“Art for Dignifying Life” is the vision of Santaran Art Organization. Santaran means swimming, it is Bengali words came from Sanskrit. As a group of artists Santaran is continuing its journey from 1998. In 2008 it got the registration under the Ministry of Social Welfare, People’s Republic of Bangladesh as ‘Santaran Art Organization’, nonprofit multidisciplinary artist run organization. Monjur Ahn
ed, Bivol Saha, Satabdi Shome & Tanjil Fatema Tushi is the founder members of Santaran Art Organization as per registered constitution. Santaran Art Organization is continuing its journey from Chittagong, Bangladesh with the hope and mission to shape the artistic values regarding local reality, Indigenous knowledge, human ecology, art & culture, mythology & spirituality of local people and environment in a more defined artistic way. Santaran is giving effort for guide people to acquire art as the strongest medium for their better living. The key activities of Santaran is
• Yearly outcome (yearly art show of organization member)
• Kalpapuri (related with children art and psychology)
• Horith (art of environmental development)
• Shikar (development and persistence of folk arts & Crafts)
• Multidisciplinary Art Show (contemporary art triennial)
• Karnaphuli Folk Triennial (folk, popular& traditional art triennial)
• Art Factory (project for new artists)
• Art Workshop (national & International)
• Artists Residency (national & International)
• Art exchange (national & International)
• Research program
• Seminar & Presentation
• Publication
All are running successfully by the organization as the part of its journey. Apart from that, Santaran believe that through these activities our artistic philosophy will become the ‘Yanbriksha’ (alike a Banyan tree of knowledge) which is rooted to the ground but spreading its branches all over the sky.
