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Visual Arts Exhibition at Sarawakiana Festival

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A poster of the Visual Arts Exhibition with the theme “Leaves”.

KUCHING: The Sarawak State Library will hold a Visual Arts Exhibition at the Sarawakiana Festival 2021 which will take place from Sept 1 until Sept 30 this year with “Leaves” as its theme.  

The exhibition will introduce and promote various types of leaves which are significant in the lifestyles and ethnic cultures in Sarawak.

It will feature the uniqueness of the various types of leaves used by the ethnic groups in Sarawak in every aspect of life.

“The exhibition includes fine arts and crafts, food and drink, medicine, religious ceremonies, culture, customs, architecture, sculpture, games, history and music in the state.

“Art works by local artists, sharing the knowledge on the use of various types of leaves, leaf-based handicrafts and so on are among the collections that will be displayed at the exhibition,” it said.

The Visual Arts Exhibition is one of the festival’s programmes that will be held virtually on the state library’s Facebook page (pustaka.sarawak) and YouTube channel (Pustaka Sarawak).

On Thursday (Sept 2), the exhibition will start at 12pm   while on Sept 5, Sept 8 and Sept the following week, the exhibition starts at 9am.

On Sept 14, the exhibition starts at 3pm while on Sept 20 and Sept 23, it will start at 9am.  

For further inquiries, please contact the Sarawak State Library at 082-440488 or via email cmasyima@sarawak.gov.my (Dayang Nur Syima Awang Adrus).

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