Workshop in Chittagong, Bangladesh
10 May 1998-15 May 1998
ROTARY CLUB OF CHITTAGONG
10 May 1998-15 May 1998
ROTARY CLUB OF CHITTAGONG
The mural is the harvest of a six-day toil by forty-one children from twenty shools who otherwise represent the multitude of Bangladesh's progeny, most of whom will never hear of Picasso and lesser still of his Guernica.
The Rotary Club of Chittagong, which receivcd its charter in 1952, making it the second oldest in District 3280, organised the extraordinary assembly of children, teachers and guardians in the presence of Rotarians and representatives of the ART JAPAN NETWORK. Organised as a project of Rotary's 'International Service' one of the four avenues of service, under its president Rotarian Jasim U. Chowdhury and launched in Rotary's World Understanding Month of February, the mammoth canvas was endowed with the colours of the land at the Institute of Engineers as its venue in Chittagong the port city of Bangladesh.
The children, who were oriented from May 7-9, 1998 on the KID'S GUERNICA project with video screening of previous workshops elsewhere as well as technical advice, workd exltravaganly on the canvas from May 10-15.Inaugurated by the youngest audiance 14-month old Jaasir and attended by ART JAPAN NETWORK's Tadashi Yasuda, it was a unique workshop of talent and exuberance. It was only befitting that such an impassioned congregation and the exhibition of the work should conclude with children performing a dance recital to a large audience of five hundred.
Dainik Purbokone, a leading vernacular daily, celedrated the occasion with a special supplement, which carried messages from Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Mosharraf Hossain, ART JAPAN NETWORK's Dr. Takuya Kaneda as coordinator, Tadashi Yasuda as representative and Rotary Club of Chittagong President Rotarian Jasim U. Chowdhury. Preme Minister Sheikh Hasina has also sent message on this occasion.
Perhaps it was not an accident that nuclear tests were being carried out while the children in Chittagong were working on the mural on peace. Perhaps it highlights the need for more awakening among the children of the world because more nuclcar tests went ahead a fortnight after the children put down their painting brushes.
Organised by
ART JAPAN
Rotary Club of Chittagong
Chairman of the Organising Committee:
Rtn. Jasim U Choudhury (President, Rotary Club of Chittagong)
Instructor:
Prof. Mansurul Karim (Dept of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong)
Assisted by Ms.Shaela Sharmin, Mr.Muhammad Abdul Aziz Nayeemi
Mr. Anwar Hossain Pintu, Ms. Hasina Hossain, Mohammed Shahjahan, Mohammed Ali Reza
Supported by
Dainik Purbokone
Children:
Keerti Habib, 5 Lions School
Chowdhury Yameen Anam, 6 Chittagong Grammar School
Faizan Mohammed Qaiyum, 6 Little Jewels School
Jaasir Chowdhury, 7 Chittagong Grammar School
Ramisa Maliha Mim, 7 Ispahani Public School & College
Asma Josita Trisha,9 St.Scholastica's Girl's H.School
Arita De (Arka), 9 Shahaj Path Fulki
Imbisat Khueshid, 9 Little Jewels School
Nigel G. Mendes, 10 Bay View School
Ashfaque Karim, 10 Chittagong grammar School
Nushrat Jahan Khan, 10 Hatacy Khari SchoolY
asir Bin Baqui, 10 Cider International Shool
Yamin Bin Baqui, 10 Cider International Shool
Sajid Quayyum, 10 Little Jewels School
Anubhad Chakraborty (Ayon), 10 Shahaj Path Fulki
Sumona, 10 Fuluki Nandan
Samira Islam Nova, 10 Fuluki Nandan
Tanzila Rubayat, 11 Summer Fields Tutorial
Sanam Akther Ireen, 11 Memon Grammar School
Muntasir kamal, 11 Sunshine Grammar School
Abdul Mazid, 11 Saint Placid's High School
Johaana Chowhury, 11 Chittagong Grammar School
Arjun kumar nath (Chayan), 11 Chittagong College School
Nahi Hassan Chowdhury, 12 St. Placid's High School
Md. Taiful Islam, 12 Chittagong Collegeate School
Noureen Nasreen, 12 Little Jeweli School
Shenjuti Tamanna Chowdhury, 12 Little Jeweli School
Sagar Ray, 12 Chittagong Collegeate School
Wahida Tultul (Dimpal), 12 Purba Madarbari City Corp.Girls H.S
Md. Forhad Uddin Masum, 12 Government Muslim H.School
Zafreen Nizam, 12 Sunshine Grammar School
Suprity Chowdhury, 12 St. Scholastica's Girls H.School
Iffath Afroze, 12 Chittagong Govt. girls H.School
Afroza Sultana, 12 P.H Amin Academy
Sadatuddin Ahmed, 12 Fulki Nandan
Tanjina Mahmud, 13 St.Scholasticas Girls H.School
Abdul Gafur Sikder, 13 Prabartak Vidyapit Ctg.
Md. Mubidur Rahman Sujat, 13 Chittagong Collegeate School
Eshita Islam, 13 Sunshine Grammar School
Shami Suhrid, 13 Fulki Nandan
Shafia Elahi, 14 St. Scholastica's Girls h.School