Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 28: A national exhibition of paintings was organized by J&K Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu, in collaboration with Indian Academy of Fine Arts (IAFA), Amritsar.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, IAFA president, Amritsar at Central Hall Art Gallery of IAFA, Amritsar.
Art works of selected 28 veterans and well known, as well, young artists of different States of India were displayed in the exhibition.
O.P Sharma, Director JKCCA informed that JKCCA has been organizing various activities related to visual arts, literature and performing arts, independently and in collaboration with other organizations.
Art works of V.S Rahi, Dr. A.K Dixit and Sakshi Bajaj (New Delhi); Jang S Verman, O.P Sharma and Sunita Gandhi (Jammu), Kanwalnain Kour and Vishal Singh, (Kathua) and Aslam Naqshbandi, (Srinagar, J&K), Dr. (Prof.) Saroj Rani, (Varanasi), Vibha Singh (Noida), Shagufta Khanum and Pratima Singh (Lucknow), Kuljeet Heer (Jalandhar) and Gaytri, Ramesh Kumari, Amrit Pal Singh and Mansi (Hoshiarpur), Mamta Patel, Yashwant Patel, Shailesh Patel, Neha Bedekar Patel and Kruti Patel, Vallabh Vidya Nagar (Gujrat), B.R Bodade (Indore) and Romika Bhasin (Bhopal) and Dr. Mamta Singh and Mohmmed Moin (Dehradun) and Dr. Neha Martolia (Srinagar, Uttrakhand) were put on display in the show.
On this occasion, two visual artists Jang S. Verman, Jammu and Yashwant Patel, Valabh Vidya Nagar (Gujrat) were conferred the JKCCA Life-Time Achievement Award.
O.P Sharma, Director, JKCCA, Jammu, Tejinder Kaur, Sukhpal Singh, Kulwant Singh Gill, Dharminder Singh and local artists and art lovers were present on this occasion.
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