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Rekindling the flame of art |
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Written by Kulwinder Sandhu, Tribune News
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Saturday, 15 December 2007 |
 A five-day workshop was organised for the rural school students to rekindle the flame of art on the eve of the 106th birth anniversary of legendry artist Sobha Singh in the art gallery of Andretta, near Palampur, recently.
many as 100 children of the local Sobha Singh Government High School and other nearby schools participated in the workshop. They were taught to make greeting cards. The cards were later exhibited at the art gallery.
A large number of artists, villagers and admirers of Sobha Singh lauded the effort to revive the tradition of art at this famous art village.
Hirday Paul Singh, secretary-general of the Sobha Singh Memorial Art Society said this was an attempt to train local talent the village that already had the atmosphere for advocating art activities.
Sobha Singh stayed for more than 40 years in this little hamlet to paint in solitude. “As this attempt has been successful and encouraging, therefore, efforts will be made to increase such activities in the near future”, said Hirday.
Organiser of this workshop and art teacher Kamaljeet Kaur said the children had done some wonderful creative work with a lot of joy and satisfaction. She hoped that after learning the techniques, these children would contribute to their family income by making greeting cards and other gift items for different occasion like the New Year, Lohri and birthdays etc.
The participating children were given certificates of appreciation, a print of Sobha Singh’s paintings and other prizes. The secretary of the local Red Cross Society gave away the prizes.
Urmil Rana, village pardhan of Andretta, appreciated the efforts of the family members of Sobha Singh in encouraging art activities in the village.
She revealed that during the past one year Kamaljeet Kaur, the grand-daughter-in-law of Sobha Singh, had organised five free of cost workshops for the rural women.
This had helped them to take a stride towards self-help efforts, she added.
Editors Note: Visit http://www.sobhasinghartist.com for more information on the life and history of Sobha Singh.
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