National Painters’ Camp to be held at Mansar

Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu in collaboration with J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Lamguages, supported by J&K Tourism Department, organizes a National Painters Camp at J&K Tourist Complex, Mansar Lake (Samba, J&K) w.e.f. 26th to 28th February, 2021. Ten well known senior and young artists from different parts of the country will participate in this painters camp.
The participating artists include Jang S. Verman, Ashok Mehra, Anil Saraf and Deepa Soni (Jammu), Tariq Saifi (Surankot, Poonch), K S Gill and Dharminder Sharma (Amritsar), Archana Choudhary (Madhubani), Deepika (Pathankot) and Alphe Kumar (NewDelhi). According to O P Sharma, Director, JKCCA, J&K Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu was established way back in 1999 to promote, preserve and propagate the splendid art heritage of Jammu & Kashmir. He said that the NGO has so far organized hundreds of activities in and outside J&K, including organizing of eight International Art Exhibitions; show at 1st International Kala Mela at New Delhi; National level Art Exhibitions at Jammu, Jaipur, Sunderbani, Amritsar, Goa, Lucknow and New Delhi, Women Painters Art Exhibition at Jammu, etc.; All India Painters’ Camps at Sunderbani, Jammu, Akhnoor, Mansar and Rajouri etc. The camp will be curated by O P Sharma, a senior & renowned artist & Director, Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu.