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MDSVAD ALUMNUS MAINUL ISLAM WITH THE JOYEETA FOUNDATION

Joyeeta Foundation, a platform to support and facilitate the grass root level women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh, organized a certificate distribution ceremony for Joyeeta Women Entrepreneurs on Friday, Sep 25, 2020 in the closing day of a 6-day long Fashion Design Workshop held in Joyeeta Design Center at Lalmatia, Dhaka. The closing ceremony was presided over […]

JAVARIA AHMAD RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP AT HARVARD

Javaria Ahmad, an alumna of Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts and Design, BNU, has received the Mittal Institute 20-21 Visiting Artist Fellowship at Harvard. She did her Master of Art & Design Studies from MDSVAD, BNU in 2016. About the ArtistThrough her multidisciplinary art practice using ceramics as a major medium of her work, […]

VCD 4th Year Student SHAAFI AHMAD's HUNTER, FTW!

This 3D artwork created by our VCD student Shaafi Ahmad (https://www.artstation.com/shaafi) for the Marvelous Designer x Hunt: Showdown 3D Apparel Creation Contest @marvelousdesigner won 1st place in the Amateur category. Contestants were expected to make a believable legendary monster hunter outfit for Crytek's @crytekofficial first person shooter video game Hunt: Showdown @huntthegame. Shaafi designed a hunter from the […]

Foundation year students learn drawing

Learning drawing is an integral part of creative practice. For designers and artists, grids have inspired both order and rebellion. As part of their Foundation year, our students learn the intricacies of drawing through the course 2-Dimensionality: Drawing and Surface Tensions which is taught by Ghulam Muhammad. Over the course, students study the 2 dimensional surface, learn […]

VCD and TFA collaborate with Kaarvan for International Day for Rural Women

In celebration of the International Day for Rural Women and BNU-SVAD's VCD and TFA departments have been collaborating with Kaarvan Crafts Foundation who have helped our students from both departments to connect to and interact with women artisan entrepreneurs. Starting with a “oneness workshop” to interact with the participating Artisan Entrepreneurs who have been sharing stories and life […]

MA ADS Reviews

Dean Rashid Rana, HoD Graduate Studies Ali Raza, and HoD Visual Arts Risham Hossainconduct reviews for students enrolled in our Masters in Art and Design Studies program. 

TFA Faculty, Rohma Khan presents her research

Assitant Professor TFA Dept., Rohma Khan presented her research 'A walk through Contemporary South Asian Textile "Daastans" at the 17th Biennale Symposium , "Hidden Stories, Human Lives" hosted by the Textile Society of America. Rohma spoke about contemporary artistic practices in Pakistan based on the visual and conceptual frameworks of story telling inspired by the local cultural epics […]

VCD faculty Zain Naqvi & Umair Abbassi collaborate with the Ministry of Education

"e-taleem" is an all-in-one portal for Digital Education in Pakistan, initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education alongside Digital Pakistan. It brings multiple platforms of online education under one mega portal and is changing the way students and educators are connecting to each other during the current pandemic.  BNU-SVAD alums and VCD faculty members Zain Naqvi and Umair Abbasi recently […]

HoD VISUAL ARTS, RISHAM HOSSAIN IN CONVERSATION WITH ZAHRA KHAN

In an Insta-live session hosted on the 7th of Oct. Risham spoke with Zahra about the impact of Lahore on her practice, her fascination with the history of the region and the key moments that have shaped her career. In case you missed it - you can catch the talk on @artdivvy’s Instagram feed. https://www.instagram.com/artdivvy/ ⁣Risham has a […]

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