Jammu : A National Exhibition of Art organized by Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts, Jammu (J&K) in collaboration with Anand Art Mission, Haridwar (Uttrakhand) and Snehil, Dehradun (Uttrakhand) was on Friday inaugurated by the chief guest Sh. V S Rahi, a veteran artist from Delhi, at Gallery T- 47, Shivalik Nagar, BHEL, Haridwar
According to a statement issued by JKCCA Jagdish Lal Pahwa, a Senior Social Worker was the guest of honour whereas Arun Kumar Pathak, a poet, and Ashok Gupta, Secretary, Anand Art Mission, Haridwar were the special guests on this occasion. The art works of forty senior and young artists from various states of the country have 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 the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir after the hard times of Covid- 19 Pandemic. He informed that JKCCA has organized thirteen international art exhibitions and a large number of national and other art exhibitions (physical and online), including regular shows during Covid- 19 Pandemic. He added that the organization has been voluntarily working since its inception during 1999 with the aim to promote and preserve art, literature and culture.
Speaking on this occasion V S Rahi said that such events spread the spirit of sharing and working together even during the hard times. He appreciated the organizers to bring the veteran, senior and young artists of the country at one platform. He said that more such events would be organized in future too to promote art & culture of all the regions of the country. Jagdish Lal Pahwa, Sh. Arun Kumar Pathak and Sh. Ashok Gupta also expressed their views on this occasion. The artists who participated in the exhibition included 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 curated by O P Sharma will be on view for the public till 9th October, 2022 daily between 11 AM- 7 PM.
