Group painting exhibition begins at AFD today
DL desk
A two-week long group painting exhibition titled Diversity of the Nature by the students of Painting for Children will begin today at the Galerie Zoom of Alliance Franaise de Dhaka (AFD) in the capitals Dhanmondi area. Eminent artist Samarjit Roy Chowdhury will attend the inaugural ceremony of the exhibition as the chief guest today at the gallery premises. The exhibition is coordinated by Mohammad Habib Ullah.
Visual art can be regarded as one of the ultimate reflections of the human mind. And the minds of children, unfettered by the laws of adults, can generate amazing and open views of the world around us. To display the beauty of the endless thoughts and imagination of the children and to inspire them in creating more art, Painting for Children Workshop at Alliance Franaise de Dhaka is going to organise its first painting exhibition by its students.
Made by 55 little painters, who learned their foundations of painting at the Painting for Children Workshop at various branches of Alliance Franaise de Dhaka, two kinds of artworks--paintings of nature on canvas and folk paintings on clay shora (domed lid)--will be presented in this exhibition.
The exhibition will remain open to all until September 29 and can be visited according to the following schedule: Monday to Thursday from 3to 9pm, Friday and Saturday (9am to12noon and 5pm to 8pm). Closed -Sunday.
Where: AFD, 26 Mirpur Road
When: Inauguration: 5:30pm, today l
