Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 26: A three days National Women Painters’ Camp was inaugurated at Kala Kendra, here today.
The camp was inaugurated by Soujanaya Sharma, Secretary, Kala Kendra and Director Local Bodies. Jang S Verman, a well known artist and columnist on Art and Culture was the guest of honour on the occasion.
The camp has been organized by Jammu and Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu in collaboration with Kala Kendra, Jammu and Kokuyo Camlin Limited.
The camp is being organized in the loving memory of Late Gobind Kaur, first woman sculptor of J&K State who contributed a lot in the field of art.
Ten female artists from various parts of the country are participating in this camp. The participating artists in the camp are Pratima Singh from Lucknow, Gaytri Verma from Hoshiarpur, Harsimrat Kaur from Ferozpur, Dr Amita Khare from Gwalior, Mala Chawla from Amritsar, Bhawna Marwah from Meerut, Amrit Kaur, Anuradha Devi, Jatinder Kaur, Rekha Gupta, Harpreet Kour and Shivali Jamwal from Jammu.
The camp is curated by OP Sharma, Director JKCCA. A large number of artists, writers and other intellectuals attended the inaugural function.
In his inaugural remarks, Soujanaya Sharma said that art needs promotion by the public with its presence in such programmes. Speaking on the contribution of Gobind Kaur, he said that she had earned her name by winning All India and State level awards like by Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, Faculty of Platic Arts, Benaras Hindu University, J&K State Cultural Academy, South Central Zone Cultural Centre Nagur and Maha Kala Kaushal Kala Parishad, Raipur, etc.
Earlier, OP Sharma, Director JKCCA apprised the audience about the contribution of JKCCA in promotion of art and culture in and outside the State. He said that JKCCA has organized art, culture and literary activities at State, national and international levels in the past.
Manjeet Kumat Katoch, representative of Kokuyo Camlin Limited represented Camlin, one of the collaborators of the camp.
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