National Exhibition of Visual Arts inaugurated at Kala Kendra

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Daily Excelsior
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 8: National Exhibition of Visual Arts by Jammu and Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA) was inaugurated by Mohammad Saleem Shishgar at Kala Kendra, here today.
On the occasion, Mushtaaque Ali Ahmad Khan, Film Maker and Director and Advisor JKCCA was the guest of honour, while Dr Arvinder Singh Amn, additional Secretary JKAACL and Secretary Kala Kendra and Dharminder Sharma, senior artist from Amritsar and Advisor JKCCA were the special guests. O P Sharma, Director, JKCCA also shared the dais.
The art works of thirty eight veteran, senior and young artists from 14 States of the country have been displayed in the show.
OP Sharma Director JKCCA welcomed the guests and gave a brief resume of the activities of the Centre. He informed that JKCCA will organize National Art Exhibition of Paintings at Goa between January 31 to February 3 this year and a Miniature Art Camp will be held at Mansar in the month of March 2019.
Speaking on this occasion, Mohammad Saleem Shishgar said that there is a need to work collectively for the promotion of art and culture.
The art works of the artists which will be on display are VS Rahi, Dr AK Dixit (New Delhi), ND Jamwal, Gokal Dembi, TS Batra, Ashok Mehra, Bhushan Kesar, Jang S Verman, Jasleen Singh, Kamal Nain Bhan, Aslam Naqshbandi, Ganesh Kumar Sharma, Mohammad Akram Khan, OP Sharma, Rouf Qyasi, Shakti Kumari, Amrit Kaur, Anuradha, Deepa Soni, Shivani Bhat Koul and Kaunain Zubair (J&K), Dr Nathu Lal Verma, Dr Nisha Soni (Rajasthan), BR Bodade, Madhu Sharma (MP), Anuradha Thakur, Ramesh Bhosale (MR), Kanu Patel (Gujarat), B Sireesha (Telangana), Kusum Choauhan (Haryana) Dharminder Sharma, KS Gill, Gaytri (Punjab), Dr Mamta Singh (UK), Dr Ramshabad Singh, Pratima Singh (UP), Prabhinder Lall (Chandigarh), Shyam Sharma (Bihar) and Tapan Kar (West Bengal).
The exhibition is curated by OP Sharma, Director, JKCCA under the supervision of Pt Kewal K Sharma, President JKCCA.
Prominent among others who were present on the occasion were Prof T S Batra, Jang S Verman, Anil Saraf, Rampaul Dogra, Suresh Sharma, Varinder Sumly, Joginder Paul and Kuldip Gupta.

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