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Dignitaries and organisers along with the participants pose for a photograph after the closing ceremony of the pop-up art gallery at Old NST station, Kohima on Jan. 31.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Kohima, Feb. 1 (EMN): The ten-day ‘master art’ workshop and a pop-up art gallery concluded at Old NST station, in Kohima on Jan. 31.
Among the eleven participants, three best artists -- Ruokuoselhou Miachieo, HA Akup Buchemhu, and Neiphrezo Ezung -- were selected for a tour to Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Hong Kong. The selected artists will work with the art professionals of the institute; take part in workshops and exposure trip.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Investment and Development Authority of Nagaland (IDAN), Alemtemshi Jamir was the special guest for the closing ceremony of the pop-up art gallery. He expressed his “biggest regret” of not becoming an artist and said and that “there's so much pleasure and romanticism involved” in art.
With the speeding computing system and the Artificial intelligence gaining its prominence each day, Jamir said that he was “really scared about human dignity.” Yet, amidst the generation moving forward to “technological singularity,” he is hopeful that art will “resolve” the issue as it “drives mankind in a better way.”
“We know for sure that painting and artist will stand up for human dignity and robots may never be able to equip like human,” Jamir assured.
Asserting that Nagas have “tremendous love for art,” he encouraged the eleven participants to aim high and move into the global space.
Executive director of admission, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Hong Kong, Pelesino Ane Kevichusa said that “the level of talent here (Nagaland) is truly astounding.” SCAD is always on the lookout to collaborate with new ideas, and the ‘master art workshop’ is the beginning, she added.
During an interaction with the media fraternity, she said that the selected artists would work with fine art professors (at SCAD) according to their area of interest. She added that ‘for artists in Nagaland, ‘only opportunity is fine art’ and they would be able to excel in different forms of art.
She advised the local artists to imbibe “hard work” and “dedication” as they are the most important traits for any successful person. She went on to say that many people think that art is an easy task, but it’s not.
The event also witnessed live abstract painting by Buddhi Thapa, a veteran artist from Nagaland.
It may be mentioned that Mumbai-based artist and master trainer Viveek Sharma and artist Ajit Nagarkar were the resource persons of the workshop organised by the Rattle & Hum Foundation in collaboration with the department of Art and Culture, SCAD and the Himalaya Fine Art.