Friday, October 31, 2008

HIGHLIGHTS- PESTA SENI SABAH 2008 1ST NOVEMBER 2008 AND 2ND NOVEMBER 2008, WISMA BUDAYA, KOTA KINABALU









HIGHLIGHTS
PESTA SENI SABAH 2008

WISMA BUDAYA KOTA KINABALU
SATURDAY, 1ST NOVEMBER 2008
SUNDAY, 2ND NOVEMBER 2008
8.30 A.M. TO 5.00 P.M.


Our main aim being to increase public awareness and appreciation for all our local talent available. By having this Pesta once every 2 years, we hope to instill in our community the importance of appreciation for the Arts, Art Fairs and Festivals are held all over the world annually for this very purpose and we want to make K.K. another destination also for locals and tourists to enjoy our Art, meet our local artists and crafters too.

Note of appreciation to Balai Seni Lukis Sabah, Lembaga Kebudayaan and DBKK offering assistance in their own special way and we are grateful for all the help.

Our participants this year are:

Persatuan Pelukis Seni Visual K.K. Sabah
Persatuan Pekatun/portrait artists
UMS, Fakulti Seni
Maktab Perguruan Gaya
Batik painting by Francis Chong
Special Edition Prints by Adrian Ho featuring endangered animals of the Borneo forest
A presentation by new musical talents from Sabah Institute of Arts
A special fashion show featuring local designers, Twan, Rothmans, Adeline and SIA
Borneo Images
Golden Frame Sdn. Bhd.
Decorative Art and Craft Group
Ice carving
Chinese brush Demo by David Hiew
Ripple wire art
Flora’s painting on rocks
Magic show and balloon sculpting by Magical EPX networks
Children’s face painting
Lil Treasures creative arts
Local handicraft

We hope that with this activity, people of Sabah will realize that we have a lot of talent available and that these resources should be given the opportunity to promote Sabah to the fullest.


CHRISTIANNE GOONTING - PRESIDENT