Arts-&-Culture
75th birth anniversary of artist Kalidas Karmakar on Sunday
Today is the 75th birth anniversary of Ekushey Padak winner late painter and printmaking artist Kalidas Karmakar.
Liberation War Museum reopens for public after nine months
The Liberation War Museum (LWM) has reopened its doors to general visitors from Friday at its permanent venue located in Agargaon in the capital following health directives, after being closed for the past nine months.
How Dhaka professor plans to help prisoners act out a positive future
Theatrically inclined inmates will stage plays like Bangabandhu's prison memoir ‘Karagarer Rojnamcha’ and Munier Chowdhury's ‘Kobor’ in all the 68 jails of Bangladesh as part of a cultural festival that aims at giving the dispirited not only the much-needed recreational break but also an opportunity to prepare themselves to re-enter society.
Curtain rises on BSA’s Upazila Cultural Fest 2021
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) virtually inaugurated a month-long cultural festival on Sunday, initiating live cultural shows in 10 Upazilas across the country that will run till January 31.
Novelist Rabeya Khatun passes away
Eminent novelist Rabeya Khatun passed away in the city on Sunday at the age of 85.
106th birth anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin today
The 106th birth anniversary of art maestro Zainul Abedin is being observed today (Tuesday).
Chhayanaut's 4-day virtual tribute to Nazrul concludes
Chhayanaut, country’s renowned cultural institution, virtually arranged a four-day special cultural programme paying tribute to the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam that ended on Sunday.
Ekushey Book Fair could begin at venue before February 21
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2021 could take place at Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan before February 21.
Zonta Club's ‘Strokes Against Violence' art camp calls for united awareness
Featuring three of the leading female artists in Bangladesh, an online art camp titled ‘Strokes Against Violence’, organised by Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka was virtually held on Wednesday - marking the 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence which reflected on the necessity of mass awareness regarding the issue.
Noted painter Afroza Jamil Konka, eminent indigenous artist Kanak Chanpa Chakma and leading performance artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema showcased their mesmerising crafts based on the topic of violence against women at the event, which was moderated by Zonta’s Advocacy Chairperson Tootli Rahman and also joined by Dr Simeen M Akhter, President of Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka.
News agency United News of Bangladesh (UNB) was the media partner of the camp, while Gallery Cosmos was the gallery partner.
“I’ve been painting women for a long time. When I was at a very tender age, I saw my mother struggling to raise her four daughters as the situation was very hard for her in the male dominated society. I closely saw her joys and sorrows and she was very joyful when she used to be with us, to make us feel happy. Those things encouraged me to paint women and all their emotions,” painter Afroza Jamil Konka, the inaugural artist of the camp, shared her thoughts behind drawing paintings of women.
Answering a question on why she thinks child marriage should be banned, Konka said, “I draw a lot of paintings on child marriage as I think it’s the root of all the violence against us, women. A little girl, when she is supposed to go to school and explore, enjoy and learn about life - society pushes her to do something which she is neither capable of nor ready to take over. A healthy and educated mother is a blessing for our society, and that can only be assured if we can stop child marriages.”