RELIEF PRINT AND LETTERPRESS WORKSHOP (CHRISTMAS EDITION)
Venue: Lostgens’, Jalan Panggong, KL
Date: Dec 23 and 24
It’s by no means too late to study one thing arty and new. Join the Lostgens’ neighborhood members this weekend as they take you thru a journey of woodcut photos, letterpress textual content and graphic statements.
The good folks at this impartial arts house will present the hands-on classes in woodcut methods and to additionally clarify the rules and technique of hand-composition and letterpress printing.
At this workshop collection (charges apply), Lostgens’ will cowl a variety of hand-on composing, mover kind printing and chosen Christmas designs for its final public arts session of the 12 months.
More data here.
The Ilham Gift Shop at Ilham Gallery is internet hosting a Japanese postcard-making (nengajo) workshop collection. Photo: Ilham Gallery
NENGAJO 2023: JAPANESE NEW YEAR’S POSTCARDS
Venue: Ilham Gift Shop, Ilham Gallery, KL
Date: Dec 23, Dec 27-30
Every December, blogger/author Lam Ching Fu aka FuFu (of My Journey By Bus fame), the organiser of this workshop, will ship New Year’s postcards (nengajos) to his host household and associates dwelling in Japan.
This act, rooted in custom, could appear easy but it surely has helped FuFu and others to attach with their family members, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic.
This workshop, rooted in conventional Japanese tradition, permits guests to get in contact with relations, kinfolk, associates, ex-colleagues, or acquaintances, in an analogue approach.
Ilham Gift Shop is hoping to share this ritual of sending nengajo because it welcomes the New Year.
Admission is free. Just examine the workshop schedules.
More data here.
A conventional zapin Tanjong Labuh efficiency is a part of the ‘Menempa Tari Tradisi’ programme at Aswara this weekend. Photo: Aswara
DANCE: MENEMPA TARI TRADISI
Venue: Experimental Theatre, Aswara, Jalan Tun Ismail, KL
Date: Dec 24 and 25
A conventional Malaysian dance showcase at Aswara (The National Academy of Arts Culture and Heritage) for the festive season is really one thing distinctive.
The present is put collectively by ASK Dance Company and the impact-based basis of Khazanah Nasional Yayasan Hasanah, as part of Arts for All Seasons (ArtsFAS) collection.
The showcase, in the spirit of nationwide unity and satisfaction, will function a line-up of conventional people and classical dance.
On stage (Dec 24, 3pm and eight.30pm, Dec 25, 3pm) , there will probably be no scarcity of dance custom and variety, with the performers set to showcase the zapin, Chinese handkerchief dance, the festive Indian Garba people dance, plate dance and an array of conventional performances from Sabah and Sarawak.
For Menempa Tari Tradisi, ASK Dance Company is collaborating with the Faculty of Dance Aswara, Sekolah Seni Malaysia KL and Johor, the place younger performers are given their second study and shine on stage.
More data here.
BALLET: NUTCRACKER AND CLARA’S DREAM
Venue: Stage 1, PJPAC, 1 Utama Shopping Centre
Date: Dec 23-25
Land of Sweets? Sugar Plum Fairy? And the Mouse King? It’s not Christmas with out a Nutcracker ballet.
This beloved basic, all set to show PJPAC’s foremost stage into fantasy land, invitations you to expertise Clara’s dream that tells the story of the Nutcracker from a cinematic perspective, with dramatic appearing and ballet dancing, supplied by a global solid of dancers.
The present, directed by Lu Wit Chin, guarantees a collection of elaborate large stage results that can remind theatregoers of the opulent inside of Mr Staulbahm’s home and indulgent Baroque-style celebration attire, proper to curtains that by no means shut and a winter wonderland of visible delight.
More data here.
Ridhwan Saidi’s ‘Amerika’. The ‘Tahun-Tahun Seorang Novelis’ present spotlights his novels and writings over the years. Photo: Moka Mocha Ink
Theatre: Tahun-Tahun Seorang Novelis
Venue: Blackbox, DPAC, Petaling Jaya
Date: Dec 23, 8.30pm
Moka Mocha Ink, an indie theatre/publishing outfit, provides an experimental literary occasion on stage this vacation season with the one-night solely present Tahun-Tahun Seorang Novelis.
The ticketed present is located between a reminiscence play, text-based abstraction and e-book readings, oscillating between fiction and actuality, primarily based on six novels written by theatremaker, filmmaker and author Ridhwan Saidi from 2011 to 2015.
Ridhwan additionally co-founded Moka Mocha Ink, which focuses on up to date Malay fiction and drama.
The Tahun-Tahun Seorang Novelis present, which begins at 8.30pm this Friday, will probably be introduced by an ensemble of seven performers: Roshafiq Roslee, Sadiq M. Jamil, Meier Wee, Adena Sams, Archana Pillai, Nurul Aizam and Lee Qi.
More data here.
ART: MIRIAM OMAR’S ‘DAYDREAMS’
Venue: Zhan Art Space, The School, Jaya One, Petaling Jaya
Date: ends Jan 7, 2023
The Zhan Art Space has been reworked right into a leafy wonderland with artist Miriam Omar’s first solo exhibit Daydreams.
The exhibit is impressed by her love for landscapes, nature and vibrant colors, serving up an optimistic present to shut off the PJ-based gallery’s 12 months. The works in Daydreams additionally helped her deal with anxieties and stress all through the pandemic, the place Miriam discovered her groove as an artist and printmaker.
Her Daydreams exhibition contains over 16 distinctive artworks exploring the themes of distorted recollections, creativeness and daydreams which blurs the strains between actuality and creativeness.
More data here.
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