Introduction to the faculty
Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin established the Government Institute of Art in 1948 which was the first educational art institute in this country and eventually became the main centre of art and cultural practice. At its beginning, there were six teachers (Anwarul Huq, Quamrul Hasan, Safiuddin Ahmed, Habibur Rahman and Syed Ali Ahsan) along with Zainul Abedin as the Principal and eighteen students. The activities of this Institute started with two departments 鈥 Fine Art (at present Drawing and Painting) and Commercial Art (at present Graphic Design). The Institute was started in DNMI Hospital building at Johnson Road in Dhaka. In 1952 the Institute was moved to a building at Segun Bagicha ... Read more...