Bangladesh Embassy in Kathmandu organizes daylong art camp

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 6: A daylong art camp on the theme ‘From Mountains to the Delta’ was held on Monday at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kathmandu. 

The art camp is a part of the weeklong art festival being organized by the Embassy in association with Art Bangla Foundation Dhaka and Siddhartha Art Gallery. Eminent artists from both Bangladesh and Nepal have participated in the art camp. 

During the opening of the art camp, Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury in his remarks highlighted that Bangladesh and Nepal have a unique relationship that is rooted in social, cultural and civilizational linkages. 

He mentioned that the relations were as natural as streams flowing from the mountains to the ocean. 

The ambassador emphasized that both countries have a shared vision for preserving our socio-cultural identities and respecting our values and traditions and that the theme of the festival goes with the diversity of landscapes and the confluence of cultural values. 

Ambassador Chowdhury hoped that the art camp would be a wonderful platform for the creation of artworks by contemporary Bangladeshi and Nepali artists and display their unique styles, perspectives and mediums, reflecting the richness of culture of the two countries, according to a press release issued by the Embassy of Bangladesh in Nepal.

 The art camp coincided with a musical event organized by the Embassy to welcome the Nepali and Bengali New Year. 

The artworks of the ten eminent artists will be exhibited from 07-10 May 2024 at the Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited, Kathmandu.