Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

It is the national academy of fine and performing arts. The academy was established through an act of Parliament in 1974 as a statutory organization under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. But subsequently the Act of 1974 of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy was amended through a new act of Parliament in 1989. The academy is headed by a Director General.

The overall direction for the functioning of the academy is provided by an Executive Council (Shilpakala Academy Parishad) headed by the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The Director General of the academy, Liaquat Ali, is responsible for its administration. He is also responsible for the implementation of decisions taken by the council. He is assisted in his work by an executive committee which is elected by the council.

Mini Karim is the Director for Arts, Appointed in 2020.

The duties and responsibilities of the academy include promotion of the arts and national culture and creation of necessary facilities for their development. The activities of the academy also include organizing workshops, seminars, discussion meetings, short-term specialized trainings, providing scholarships and financial grants for talented artists, organizing competitions in the various field of fine and performing arts.

File:To Enter the Sky - Protick Sarker.jpg

File:Entrance, ZSA, Chittagong (02).jpg

To extend its reach throughout the country, the academy has set up branches in most districts.{{cite book |last=Mohanta |first=Sambaru Chandra |year=2012 |chapter=Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Shilpakala_Academy |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}} The branches arrange district-level festivals, programs, and training in various fine and performing arts.{{cite news |last=Hussain |first=Anwar |date=30 April 2013 |title=Shylock and Sycophants will be staged today |url=http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2012-04-13&nid=7066 |newspaper=New Aage |location=Dhaka |access-date=30 December 2015}}{{cite news |title=Underpaid Shilpakala trainers suffer |url=http://newagebd.net/121616/underpaid-shilpakala-trainers-suffer/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |date=21 May 2015 |access-date=30 December 2015}}

The branch in Chittagong, Bangladesh's second largest city and headquarters of the eponymous district, grew out of the private-sector art gallery Chattagram Kalabhaban. The gallery was founded by artist and professor Rashid Choudhury in 1972, two years before the national academy came into being.{{cite book |last=Manasura |first=Ābula |date=2003 |title=Rashid Choudhury |publisher=Dept. of Fine Arts, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy |page=102 |isbn=978-9845550345}}{{cite news |last=Harun ur Rashid |date=25 September 2004 |title=Reviving Rashid Choudhury's art |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/25/d409251401110.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=30 December 2015}}

• National Art Gallery (Bangladesh), founded by the academy

{{reflist}}

• {{commons category-inline}}
• {{official website}}
• [http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh/dhaka/entertainment-nightlife/live-performance/shilpakala-academy Shilpakala Academy] at Lonely Planet
• [http://wikimapia.org/1800445/Shilpakala-Academy Chittagong Shilpakala Academy] at Wikimapia

{{authority control}}

Category:Cultural organisations based in Bangladesh

Category:Learned societies of Bangladesh

Category:Performing arts in Bangladesh

Category:Research institutes in Bangladesh

Category:1974 establishments in Bangladesh

{{culture-org-stub}}

{{Bangladesh-edu-stub}}

Category:Segunbagicha

Category:Universities and colleges established in 1974