Bamboo art workshop concludes with Expo at CAVA

Senior sculptor Venkatachalapathi is seen lighting the lamp to inaugurate the two-day CAVA Mela in city yesterday as others (from left) Bamboo craftsman Siddappa, CAVA Dean V.A. Deshpande and Rangayana Director H. Janardhan look on. Picture right shows a boy looking at the bullock cart model made of bamboo at the expo.
Senior sculptor Venkatachalapathi is seen lighting the lamp to inaugurate the two-day CAVA Mela in city yesterday as others (from left) Bamboo craftsman Siddappa, CAVA Dean V.A. Deshpande and Rangayana Director H. Janardhan look on. Picture right shows a boy looking at the bullock cart model made of bamboo at the expo.

Mysuru :

The two-day CAVA Mela organised by Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) began at college premises in city yesterday.

The mela was inaugurated by senior sculptor Venkatachalapathi in the presence of Rangayana Director Janardhan, Bamboo craftsman from Yelandur Siddappa and CAVA Dean V.A. Deshpande.

Various art forms, made of bamboo during the seven-day workshop on bamboo art, held at the Academy was the centre of attraction during the inaugural function of a two-day CAVA Mela.

An exhibition-cum-sale of bamboo artefacts and other works of students of CAVA, marked the culmination of the workshop on bamboo art.

A team of bamboo craftsmen from Yelandur, led by Siddappa, were the resource persons at the workshop.

He spoke on the importance of bamboo and how bamboo craftsmanship had declined by the rampant use of plastic.

Speaking about bamboo art, he said, craftsmen from North Eastern part of the country and Kerala were experts in the form, mainly due to the easy availability of bamboo and added that the weather in these parts were conducive for the growth of bamboo, which has resulted in a large number of people being still active as bamboo artisans in these parts of the country.

CAVA Dean Deshpande said that the objective behind organising an exhibition-cum sale, was to ensure that the art of CAVA students reaches every home in the city and added that the artefacts are moderately priced to make it affordable.

Apart from various artefacts made of bamboo, the exhibition at CAVA Mela has paintings and photographs of students which are up for sale.

Attractive art installations and craft forms are also on display.

The two-day CAVA mela concludes today evening.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News /  Sunday , December 14th, 2014

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