The Arts are fundamental elements of an open and healthy society. Artistically thriving societies tend to be more democratic, more egalitarian, economically more robust and to have more fulfilled, healthier citizens. We bring to Bangladesh access to UK Arts and our international cultural links, and we learn new skills from, and build new relationships with, our partners in Bangladesh.
As the UK’s international cultural relations organisation, the British Council in Bangladesh runs an annual Arts programme which is increasing in scale and scope year on year. We look to build the capacity of the key creative industries and, through our global programme ‘New Connections,’ we explore the areas around ‘arts for development’. We also bring Bangladeshi arts to the UK as a means of educating the British people, changing perceptions and engaging Bangladeshi heritage communities there.
•‘Connections through Culture’. With its focus on visual arts, this programme aims to develop skills and knowledge exchange between cultural institutions in the UK and South Asia. We facilitate links and provide introductions to UK and Bangladeshi key institutions and give the participants the opportunity to work with each other and develop sustainable connections.
•Fashion. In partnership with the Bangladesh National Museum we brought a Fashion Exhibition to Dhaka. We also arranged a seminar on fashion, a two-day fashion journalism workshop and a catwalk show by the Bangladeshi fashion designers. Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, Hussein Chalayan, Ruby Ghuznavi, Monjulika Chakma and Emdad Haque were involved.
•Curators Exchange. Curators from eight galleries from Pakistan and Bangladesh and ten from across the UK are currently participating in mutual visits and exchanges of experiences, expertise and ideas.
•Music . We are arranging a Folk Music workshop ‘Folk Nations’ for British, Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani musicians. The result of the workshop will be presented at London South Bank’s.
Literature – The Hay Festival
Hay Festivals and the British Council launched a global partnership at the Hay-on-Wye Festival in May 2010 and work together to bring UK authors and thinkers to a global audience. Hay now runs 15 festivals across five continents at which great ideas and current political thought cross cultural and genre barriers and foster the exchange of understanding, mutual respect and ideas.
GENERAL WORKSHOP ON PHOTOGRAPHY
As part of the Chobi Mela VII, Internationally acclaimed photographer Mr. Malcolm Hutcheson will conduct a two day’s long GENERAL WORKSHOP ON PHOTOGRAPHY will be organized on January 28th and 29th 2013.
Eligibility: Basic level in photography
For registration interested persons has been requested to send an application with their contact details (full name, age, educational qualification & Institution, residential and email address) in the following email address:
BGL-Arts.Intern@bd.britishcouncil.org
Limited number of seats: only the first 30 applicants will be allowed to participate in this workshop.
Workshop Venue: The British Council
Malcolm Hutches was born in 1966 in London.His unique documentaray approach uses
vernacula photographic practices to bridget he false social and political divide between
past, present and future. He has been selected for the Prix Pictet ,the Sony World
Photography Award and the Observer Hodge Award and has received funding from the
Scoffish Arts Council.
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