Stone carving, Painter's camp concludes at NZCC
17/10/2018
SRINAGAR, OCT 16: Stone carving & Painter's camp organized by North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC), Patiala concluded on Tuesday at its city office at Nehru Park Dalgate here.
In connection with 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the stone carving camp started on 2nd October while painter's camp begun on 10th October respectively.
Besides from local, sculptors from different places of the northern India participated in the camp.
Those who participated include Gurmeet Goldie (Chandigarh), Mithun Kumar Dutta (Dharamshala, H.P), Arjinder Kumar (Jammu), Shaiqa Mohi (Srinagar) and Mohd Iqbal (Srinagar).
The Artists (painters), who participated in the camp include Harsh Vardhan (Jammu), Sadhna Sangar (Chandigarh), Bheem Malhotra (Chandigarh), Masood Hussain (Srinagar), M A Mehboob (Srinagar), Shafi Chaman (Srinagar), Kanwal Pal Singh (Chandigarh), Nand Lal Thakur (Shimla, U.P), Suresh Kumar Chaudhary (Kangra, H.P) and Rachita Dutta (Jammu).
The artists said that they had a great time in working in Kashmir for the first time as most of them were from the outside valley. They promised to visit and work here again if such project comes to their way.
Art lovers from across the all parts of Kashmir as well as few foreign tourists visited the stone carving, painter's camps and appreciated the work of these Artists.
Director NZCC, Prof Saubhagya Vardhan said that they will continue to organize such activities in the valley.
"I believe that art connects people from whatever background or religion you belong to. In these camps, we had artists from different religions who loved working and got connected to each other," Vardhan said.
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