SHILLONG, July 8: A five-day art workshop on ‘Cross-Cultural Identities — A Dialogue through Art’ concluded on Friday at ICSSR Complex, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU).
According to a statement, the art workshop was organised by the Positive Energy Art Foundation and inaugurated by Commissioner and Secretary, Arts and Culture department, FR Kharkongor.
“The art camp was supported by ICSSR- NERC with academic deliberations on the various facets of cultural and aesthetic growth and development presented by distinguished scholars of some universities from Thailand, South Korea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and India,” the statement informed.
Kharkongor, while referring to the participation of several foreign delegates, said in his address, “Art is a great connector and dissolves boundaries and thereby created a repository of creativity for artists to flourish”.
As part of the event, the artists demonstrated their creativity through paintings on canvases and creative performing arts in the open spaces of the sprawling surrounding ICSSR complex at NEHU.
“All the participating artists were felicitated and presented with mementos and certificates by distinguished guests during the concluding function including the art exhibition of the artworks executed during the five-day art camp,” the statement said.
It may be mentioned that the North-East India, during the event, was represented by Dr Moushumi Kandali of Tezpur University, Dr Nabajit Deka, Principal of Government College of Arts and Crafts, Assam, Benedict Skhemlang Hynñiewta of Centre for Cultural and Creative Studies, NEHU, and eminent local artist Raphael Warjri, Chief Creative Director Riti Academy of Visual Arts.
“Most of the concepts of the performances emphasized the impact of human intervention on the globe and the deterioration of nature and the synergy of local Khasi culture with a universal viewpoint from the respective art performers,” the statement said.
