About creative dancers it is said that during the performance the dancer disappears, only the dance remains. The same feeling could be expressed about Prof. V.M. Sholapurkar, the painter-artist who passed away on June 8, 2021 in our city. He was such a great art teacher and a versatile, creative artist, I am sure, though…
Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. Vishwanath M. Sholapurkar (90), Founder-Dean of CAVA, passed away at his residence in V.V. Mohalla here yesterday. He is survived by his wife Suhasini, children Suchitra, Ravindra and Swati, daughter-in-law Sunetra, grandchildren Atharva and Kajrri, students and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were held at Chirashanthidhama in Gokulam yesterday. Prof….
Cava alumnus’ awareness figurines This ‘Clock-faced Man’ with sanitiser bottle in one hand and a mask in another, an artwork created by city artist D.S. Prasanna Kumar, is to remind people not to be negligent in following safety protocols even for a second as the pandemic is spreading like wildfire. This social awareness art piece…
Mysore/Mysuru: City’s renowned sculptor and former Dean of Chamarajendra Government College of Visual Arts (CAVA) V.A. Deshpande (66), passed away in the wee hours of today in city. A resident of Studio Prathima at Chikkegowdanakoppal, Aloka Road in Yelwal here, he leaves behind his wife, two sons, daughters-in-law and a host of relatives and friends. …
Today is International Sculpture Day. It is a worldwide annual celebration of sculpture on the last Saturday of April every year. It was established by the International Sculpture Centre and is meant to raise awareness, appreciation and enjoyment of sculpture in communities across the globe. By R. Amanda Fernandez Chamarajendra Government College of Visual Arts…
City-based artist L. Yogananda, an alumnus of CAVA, who was in news with his artistic way of creating awareness about the Coronavirus and importance of following Government guidelines to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic, has painted a wall atop Chamundi Hill with an elephant, the cynosure of all eyes during the Dasara festivities,…
Mysore/Mysuru: An exhibition of Collage Artworks of late Prof. S. Srinivasa Kumar, an educationist and a collage artist, is arranged by city-based Mysore Art Gallery on Oct. 11 at its premises on 12th Cross, Ramanuja Road here. Prof. Vijaya Rao, Head, Art – History Department of Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), Mysuru, will inaugurate…
Mysore/Mysuru: Chamarajendra Government College of Visual Arts, Mysuru (CAVA), has invited applications for BVA (Bachelor of Visual Arts) course in Painting, Graphics, Sculpture, Applied Arts, Photography & Photojournalism and Art History for the academic year 2020-21. Candidates who have passed PUC or Foundation Course in Visual Arts or any other equivalent courses are eligible to…
L. Yoganand, a city-based artist and an alumnus of CAVA, who is creating awareness about the Coronavirus through a video, has put up the prop depicting Google Chrome that featured in the video on the grills of Kukkarahalli Lake as if warning the people who come out on streets unnecessarily though nation lockdown is in…
Mysore/Mysuru: As the Coronavirus scare grips the globe, many are going panic while a few others are finding ways to educate people and create awareness on the pandemic. L. Yoganand, a city-based artist and an alumnus of CAVA, is creating awareness in his own artistic way through a video. The 59-second concept video titled ‘Awareness…
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