Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury (; 1 August 1901 – 3 July 1975) was a Bengali Hindustani classical instrumentalist, musicologist, writer, and patron of music from the Gouripur zamindari family of Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency (present-day Bangladesh). A scholar and exponent of the Dhrupad style, he played traditional stringed instruments including the Rudra veena (bin), sursingar, and Seni rubab. He served as a lecturer and helped establish the department of music at Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata. In 1964, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contributions to Hindustani instrumental music.
Bishwajit Goswami (; born 1981) is a Bangladeshi contemporary artist and educator. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Drawing and Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. He is a co-founder of the Brihatta Art Foundation, a research-based, artist-run platform focused on community development and artistic mentorship. His work has been featured in international platforms including the Venice Biennale, Dhaka Art Summit, Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, Beijing International Art Biennale, and Setouchi Triennale.
Counter Foto – A Center for Visual Arts is a Bangladeshi visual-arts and photography institution based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 2012, it offers photography education through diploma programmes, workshops, and masterclasses, and organises exhibitions, lectures, and public programmes. The institution has been described by the Sigrid Rausing Trust as "an international photography school founded in Bangladesh in 2012" that brings together practitioners from diverse fields including sociology, filmmaking, economics, anthropology, and academic research.
Brihatta Art Foundation () is an artist-run non-profit contemporary art organization in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 2016, the organization runs public art exhibitions, artist residencies, and educational projects. Its main venue is located in a former tannery site in Hazaribagh, Old Dhaka.