National AI Art-a-thon 2024: Celebrating Bangladesh’s Culture Through Generative AI 🌟🎨🤖 📅 Event Date: Initial Phase Deadline: March 25, 2025 Final Phase: To be Announced 📍 Event Location: Initial Phase: Online Final Phase: In-Person (Details will be shared with shortlisted participants) 🎨 About the Event: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we work, create, and interact, and its potential in the creative industry is boundless. However, in Bangladesh, AI art tools often fail to capture the country’s rich cultural diversity, merging it with broader South Asian themes. To address this, the National AI Art-a-thon 2024—Bangladesh's first nationwide AI-driven art competition—aims to highlight the nation’s vibrant cultural heritage through AI-generated artworks. This competition invites artists, creators, architects, graphic designers, content makers, technologists, and AI enthusiasts to showcase their talents by creating unique, AI-generated art pieces that authentically represent Bangladesh's diverse culture, traditions, and artistic values. ✨ Why Participate? Be part of Bangladesh’s first-ever AI-driven art competition. Showcase your creativity in AI-generated artworks and contribute to making AI tools more representative of Bangladesh’s unique identity. Gain recognition at a public exhibition featuring shortlisted entries. Win from a prize pool of 6,00,000 BDT! 👥 Categories for Submission: Category A: Professional (Individual or Team of up to 2 members) Category B: Student (Individual or Team of up to 2 members) Note: Female participants are highly encouraged to apply. 📌 Competition Phases: 1️⃣ Initial Phase (Virtual): Participants will submit their AI-generated art along with documentation online. Themes for the Initial Phase: Theme 1: Reimagining a Plural Future for the Urban Street Markets in Bangladesh Theme 2: Diversity in Bangladesh’s Urban Informal Housing Scenario in the Future Submission Requirements: 1. AI-generated final image/art 2. Step-by-step prompt documentation (Sample will be provided) 3. Video documentation of the process (Max 2 minutes; fast-forward allowed; sample will be provided) 4. List of applied AI tools (e.g., DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Firefly, etc.), along with any other tools like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. Submissions can be in Bengali or English. Deadline for Initial Phase Submissions: March 24, 2025 2️⃣ Final Phase (In-Person): Around 20 shortlisted teams (10 from Category A and 10 from Category B) will compete in the final round. Theme: Notun Bangladesh/Bangladesh 2.0 Participants will get 120 minutes for image creation and 60 minutes for documentation. Expert mentors will guide participants throughout the event. Finalists will present their artworks to a panel of judges. 🏆 Prizepool of 6,00,000 BDT! 🌟 Other Opportunities: The shortlisted artworks will be featured in a public exhibition, engaging artists, technologists, policymakers, and the wider public, to promote AI’s potential in expressing local creativity. 📧 For More Information & Submission Details: Website: https://artathon.bbebooks.com/ Email: artathonbd@gmail.com 🖌️ Join us in making AI more representative of Bangladesh’s vibrant and diverse culture. Don’t miss this chance to showcase your talent and shape the future of AI-generated art in Bangladesh! 👉 Mark your calendars! Submit your entries by March 24, 2025. Let’s redefine the future of AI-driven creativity together!