The British Council has commissioned a project to nurture the collaboration and co-creation between young Bangladeshi and UK artists and to commemorate its 70 years in Bangladesh.

Britto Arts Trust Bangladesh, Tara Theatre UK and the British Council have jointly organised "Artists Make Space."

In collaboration with Chittagong University, the inaugural exhibition of this project was launched at the Rashid Chowdhury Art Gallery of the Fine Arts Institute of the university on November 6.

This exhibition will continue till November 12 and remain open for everyone from 3pm to 7pm every day. 

Chittagong University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Shireen Akhtar was present at the launching event as the chief guest with Professor Benu Kumar Dey as a special guest. Professor Mahbubul Haque, artist Dhali Al Mamun and artist Nazlee Laila Mansur were also present.

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This exhibition is curated by artists Mahbubur Rahman and Natasha Kathi Chandra. It will be exhibited in three venues in Sylhet and Dhaka cities – at Kobi Nazrul Auditorium (Sylhet), British Council (Fuller Road, Dhaka) and Britto Arts Trust (Dhaka). The project was already exhibited in London, Birmingham and Manchester.

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Using the power and people's dependence on virtual worlds created during the pandemic, Britto Arts Trust and Tara Theatre brought together seven Bangladeshi artists and as many UK artists.

These 14 artists combined their long-held collective thoughts through virtual communication, overcoming the limitations of direct communication, and created their artworks.

Artists Dhali Al Mamun, Salauddin Ahmed and Mahmudul Hossain from Bangladesh and Jennifer Tang, Clive Lyttle, Uzma Hameed and Jaspreet Kaur from the UK were engaged as mentors in this project.