jagdish Lal Pahwa, social worker was guest of honour whereas Arun Kumar Pathak, a poet and Ashok Gupta, secretary, Anand Art Mission, Haridwar were special guests.
The art works of 40 artists from various States has been displayed in the exhibition.
O.P Sharma, Founder Director, JKCCA said that this is a physical national level art exhibition being organized by JKCCA outside J&K after the hard times of COVID- 19 pandemic.
V.S Rahi said that such events spread the spirit of sharing and working together even during hard times.
Artists who participated in the exhibition were V.S Rahi, Dr. A.K Dixit and Dr. Rita Kashyap, Delhi; Dr. Mamta Singh, Dr. Monika Bhatnagar, Dr. Rita Tewari, Shivani, Indira, Dr. Vinita Dahiya, Sumit Kaur Kapoor, Anshu Mohan, Ramandeep, Jaishree, Dr. Vasudha Joshi and Ravindera Singh Padiyar, Dehradun; Ashok Gupta, Parmod Kumar Verma, Dr. Pooja Panwar, Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal, Jai Gupta and Pramod Kulshrestha, Haridwar; Dr. Alka Arya, Roorkee; Dr. Rekha Rani Sharma, Gorakhpur, Prof. Sunil Saxena and Pratima Singh, Lucknow; Prof. Saroj Rani, Varanasi and Dr. Mamta Verma, Prayagraj; Jang S Verman, O.P Sharma, Sushma Sahni and Shivani Koul Bhat, Jammu; K.S Gill, Dharminder Sharma and Atul Mattoo, Amritsar; and Gaytri, Hoshiarpur; Amanpreet Kaur and Pankaj Raina, Mohali; Minu Dey, Kolkatta and Dr. Sabita Nag, Bankura and Shantla Madhu, Bangalore.
The exhibition was curated by O.P Sharma will be on view for the public till Oct 9, 2022 daily between 11 am-7 pm.