A week-long printmaking workshop titled Bhashajog began on Friday at the National Art Galley鈥檚 art plaza at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital.
Organised by the academy, the workshop celebrates the expression of language through printmaking.
The workshop will explore the power of language to express emotions and ideas in different situations through the printmaking process.
The event run jointly by Shunno Art Space and Chalantika鈥揳 mobile studio of Shunno Art Space was conducted by artist Jafar Iqbal.
Every day, a total of 80 artists selected from online registration will participate in four sessions and learn different processes of printmaking including cyanotype, stencil, linocut and screen print at the workshop.
Participating artists created artworks by using Bengali words to express their stories.
The participating artists have portrayed slogans collected from different movements, including the July student-led mass uprising, on the opening day.
鈥楢mrai Shadhinata鈥�, 鈥楶ore Noy Ekhoni鈥�, 鈥楽anskar鈥�, 鈥楤ala Bir Chira Unnata Shir鈥�, 鈥楳anush Hao鈥� and 鈥榁oy Peye Ki Hobe鈥� are the slogans addressed through their artworks at the event.
Artist-critic and BSA fine arts department director Mustafa Zaman said that the workshops would also be held in different districts in the country and students will participate in them to share their thoughts with texts and slogans.
鈥楾he workshop has been planned to celebrate Bangla language used in recent student-led mass uprising exploring diverse uses of Bengali words as slogans,鈥� said Mustafa Zaman.
The workshop is also exhibiting artworks created at the event.聽
The week-long workshop will end on June 21.聽聽聽聽聽聽
