May to November 2020

Arts-ED organized the Community-Engaged Arts: Connecting People through Creative Approaches Training Workshop involving 14 artists, cultural workers, and educators. The workshop aimed to cultivate a community of practitioners who employ artistic and creative approaches for social or educational transformation.

Through a thorough introduction to the concept of Community-Engaged Arts (CEA), case studies, hands-on tools and strategies, the trainees learned to plan, design, and implement CEA projects online and on-site.

Using the knowledge and skills acquired, the trainees developed a community-based arts and culture project each in Penang and Selangor. Click the link below to find out more about the projects in two communities.

Community: 30 young residents of Idaman Apartment.

Objective: To empower participants to map the positive and negatives practices at their play spaces, using play/games as a tool and creative pedagogy to build leadership quality among the participants to activate the three public play spaces which are under-utilized.

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Community: 30 seafood vendors and 7 market management staff from Chowrasta market and 1 local farmer.

Objective: Using creative design and visual approaches to engage and empower the community and stakeholders at the seafood section of Chowrasta Market to improve the waste management issue through participatory community sessions. 

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Arts-ED Trainer-Facilitator Team: Janet Pillai, Chen Yoke Pin, Foo Wei Meng

This initiative is made possible with our Community Partner, Yayasan Hasanah.