Creates bridge between students and artists
by S. Kenneth Shishir
The Eight-day 7th National-level workshop for Fine Arts students organised by Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) now known as Chamarajendra Government Fine Arts College on Sayyaji Rao Road here concluded yesterday.
About 70 students from various art colleges in the country including Bangalore, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Davangere, Mangalore, Baroda, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jaipur and other places along with the students of CAVA, Mysore, who had participated in the workshop held between Sept. 13 and 20, brought out their creativity in the form of various art forms during the workshop.
Art students in the department of Painting, Applied Art, Sculpture, Graphics and Photography had displayed their works at the CAVA gallery. The students had used wood, cardboard, stones, threads and other materials as the medium for their arts.
CAVA Dean V.A. Deshpande, speaking to Star of Mysore, said that the students received ample exposure in art and a surge to their creativity by getting an opportunity to interact with stalwarts from prominent art institutions during the workshop.
He said that periodic workshops are conducted where renowned artists and lecturers from fine arts universities share their knowledge and skill with the students and added that these workshops were being conducted with the sole objective of providing exposure, insight and training to students to the largest extent possible.
CAVA also organises tours, seminars, internships and exhibitions of works executed by its students and leading artists, he said and added that the workshop would also create a bridge between the students and artists so that the students will get to know about new technologies and also to create a common platform for both.
Deshpande further said that the workshop will help students learn art forms of other States in the country, and also get to know student artists of other colleges.
Deshpande said that the vision of CAVA is to produce students of excellence in the field of art and culture and global artists whose motivational edge comes from Indian traditions and culture, whose competitive advantage is derived from Karnataka in particular and India in general.
Some of the participating students at the workshop said that the workshops being conducted by CAVA was very useful to them as they get to know the arts from various States in the country. They also said that it is also helpful to them as they get a chance to interact with other students and also with experts.
They also said that they were taken to various temples and tourist spots where they got to know the art , traditions and culture of Karnataka especially the style of arts of Mysore.
One of the student said that the workshop was an unique opportunity for the students to interact, exchange opinions and ideas and discuss the present trends in art.
The resource persons during the workshop were Nirmalendu Das of Shanthinikethan in Graphics, K.R. Srinivas of Gujarat in Applied Arts, Sunil Raju of Mumbai in Photography and Photo Journalism and Ramamurti of Bangalore in Sculpture.
The valedictory of the workshop was held yesterday at CAVA premises in which K.R. Srinivas, Sunil Raju and Ramamurti were the chief guests.
The programme was presided over by CAVA Dean V.A. Deshpande.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / Sunday , September 21st, 2014