Zilla Shilpakala Academy, Chittagong, Cultural institution in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Zilla Shilpakala Academy is an arts institution in Chittagong with studios and exhibition halls dedicated to visual arts, music, dance, and theater. The facility provides space for various artistic disciplines and supports both training and public performances.

The institution was established in 1974 as part of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy network, building on a private art gallery that opened in Chittagong in 1972. This background connects early local artistic efforts with the later development of national arts structures.

The academy's art gallery building, constructed in 2009, houses the Zainul Abedin Art Gallery on its second floor and the Patua Kamrul Hasan Art Gallery on its third, each with three rooms. Annual events include the spring festival, Poush Mela, and folk cultural fairs, alongside Rabindra and Nazrul birth anniversaries.

The academy stands on Mohammad Ali Road in the Bagmoniram area beside Manola Hill, in Dampara, Chittagong. Its buildings are grouped around the Aniruddha open stage, rebuilt in 2013, and the main gate carries a terracotta design from 2010. The office and training building, rehearsal building and art gallery are separate structures within the same compound.

The academy's art gallery building, constructed in 2009, houses the Zainul Abedin Painting Gallery on its second floor and the Patua Kamrul Hasan Painting Gallery on its third, each with three rooms. The open-air Aniruddha Muktamancha in the grounds was built on 14 December 2009 and rebuilt in 2013 under the district commissioner.