Community Based Arts & Culture Workers in Malaysia
A Documentation Project and Resource Site
Arts-ED
Facilitation, Project Management (Registered society (NPO))
Langauge spoken:
English, BM, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese
Based in Community:
No
Target age groups:
Children: 10-17
Women
Older generation/retirees
Ethnic Group:
Mixed
Mission/Personal Statement:
To use creative arts as a tool to document, investigate, examine, document, and interpret together with community.
Community-based work interests:
Art education
Build creative skills
Raise awareness
Types of community where work is conducted:
Rural, urban
Residential: apartment complexes/flats, shophouses
Types of activity:
Organising events: street fair, festival, showcase performances/exhibitions
Community interventions: Creation of shared spaces
Workshops: visual art, design, dance, film/photography, acting/drama, craft, project management, research skills
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Contact Details:
George Town, Penang
+604- 633471
PROJECTS DATE SHORT DESCRIPTION
The HIP Project
January – July 2013
The HIP Project is a three month social media flash campaign (March – June 2013) to raise awareness and instill a spark in youth to take a greater interest in Heritage In Penang (HIP). It is targeted especially among youth 16-35 years of age.
http://thehipprojectblog.wordpress.com/
Sungai Pinang Kita
Nov 2012-now ongoing
3-year community-based program which uses non-formal arts education to address issues faced in a low cost flat targeting young people aged 10-17. Arts-ED works with arts educator and artists to empower the young people to charge of the community issues by exploring solutions using the medium of creative arts.
Anak-anak Kota
Since 2000
Arts in Heritage Education in George Town using various creative arts workshop, performances, publication etc.
http://www.arts-ed-penang.org/images/aak/main/aakmain.htm
myBalikpulau Project
2006-2011
Mapping and Interpretation of Cultural Assets of Balik Pulau
Heritage Heboh Festival (6 times)
2001-2013
educational components to enable young people to experience, enjoy and learn culture and heritage, as well as present creative works using local knowledge and skills. http://heritageheboh.blogspot.com/2012/06/about-festival.html
Resources & Additional Links
Community Mapping: A Guide to Understanding Place, Community and Continuity (2013)
Using a simple step by step procedure, the manual outlines the processes of Cultural Mapping -- the tools and techniques for collecting and assessing cultural assets and resources, providing a clear methodology to unravel the complex and significant elements which make up any human settlement. Includes a case study from a site within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of George Town, Penang.
Community-based Art & Culture Education: A Resource Kit (2014)
A resource book intended for artists, educators and organisations interested in using creative approaches to work in, with or for local communities. It outlines methodology and case studies of how community-based programmes with young people can provide an alternative creative learning platform and help safeguard environmental, social or economic assets of the community.
Arts-ED produces a variety of educational resources. The production of these publications goes through a systematic process where we work with young children to conduct cultural research and then interpret the information in an appropriate form together with artistic professionals like graphic designers.
Arts-ED also compiles a collection of resources on cultural heritage information of George Town (Penang), creative arts education programs curriculums and community mapping and cultural mapping. These materials are kept in Arts-ED mini library. If you plan to visit Arts-ED library, please email arts_ed_penang@yahoo.com to schedule an appointment.
Click on to the links below for details
Books/Manuals: http://arts-ed.my/resourcesbooks.html
Maps: http://arts-ed.my/resourcesmap.html
Brochures: http://arts-ed.my/resourcesbroch.html
Newsletters: http://arts-ed.my/resourcesnewsletr.html