Celebrating the joyous festivities of Spring in flair, Gallery Cosmos organized a special daylong art event titled ‘Live Drawing, Watercolour Session & Exhibition’ on Saturday at the Garden Gallery Cosmos, Baridhara in the capital.

A unique venture of Gallery Cosmos, the event featured a captivating live drawing session followed by a daylong exhibition of 10 prominent and renowned Bangladeshi artists - Abdus Shakoor Shah, Kanak Chanpa Chakma, Biren Shome, Jamal Ahmed, Shohag Parvez, Kuhu Plamondon, Shahanoor Mamun, Fareha Zeba, Sourav Chowdhury, and Kamruzzoha.

The artistic festivity, supervised by Gallery Cosmos Director Tehmina Enayet, was also joined by several other prominent and influential personalities, including Vice President of the Cosmos Group and Executive Director of Gallery Cosmos and UNB Nahar Khan, Singapore-based Bangladeshi artist Jamil Khan, Ekushey Padak recipient art maestro Farida Zaman, Grammy-nominated eminent Nazrul exponent-singer-educator Dr Nashid Kamal, prominent fashion designer and Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh (FDCB) founding President Maheen Khan, esteemed members of Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka and others.

From 11am to 3pm, the artists participated in live drawing sessions by drawing a florist woman as a live model and other beautiful, picturesque elements of nature, portraying the scenic beauty of Spring on their canvases with watercolour. 

From 3pm to 7pm, the exhibition featuring the artworks was joined and lauded by the art-admiring visitors, and the artists interacted with prominent and enthusiastic art admirers, celebrating the togetherness of art and nature at the Garden Gallery’s beautiful, picturesque venue, greeted with the first rainfall after Winter.

Regarding the event, Ekushey Padak recipient and art maestro Jamal Ahmed said, “This type of art event is essential and always refreshing as we, the artists, can exchange our artistic visions and ideas with each other.” 

He lauded Gallery Cosmos for organizing such an event.

Kanak Chanpa Chakma, another Ekushey Padak recipient prominent indigenous artist said: "Gallery Cosmos often organizes this type of wonderful artistic ventures in this beautiful venue and I have participated in a number of these events; and I appreciate the fact that the gallery always promotes artists through this type of initiatives where we can celebrate our passion of art with each other."

Hosting the event, Gallery Cosmos Director Tehmina Enayet said:  "A few years ago, right after the COVID-19 pandemic, several renowned artists including our Kuhu Plamondon suggested that we hold live drawing sessions in our Garden Gallery Cosmos. In line with that, we have organized several such events over the past few years."

"We have always appreciated and been inspired by the enthusiastic participation and presence of everyone at these events, and such arrangements will continue in the future on behalf of Gallery Cosmos," Tehmina Enayet told UNB.