Rokeya Sultana, a well known printmaker and a professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka invited me to attend a Printmaking workshop, “In search of Beautiful Impressions”. The 7-day workshop started on June 18th and was organized by the art college and sponsored by Bengal Foundation. Two well known Printmakers, Nirmalendu Das and Pinaki Barua from Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketan conducted the workshop. There was even a demonstration by Monirul Islam on the first day. Leading printmakers, students and artists from other streams attended. It’s been a hectic and fun week of interacting and learning. Being back at an Art College has been a treat. Selected prints of the participants will be displayed at a special exhibition to be held at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts from 2nd to 4th of June.
This Lithograph of mine “Being an Aunt” will be a part of the display.
And if you want to know a bit more about 4 printmaking techniques – etching, woodcut, lithography and screen print, check out the excellent step-by-step animated demo provided by MoMA.
Update : June 1, 2008 : Exhibition details.
You are cordially invited to the inaugural ceremony of a three-day print exhibition In Search of Beautiful Impressions on Monday, 2 June 2008, at Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. This is a special show of prints produced in a workshop conducted by Prof. Nirmalendu Das and Prof. Pinaki Barua of Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan. The printmaking workshop, organized jointly by the Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka and Bengal Foundation, was held from 18 to 24 May at the Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka.
Prof. Dr. S M A Faiz, Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka, will be present as Chief Guest to inaugurate the exhibition while artist Mahmudul Haque will be present as Special Guest.
* Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka
* Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts
Time and Venue: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 5.30 PM
Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts
Bengal Shilpalaya
House 275/F, Road 27 (old)
Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka 1209
Tel.: 8123115, 9113115, Fax: 9146111
The exhibition will remain open till 4 June 2008, daily from 12 – 8 p.m.
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Maya 
great are your works. you are one of such people whose art i take as my inspiration and guidance.
i want to trade portrait with you in theportraitparty. will you ? please do mail me. love and respect.
This is my favorite of your prints by far. Wonderful mood, and great variation in the mark making. And I really think you’ve got a winning composition with great balance, and an ideal centre of interest.
When I first looked at it, it drew me in simply as a peaceful portrait, and then as I examined the aunt’s face the lines and values drew me down to the baby, and the reason for that peacefulness. Well done!
arindam : thank you 😀
eraethil : happy to hear that you are following my work. thank you 😀