ichcap.org - Nov 2018
ICHCAP’s Associate Expert B.B.P. Hosmillo interviewed Charis Loke, a teacher and artist from Malaysia, after the 2018 NGO Conference in Hue, Vietnam. Loke is an artist programmer and junior trainer at Arts-ED Penang, where she designs and implements community-based arts and culture education for the youth. The following is an excerpt from an interview with Loke about integrating ICH into non-formal education in Penang, Malaysia.
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The Star - Oct 2017
Students of two secondary schools spent a thrilling morning in Penang's Little India enclave learning about turmeric, a versatile and widely used spice. Aimed at letting youngsters experience cultural diversity through food, the workshop is one of the Cultural Heritage Education Programmes (CHEP) jointly organised by George Town World Heritage Incorporated and Arts-ED.
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BFM podcast - June 2016
Arts-ED is a Penang-based, non-profit organization which empower youth in the community through programmes and curriculums in the arts. Last year, Arts-ED won the UNESCO Wen Hui Award for Educational Excellence and Cultural Expression. Here to tell us more about Arts-ED is programme manager Chen Yoke Pin and Arts-Ed alumnus Khoo Teng Shin, who is currently a final year student in medicine and surgery at Universiti Malaya.
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The Star - May 2014
Our education system is partly to blame for the lack of interest in Malaysian heritage. It is a sentiment shared by both Elizabeth Cardosa, executive director of Badan Warisan Malaysia (BWM) and Chen Yoke Pin, programme manager of Penang-based Arts-ED.
While students get their fill of history in school, Chen thinks the design of the syllabus isn’t exciting and interesting enough to create a lasting impression.
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