KAAF holds first ever printmaking workshop at Harwan

Kashmir can be world’s best destination for creative artists: Nasreen Mohsin

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 02 (STC): First ever printmaking workshop scheduled for five days for Kashmir’s artists at the Studio of Kashmir Art and Artists Foundation (KAAF) was inaugurated today in the outskirts of Srinagar at Harwan. The workshop has been organized by a renowned painter and writer Nasreen Mohsin.
Notably, Nasreen, who along with her husband and prominent playwright, poet and writer Fayaz Dilbar founded KAAF few years ago in order to foster creative impetus among the youth.
Nasreen Mohsin has earned masters degree in printmaking from Baroda’s M S University.
“In hosting this workshop , KAAF Studio affirms its commitment to positioning Srinagar as a site of artistic excellence and collaboration, “ Nasreen said at the inaugural ceremony of the five-day workshop that is expected to attract students and experts from Jammu and Kashmir as well as from various parts of the country. She added that by creating opportunities for skill development, mentorship and exposure to national-level practitioners, “the workshop aspires to nurture a generation of artists who can carry forward the printmaking tradition while expanding its boundaries.”
She further asserted that Kashmir has the potential of becoming the world’s best destination for artists to learn or teach printmaking.
It’s worth mentioning that the faculty to train the students and fresh aspirants has been drawn from prestigious institutions in the country.
Besides local artists, poets, broadcasters, civil society activists and journalists, veteran artists and connoisseurs of art from across the country attended the function.
Euro Art awardee Padma Reddy from Hyderabad, eminent artist and teacher Gokal Dembi from Jammu, A. Rajeshwar Rao from Andra Pradesh, Jayanti Rabadia from Gujarat , Sabita Lakshman from Hyderabad and Kashmir’s famous poet Naseem Shifayee were conferred with Kashmiri shawls and mementos.
Remarkably, Nasreen and her husband Fayaz Dilbar have dedicated part of their house at Harwan for the KAAF Studio where the aspirants will be groomed in printmaking of paintings.
Writer, researcher, translator and art enthusiast Tanveer Ajsi conducted the proceedings of the function.
(Straight Talk Communications)