Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Jammu and Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA) Jammu in collaboration with Rashtriya Kala Manch (RKM), ABVP, Dehradun (Uttrakhand) organized two day Rashtriya Kala Utsav at MKP PG College, Dehradun in connection with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
OP Sharma, Director, JKCCA and Pardeeip Shekhawat, State Organizing Secretary, ABVP (UK) were present as chief guests on the inaugural ceremony whereas Dr Mamta Singh, State President, ABVP (UK), Kulwant Singh Gill and Dharminder Sharma were the special guests on this occasion. Dr Rekha Khare, Principal, MKP PG College, Dehradun presided over the function.
A national level art exhibition and workshop on portrait making were held during the event.
More than one hundred art works of the veteran, senior and young artists from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttrakhand, Maharashtra, West Bengal, New Delhi and Haryana have been displayed in the art exhibition.
A demonstration on portrait painting of Subhash Chander Bose, in oil colours was given by Kulwant Singh Gill, a prominent portrait painter from Amritsar. Senior artist from Punjab Dharminder Sharma gave a demonstration on Rajasthani style of painting in acrylic colours.
OP Sharma, Director JKCCA felicitated Dr Mamta Singh, senior artist from Dehradun, with the honour of ‘Artist of the Year- 2022’ for her meritorious services in the field of art. Dr Mamta Singh, prominent artist from Dehradun is also the Advisor of JKCCA. She is the State President of ABVP, Uttrakhand.
Rita Tiwari, Dr Monika Bhatnagar, Anita, Poonam Rawat, Nagendra Bisht, Vishal Singh, Himani, Kusum Joshi, Kiran Kathawat, Dr Alka Mohan, Dr Puneet Saini, Dr Tulika Chandra, Dr Jyotsana Sharma, Dr Archana Shukla, Dr Sangeeta Khular, Dr Arti Shisodia, Dr Renu Sexena, Dr Hari Om Shankar, Bhawani Singh and Dr Ajay Mohan were present during the inaugural ceremony.
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