JKCCA’s art exhibition dedicated to front line warriors inaugurated

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: 9th International Art Exhibition (online), organized by Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu was inaugurated today by T S Batra, a senior artist & former Principal, Institute of Music & Fine Arts (IMFA), University of Jammu.
Pt Kewal K Sharma, President JKCCA was the guest of honour on the occasion of inaugural ceremony. The exhibition has been dedicated to the frontline warriors in Covid-19 pandemic to acknowledge their services for the cause of humanity.
According to O P Sharma, Director JKCCA, the exhibition has been divided into two segments i.e. Invitees’ Section and Artists’ Section. The participants in the artist category include Jasleen Singh, Amrit Kaur, Ashok Mehra, Santosh Tiku, Bodh Raj Baldhotra, Archana Choudhary, Sireesha Srinivas, Madhavi Sharma, O P Sharma, Kamal Nain Bhan, Isha Sharma, Deepa Soni, Ganesh Kumar Sharma, Sanjogita Dogra, Shivani Bhat Koul, Sukhwinder Kaur, Rekha Sharma, Rajwinder Kaur, Tariq Saifi, Shiekh Ghulam Rasool, Aslam Naqishbandi, Masood Tabish, Rouf Qyasi and Kaunain Zubair, Shivali Jamwal and Vanshika Gupta (J&K), Babita Hundal, Pankaj Raina, Maninder Kaur, Dr Kavita Singh, K S Gill, Dharminder Sharma, Atul Mattu, Kavi Chouhan, Sahil Sodhi Mukesh Vig, Deepika, Dr Sudhamani Sood (Punjab), Ved Prakash, Kamal Kishore, Dr Rita Kashyap, Alphee Kumar (Delhi), Mohammed Salim, Kanchan Potlia ( Rajasthan), Rakesh K Koul, Dr Preetika Verma, Dr Nirupama Singh (Haryana), Priti Mishra (HP), Mamta Singh, Shailee Singhal (Uttrakhand), Kamna Chouhan, Pratima Singh, Shagufta Khanam, Anjana Chatterjee, Dr Abha, Hema Sahu, Renuka Tyagi, Uddeshiya Divgaiyan, Mamta Verma, Vibha Singh, Rekha Sharma, Dilip Kumar, Rashmi Saxena, Bindu Awasthi, Neelam Kant (UP), Kamaljeet Chugh, Swati M Jain (MP), Moitery (Bihar), Yashwant Patel (Gujarat), Arpitha B Ruparel, Shantala Madhu, Veena Vyas, Alka Chadha Harpalani (Karnataka), Ambarish Brahmachari (W Bengal), Aparazita Rahman, Mukti Bhowmik, Rifat Jahan Kanta (Bangladesh), Mamta Patel (USA), Laura Caro and Raghav Dixit (UK).
The artists included in the invitees’ section are V S Rahi, Dr A K Dixit (New Delhi), N D Jamwal, Gokel Dembi, M A Mehboob, Jang S Verman (J&K), Prof Sunil Saxena, Dr Saroj Rani, Dr Rekha Kakkar (UP), Ashok Gupta, UA Bandana Nath (Assam), Neena Singh, G Y Gari (AP), Fareha Zeba and Mini Karim (Bangladesh).