Venue: Penangpac, Straits Quay, Penang.
Duration: 5-27 September 2020
Opens daily: 10.30am - 6.00pm
Friday, September 18, 2020
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Book Launching: Eclectic Cultures for All
Book Launching at Hikayat Bookshop (Gerak Budaya)
8 January 2020
Title of book: Eclectic Cultures for All
Edited by Professor Tan Sooi Beng
Authors: Professor Tan Sooi Beng
Dr. Grace Choong
Dr. Sarena Abdullah
The Malaysian Watercolour Society MWS 2020 : Peace and Calm Taiping
Participating MWS artists
#gracechoong #orchids #watercolour
Peace and Calm Taiping
Opening : 23 February 2020, 3.00pm
Guest of Honour: YB Teh Kok Lim
Venue: Raintown Art Gallery,
Taiping Sentral Mall, 3rd Floor,
36, Jalan Istana Larut, Taiping, Perak.
Exhibition Period:21 February - 20 March 2020
International Women's Day Art Exhibition 2020 in Malacca
Theme:A Trace
International Women's Day Art Exhibition 2020 by Malaysian Female Artists Society (PPWM)
8 March - 22 March 2020
Venue: Zheng He Duo Yun Xuan
50 women artists
Friday, September 13, 2019
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ART EXHIBITION 2019: EMPOWERING WOMEN
International Women’s Day Art Exhibition 2019: Empowering
Women
By Dr. Grace Choong Ai May
It is a great honour for me to present this exhibition by 40
women artists who take part in International Women’s Day Art Exhibition
–Empowering Women. 25 women artists are from
Penang and 15 women artists are from Kuala Lumpur. To commemorate International Women’s Day that
falls on 3 March every year, our art exhibition is showcased for three weeks
long from 3 March to 22 March 2019 at Performing Arts Centre of Penang. We hope to illustrate a more holistic view
and creative artworks of the women artists of Malaysia.
The women artists of today identify themselves with their
artistic creation as art provide a platform for them to express their inner
feelings and the process is very therapeutic.
As today’s world is very hectic and stressful, women have to play
multiple roles not only as nurturer for the family at the same time have to
work and provide for the family too. The
artists gather to celebrate and renewing their bonds to support each other as
sisters. They work as a team to provide inspiration and courage, for the
experienced artists would encourage the new ones to take part and explore more
medium and subject matter.
Our exhibition comprised of 40 paintings with different
media such as oil on canvas, Chinese ink painting, acrylic painting, pencil
drawing, watercolour and mixed media.
The genre showcasing are floral, figure, animal, still life, nature,
building and abstract art. The overall paintings project femininity aspect and
delicate observation of the women artists.
This is the second year that we organize International Women’s Day Art
Exhibition. I would like to express my
special thanks to Madam Tan Lean Kee and Pertubuhan Wanita Mutiara for their
support and sponsorship. I hope there
are many more years to come that we can expand and promote our art to the
world. Together we celebrate Women’s
Day!
Mid-Autumn Festival Art Exhibition 2019
Mid- Autumn Festival Art Exhibition 2019: A Time to
Celebrate and Foster Friendship
月圆花好中秋节画展
By Dr. Grace Choong Ai May
Mid-Autumn Festival is a much celebrated and observed
festival in Penang as we see shops selling lanterns and mooncakes. It is a season of reunion for families and we
pay homage to our ancestors and the Goddess of Moon, Chang-E. Children are happy to hold and play with
lanterns. Mid-autumn Festival is a time
where the old school scholars wrote calligraphy, art and poems that was a
sharing time to foster the relationship among family tie and friendship. As artist, we express our feelings about this
festival through our art.
This exhibition is to display 40 artworks by 40 Malaysian
artists. There are paintings and drawings
of different media. Watercolour is a favourite
medium among the Penang artists, we have watercolorists Alex Leong, Liau Sin
Fah and Anthony Cheah to name a few.
Besides there are many artists who paint Chinese Brush paintings like
Ang Tin Kean, Jin Toh, Jennifer Loo and others.
Artists Teh Ee Ming, Ong Ah Koy and Dr. Grace Choong who love to express
this auspicious festival through acrylic.
Tim Teh who did an oil painting, Heng Chin Ching has created an oil
pastel dan Chow Zhi Iong has created a colour pencil piece. This art exhibition has showcased different
genres of expression. Colourful
execution and expressive brush stokes are used to tell us the stories of
Mid-Autumn Festival by each of the artists.
I wish everyone a meaningful Mid-Autumn Festival. Those who stay afar must always come home to
visit your elders and family. Friends
should gather more often to foster friendship and support. More people indulge in art and art
appreciation to make life a celebrating and memorable one!
Thank you.
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