Nepal Tourism Board and the Nepal National Ethnographic Museum jointly launched Jan Salter’s ‘Faces of Nepal’ Web page at Nepal Tourism Board, Bhrikutimandap on Tuesday.
Caring for strays
The web page assembles her entire collection with more than 250 paintings and drawings. A small selection of some 20 original pencil sketches and oil paintings will be on permanent display at the Nepal National Ethnographic Museum at Nepal Tourism Board.
Tika Ram Chaudhary, Chair of Nepal National Ethnographic Museum, Dhan Bahadur Kunwar, General Secretary of Nepal National Ethnographic Museum, Rupy Singh and Chirag Bangdel, representatives for Friends of Jan Salter and Laxmi Sharma, Chair of Kathmandu Animal Treatment Center shared stories about their relationship with Jan stressing on the significance of her art and contributions to capture the essence of Nepali culture and in initiating animal welfare campaigns around Kathmandu.
