Biennale Foundation launches project for young artists

The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) has launched new Art Residency project to provide mentoring to young artists from Kerala aspiring to make it big in the world of art.
The programme is being conducted by the Foundation in association with the Palette People Art Residency at Vagamon. Selected young artists will be able spend time there discussing art, learning new genres and creating new works.
'The Foundation has selected two students each from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram, Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur and Radha Lakshmi Vilasom (RLV) College of Music and Fine Arts Thripunithura in the first phase of the project', said Riyas Komu, Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) Director of Programmes.

The participants in the current edition are Sreekala A and Ranjit Sivaram from College of Music and Fine Arts Thripunithura, Hima Hari and Unnikrishnan C from Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur and Sumesh Balachandran and Amjum Rizvi of the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram.
In the second phase, students from Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts, Mavellikara will also be included in the project. The mentoring programme, which commenced on Aug 1 will end on Aug 14.