Interhill Group empowers local art talent through collaboration
KUCHING: Interhill Group has forged a collaboration with Sebastian ARTivity Studio, a prominent local art studio in the city, to support and promote the growth of local artistic talent. This collaboration aims to spotlight the creative endeavours of the studio’s students across diverse platforms and opportunities. As part of this initiative, a selection of artworks […]
Undervalued and underappreciated: The harsh realities of being an artist
Art can be and do many things; it can be an expression of emotions, it can represent a feeling or idea. Art can make statements or simply be aesthetically pleasing to the eye. However, despite being in the 21st century, art still remains undervalued. This is largely due to the fact that society perceives art […]
Treat Sarawakian, Sabahan artistes fairly
KUCHING: The Wisdom Foundation has called upon the federal government to give justice to artistes of Sabah and Sarawak through effective policymaking in the handing over of the rights of royalty collection and distribution to Music Rights Sabah (MRS) Berhad and Music Right (Sarawak) Berhad (MRSB) within their respective states. The foundation’s executive chairman Datuk […]
Local artists paint 331 metre-long mural
MUKAH: Artistic elements are important in expressing and documenting the cultural, heritage and values that co-exist in the state. These elements were translated onto a 331.1 metre-long mural painted by several artists at the site of the Kaul Kala Dana Festival in Mukah. A group of 20 local artists combined their efforts and talents, to […]
Aziza Aznizan – From on-the-ground to top of the charts
Activist and philanthropist Aziza Aznizan returns this year with a new achievement under her belt. Staying at home in 2020, Aziza turned to music and released four songs. Two of her singles managed to claim the top spots in Cats.FM’s and Hitz.FM’s music charts. Highlighting love, life and social issues The year has changed everyone […]
New mural on retaining wall
MUKAH: A new mural was created at quite an unfamiliar place here and thanks to four local artists for their effort in producing the impressive artworks. It measures about 2 metres high and 30 metres long, and located at one side of the retaining wall of Jalan Mukah-Balingian. Led by Benedict Peter, the artists painted the […]
Be mindful and kinder
KUCHING: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has aired his dissatisfaction with the way Malaysian singer Dayang Nurfaizah was treated before she was allowed to enter Sarawak. The Sarawak-born artiste was invited to perform at the state level 2021 New Year’s Eve Countdown celebration which was scheduled on Dec 31. Abdul […]
Sape artiste bags award
KUCHING: The Covid-19 pandemic may have stopped us from travelling around the world, but it certainly didn’t stop sape artiste Alena Murang from bagging an award from Argentina recently. The 31-year-old of Kelabit and English-Italian parentage won an award for the ‘Best Styling’ category at the Buenos Aires Music Video Festival for her ‘Midang Midang’ […]
Reviving spirit through music
local artistes Many thought the songs, titled Rukun Negara and Lima Prinsip Rukun Negara, were composed specially for the occasion. As a matter of fact, these two patriotic numbers have been around for a good 13 years as they were composed in 2007 but it appears that not many people have listened to the songs […]
Finas assures welfare of local artistes
KUCHING: The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) Sarawak branch will set up a team to look into the welfare of local artistes. Its chairman Zakaria Abd Hamid said the team is an extension of Finas’ Welfare and Industry Affairs Committee under the charge of board member Datuk Seri Iezlan Yusof at the national level. […]
