A group art exhibition titled ‘Wings of Imagination’ has begun at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) on Friday in the city’s Dhanmondi area. Noted artist Mizanur Rahim, Dean Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology, Sadya Afreen Mallick, Editor, Arts and Entertainment, The Daily Star and Art Critic Architect Professor Shamsul Wares, Dean, School of Environmental Science and Design, University of Asia Pacific, among others, were present in the opening ceremony.  Bruno Plasse, Director, AFD welcomed the guests and also presided over the opening ceremony.      
An art camp titled ‘Wings of Imagination’, coordinated by Queenies Art, was held at the Nokkhottrobari resort in Gazipur from 12 to 15 December 2014.  It was organised to honour the eminent artist– Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, recipient of the Ekushey Padak in 2014.  The serene location was chosen to facilitate the laureate – who promptly responded to the call of the convener artist, Nasima Khanam Queenie to be a part of her camp – to help spread the participants’ wings of imagination.
The participants of the camp included in addition to Professor Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka; Nasreen Begum, Department of Oriental Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka; Syed Hassan Mahmud and Atia Islam of Jhapi Art School; Ashok Karmakar, executive artist of Prothom Alo;  Rafi Haq, editor of Shilpa Prabaha; Praddyut Kumar Das of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy; Zahid Mustafa, Bipasha Hayat, Fahmida Enam Kakoli, and Ashraful Hasan along with the organiser Nasima Khanam Queenie and two young artists– Azmeer Hossain and Shahnoor Mamun. The artworks conceived and created from this art camp is being exhibited at Alliance Française de Dhaka’s La Galerie from June 5 onward. As Queenie’s Art states in its mission statement, the artworks eloquently reflect the spirit of the artists’ expression of love in their truest forms.
The exhibition is open to all, until June 15.

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