Express Your Creativity in the Innovation of Local
Crafts Now!
The Official Tourism Promotion Agency of
Selangor State, Tourism Selangor is inviting artists, craft makers, designers
or organisation representatives to take part in TUKANG – Selangor
Craftmanship Festival 2022. It is time to get your creative ideas materialised
towards bringing new innovative ideas in the production of local crafts and art
products.
TUKANG is described as an expert in
producing works of art which double as symbols of the nation's identity. This
Project run by the Industrial Development department at Tourism Selangor
aims to give recognition to skilled craftsmen who have contributed significantly
in the development of heritage craft arts. Their ability to produce such
harmonious and interestingly-blended designs echo the finesse of carpentry.
The curator for TUKANG – Selangor
Craftmanship Festival 2022, Suzy Sulaiman hopes this innovation Project will
strengthen the relationship between modern and traditional designers to elevate
the crafts which are given a new and exciting twist.
While, Manager of Industrial Development
department of Tourism Selangor, Chua Yee Ling believes, Selangor has all the
arts and culture talents, so she hopes TUKANG – Selangor Craftmanship Festival
will be able to connect local artists, and create Selangor's brand by using
aesthetic arts.
Shall you need enlightenment on how to write
apply for Selangor’s TUKANG’s Open Call and come up with the proposal; Tourism
Selangor is here to guide you. Register for a FREE workshop at:www.shorturl.at/jxINU, available at two slots; 9 May 2002 and 2 June 2022, at 8.00 pm – 10.00pm.
The
call for entries starts on May 12th, while the submission deadline
is on 12 June 2022.
Submit your proposal through this link: www.shorturl.at/qACRW . Each successful applicant will receive RM10,000 for
the production of the artwork or product. To top it off, applicants will have
the opportunity to exhibit their crafts at “TUKANG - Selangor Craftmanship
Festival 2022”, and their products or artworks will be promoted on Tourism
Selangor’s website, social media channels and databases.
Programme &
Timeline:
12 May 2022 |
Call for Entries |
19 May
& 2 June 8pm-10pm (2
sessions) |
Online
Workshop: “How to write artist applications for TUKANG Selangor Open Calls” |
12 June 2022 |
Deadline Submission |
Mid of June |
Second
interview for shortlisted applicants (Face to face) |
End of June |
Announcement of successful
applicants |
July – September |
Execution & Production |
28 September |
Submission of artwork/product |
October |
Delivery date/ Artwork/product
installation on “TUKANG-Selangor Craftsmanship Festival 2022” venue. |
November |
Final and budget report
submission |
Wait no further as time is ticking. For more
information on the Open Call, rules and regulations, kindly log on to Tourism
Selangor’s official website; https://selangor.travel/tukang.
You may also email to industrial@tourismselangor.my, or get in touch with Tourism Selangor’s officer; Ms Ng Yik Thim at 6011-6366 8098. Let your ideas flow and convert them into an
interesting and eye-catching proposal pitch now!
Open Call for TUKANG starts 12 May 2022, while the submission deadline is 12 June 2022.
Click https://selangor.travel/tukang or scan the QR Code to get more info.
Workshop for TUKANG submission is offered in two sessions. Register now at www.shorturl.at/jxINU or scan the QR code.
About Curator Suzy Sulaiman
Suzy
Sulaiman, Curator of TUKANG – Selangor Craftmanship Festival 2022.
Her previous art installation for Nippon Paint x Urbanscapes :Trend Beyond
Colours 2020/21
Suzy’s Hand Woven Art Installation at River Lights Melaka 2022
Suzy Sulaiman is an educator, researcher and lecturer who has been involved in various projects which focused on community-engagement through education, architecture and digital technology. In 2008, she partnered with Arts-Ed (Penang) and produced a guide on Penang's shophouse architecture within the UNESCO's world heritage site zone. In the past, she has collaborated with institutions and non-government organizations like University Sains Malaysia and National Visual Art Gallery. Suzy was also the co-producer for Digital Art + Culture Festival (DA+C) and Japan Foundation Asia Centre Fellow in 2015. Suzy curated ‘Merata Suara: Voices of the Marginalized’ for Projek Dialog supported by the Australian High Commision and joined “Namamahay” artist-in-residency project curated by Dayang Yroala for Balles Artes Project in Bataan, The Philippines. Her sound art installation “Jungle of Nusa” was selected as a General Prize winner for YouFab Global Creative Awards 2019 in Tokyo, Japan in early 2020. Now, she is based in Shah Alam and a lecturer at the Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Mulmtimedia University.
About Tourism Selangor
Tourism Selangor is Selangor’s Official Tourism Promotion Agency established to increase the number of local and international by enhancing and developing the known as well as the undiscovered beauty of the State. Many initiatives are taken to achieve this such as organizing local and international campaigns, events, overseas tourism trade missions, local roadshows and many more.
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