Guests and participants pose for a photo at the inugural ceremony of a seven-day ceramic workshop jointly organised by Kingdom of the Netherlands embassy in Bangladesh, Art Bangla Foundation and the DU ceramics department at fine art faculty of the university on Monday. | Press release
A seven-day ceramic workshop began at the ceramics department of Dhaka University on Monday.
Jointly organised by the Kingdom of the Netherlands embassy in Bangladesh, Art Bangla Foundation and the DU ceramics department, the workshop titled ‘Bridging Cultures through Clay’ aims at exploring the Delft Ceramic Traditions of the Netherlands with Bangladeshi art tradition.
Curated by DU graphic design department associate professor Harun ar Rashid Tutul and Conducted by Md Azharul Islam Sheikh, DU ceramics department associate professor Swapan Kumar Sikder is main facilitator, while teachers of the department Chinmaye Sikder Papy, Md Robiul Islam, Debashis Pal and Md Subbir-Al Razy are co-facilitators of the workshop.
Ceramics department’s 32 students are participating in the workshop.
The outcome of the workshop will be exhibited at Zainul Gallery in December, said Harun ar Rashid Tutul.
First secretary of the Netherlands embassy Cor Stouten attended as chief guest, while DU fine art faculty dean Md Azharul Islam Sheikh, Art Bangla Foundation chairman Professor Mohammad Eunus and senior policy adviser of the Netherlands embassy Namia Akhtar spoke as special guests at the ceremony.
Chairman of the ceramics department Chinmaye Sikder Papy chaired the event.
‘Two countries have a long history and tradition of ceramics and pottery. The collaborative workshop will help the young ceramic artists of the country,’ said Md Azharul Islam Sheikh.
‘Bangladeshi art is very attractive and colourful. I hope the combination of Bangladeshi art tradition and Netherlands delft ceramic will be interesting and exciting,’ said Cor Stouten.