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Art & Buddhism

Did two visits to «Passion of Thai Modern Art» - an art exhibition at Siam Paragon with 81 art pieces from KASIKORNBANK's contemporary collection and another 127 sculptures and 93 paintings from the Bangkok Sculpture Center's collection displayed over 4 floors of space. The mix of Buddhism and Buddhist influences in the Modern Art of Thailand blended beautifully. The large «Dimensions of Life» by artist Panya Vijinthanasarn rises 1800 CM.

Printmaking Workshop - photographs

Artist friend Rokeya Sultana [she is a Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts as well] asked me to photograph the 7 day Printmaking Workshop proceedings at the Institute of Fine Arts Dhaka University organized by The Bengal Foundation during 18th to 24th May 2008. Visiting Professors Nirmalendu Das and Pinaki Barua of Vishwa Bharati headed the the Zinc-plate Etching and Lithography workshop. Final prints from the artists who participated will be on display during a 2 day exhibition [«In Search Of Beautiful Impressions«] at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts on 3rd and 4th June 2008 - the inaugural ceremony will be held on 2nd June evening. Photographing the artists at work was very interesting for me, and I sort of got a bit side-tracked and photographed more «faces» than I did of the actual processes! After going through the entire lot of photos, there were enough images to present a series of a dozen each for the Etching and Litho processes. Lucky! Some of these photos will also be on display at the exhibition as a sort of «introduction to printmaking» :

I've never before displayed any photographs at an exhibition or to the public, so this is an exciting experience - though mixed with some apprehension as well! Previous related posts at my blog are here, here and here. A must-read is Ujwala's blog on her participation and experience.

By anil on 2008-02-02 18:20:22 - 8 months and 10 days ago.

SAISA Jazz Concert and Honor Recital at AIS-D

American International School, Dhaka.
1st Feb 2008 ~ Jazz Choir ~ Jazz Band ~ Selected Soloists and Ensembles.

Jazz Choir	Soprano:	Nadila Ali / Trysten Reynolds / Natalie Ring / Lita Turkka / Shaba Mehnaz.
	Alto:	Megan Bodary / Soo Rim Jin / Haena Kim / Jessica McGifford / Sae Rom Hur.
	Tenor:	Jae Yang / Iain Gillett / Hyun-Jae Lee / Sonam Sadutshang / Mitul Bhat.
	Bass:	Arneeb Mahbub / Simen Russ / Nabil Siddiqi / Daniel Peniston / Tae Hyoung Kim.
Jazz Band	Trumpet:	Daniel Martelly / Prashant Singh / Wang Kyu Kim / Je Sik Yu / Sang Hyuk Yu / Chuck Hwang.
	Trombone:	Chalana Perera / Stefan Vincent / Erfan Yahya / Bill Zhuang.
	Saxophone:	[Alto] Jin Young Heo / Mari Chris Herrera / Sarah Bieniek / Jeeseok Yoon / Yun Suk Chae / David Sidibe.
		[Tenor] Jeong Hoon Park / Young Woo Song / Michael Ross / Sang Heun Yu.
		[Baritone] Quinn Richardsdon.
	Rhythm Sections:	[Bass] Ning Han / Young Hoon Song.
		[Guitar] Ali Farooqi / Pratik Acharya / Anton Bredy / Arif Elahi.
		[Percussion] Soo Ah Jin / Tekendrajet Parmar / Abhishek Bhaduri / Reza Brooks.
		[Piano] Soo Jin Kim.
Selected Soloists and Ensembles		Sang Heun Yu / Shaba Mehnaz / Nadila Ali / Jae Yang / Iain Gillett / Jessica McGifford / Iita Turkka / Stephanie Van Der Lugt / Trysten Reynolds / Stephanie Hermann / Sae Rom Hur / Natalie Ring / Haena Kim / Grace Cho / Hayley Kemper / Mari Chris Herrera / Jeong Hoon Park / Jin Young Heo.

The SIASA Music Festival 2008 was a treat! great music from very talented young people.
Participants are several schools -

American Intl School Chennai ~ American School Mumbai ~ American Embassy School New Delhi ~ Lincoln School Kathmandu ~ Karachi American School ~ Intl School of Islamabad ~ Murree Christian School ~ American Intl School Dhaka.