Biggest art exhibition at La Promenade Mall

KUCHING: Sarawak Artists Society (SAS) launched its biggest art show at La Promenade Mall here on yesterday (Dec 9). Titled ‘Unthemed’, the exhibition is being held in conjunction with SAS’s 37th Anniversary Annual Art Show. It consists of artworks by SAS artists as well as those who participated in the Sarawak-International Art Camp (SIAC2022) that […]

Applying for Kuching to be creative city of gastronomy

KUCHING:  A proposal for the application of ‘Kuching as a Creative City of Gastronomy’ under UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was submitted to Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah today (Apr 21). The proposal was handed by Mayor of Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Datuk Wee Hong Seng together […]

Celebrating culture and hats

KUCHING: The 4th Annual Mad Hatters Party to be held by Society Atelier Sarawak next Saturday (Oct 24) is expected to be a vibrant event celebrating Sarawak’s diverse culture and rich heritage of hats. Society Atelier Sarawak (SAS) president Edric Ong said that the various indigenous peoples of Sarawak each had their unique hats — […]

Painting the colours of Sarawak

To know the artist is the first step towards appreciating any art. This is a story of Lilly Metom, a self-taught artist who found her way to express the world through her colourful and aesthetically pleasing paintings. Better late than never Lilly Metom has known art since a young age, but it was not until […]