‘CONFLUENCE 23’, A group art exhibition organised by Welham Old Boys Society (WOBS)
3 min readApril 1st to eighth, 2023 at The Stainless Gallery, Mathura Road, New Delhi
The alumni community of Welham Old Boys Society (WOBS),celebrates40 years of its inceptionand commemorates it by bringing collectively artistic people from various disciplines and backgrounds of theirfirst ever eight day artistic programshowcasing artworks by faculty alumni and different artistic practitioners in a group art exhibition,‘CONFLUENCE 23’ at The Stainless Gallery,Mathura Road, New Delhi from April 1st to eighth, 2023.
Present on the event had been Senior Artist Rajiv Lochan, Humaira Mishra (Great Granddaughter of Dr. Zakir Hussain, former President of India and founding father of Jamia Millia Islamia University), Fashion Designers Abhishek Gupta and Dhruv Sehgal, Delhi Based Model / Socialite Bandana Sondhi, Art Collector and well-known mental property lawyer Tejshree Savara, Well recognized Artists Vibhor Sogani, Kunal Batra, Shabbir Santosh (Son of legendary grasp artist G. R. Santosh), Senior Architect Mukul Goyal, Art Collectors Rashi and Kunal Ganeriwala, Radio Jockeys Kartik Mahajan, Director Radio City Mr. Ravi Gujjar, Advocate Kirtiman Singh, Art Collector and well-known mental property lawyer Tejshree Savara, Actress Dipanita Sharma and others.
‘CONFLUENCE 23’is a group of artworks from 29 Artists that features Acclaimed Fashion Designer Abhishek Gupta, Amrai Dua, legendary animation movie maker late Arnab Chaudhuri, Aryan Arora, Avi Kripalani, Cyril Kuhn, Dhaarna Jaisinghani, Divyam Raghunath, Divyaman Singh, Dr. Abhishek Gaurav, Gareema Shankar, Hajra Ahmad, Harveen Roohi Kapur, Himanshu Agarwal, Jagjit Singh, Kunal Batra, Malvika Singh, Manish Issar, Senior Architect Mukul Goyal, Muzammil Hussain, Nikita Gambhir, Nipurama S. Saakshar Makhija, Bangkok primarily based progressive dancer Sejal Surendra Sood, Shoaib Shawl, Graphic Designer Sudeep Chaudhuri, Upam Lahkar, Vaishali Gupta and Vibhor Sogani
Brought to existence byfaculty’s principal Mr. S. Kandhari, an ex-student of the varsity, WOBS by means of ‘CONFLUENCE 23’ endeavors tofoster workable skilled collaborative alliances for art fans by offering them a platform to showcase their work and to rejoice their achievements. The individuals of this art exhibition areskilled artists,photographers, architects, style designers, inside designers, product designers, graphic designers and in addition embody an educationalist, an art therapist, a dancer and a training physician. Participants should not simply restricted toWelham Boys School Dehradun, but additionally envelop different alumni fromWelham Girls School Dehradun, Doon School, Lawrence School Sanawar, Mayo College Girls Ajmer, Daly College Indore, Delhi College of Artsas nicely.
Buckled up onto a voyage of types,Rohit Jaiswal (President, Welham Old Boys Society)shares his ideas, “The exhibition goals at bringing collectively Welham Boys’ alumni from completely different walks of life throughout generations to converge at one juncture the place all of them share one language and thought by means of art. It particularly ventures to showcase and promote exceptionally expert youthful skilled artists which have studied in prestigious art establishments in India and overseas.”
Being a non-profit incomes societyWelham Old Boys Society (WOBS)makes an attempt not simply to advertise art however ensures to particularly present an applicable infrastructure for individuals to freely specific themselves and have the consolation of getting their artworks accurately archived.
A group art exhibition,CONFLUENCE 23, Comprehensive Programme Schedule :
Sunday, April 2nd, 2023:THE OLIPHANT EDITOR’S BUNKwith Amish Mulmi & Sidharth Singh from 7pm to 9pm
Monday, April third, 2023:PANEL DISCUSSION, True Crime – OTT’s New Success Mantra – Where News & Entertainment Meetwith Abhinandan Sekhri, Kaveree Bamzai and Shefali Bhushan from 3.30pm to 5pm
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023:UNFLITERED EMOTIONS, Talk by Gareema Shankar from 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Wednesday, April fifth, 2023:AESTHETICS & PROCESSES, Talk by Anica Kochhar & Sushant Maini from 7pm to 9pm
Thursday, April sixth, 2023:CULTURAL RELEVANCE THROUGH INTERIOR DESIGN, Talk by Ravisha Thacker Merchant from 7 pm to 9 pm
Saturday, April eighth, 2023:FILM SCREENING – SONSI & SHERAby Vikas Kumar & Sharib Khan from 7pm to 9pm