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Understanding Culture through Mask Making

Helping the Underprivileged Community

This project is a field to train participant talents and creativity through mask making. The lecturers involved with a number of individuals will come together to share with selected participants, Badan Kebajikan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (BAKAT) in the mask making workshop where it’s will involve creativity and critical thinking.The participants also learn about practical techniques such as the production of costumes, arts, artistic event. In addition, the workshop contained a worthwhile entry in addition to train the participants to have a high aesthetic value of craft products. Hence, it is also provided a new set of skills which enhance their future.

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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
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Goal: RM 1.00
Fund Approved by MSF: RM 8,345.00

Overview of Issue / Background

This project is a field to train participant talents and creativity through mask making. The lecturers involved with a number of individuals will come together to share with selected participants, Badan Kebajikan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (BAKAT) in the mask making workshop where it’s will involve creativity and critical thinking.

The participants also learn about practical techniques such as the production of costumes, arts, artistic event. In addition, the workshop contained a worthwhile entry in addition to train the participants to have a high aesthetic value of craft products. Hence, it is also provided a new set of skills which enhance their future.

Project Objectives (Vision & Mission)

  1. Provide a space for participants to develop their mind creatively and critically.
  2. Shaping the minds to be more accurate, creative and innovative competitive in line with global trends.
  3. Opportunity to understand creative industries as well as arts performing.
  4. Cultivate the art of cooperation and understanding among participants.
  5. It also as a social responsibility in order to educate the value of art among the participants.

Project Details (Activities and Tasks)

A class with 15 to 20 participants which facilitate by two to three instructors (UTAR’s student) for each session. Minimum of 4 sessions which requires participants to undergo four phases as follows.

Each session was programmed to be fulfills by the candidates. The first session require the candidates to focus on face casting. The instructor will show some demonstration of it. On the next stage, they will require to produce a mould. Somehow, it will need a few times to get this mould ready. As for the next stage, the candidates will be assists on producing the mask. This process will be continuation to decoration part. At the end of the finishing process, masks will be exhibition to the open public.

Expected Project Result & Outcomes

  1. The participants Badan Kebajikan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (BAKAT) will have hands on skill of art that can produce side income for them.
  2. Train students to be instructors to the needy groups, for example like single mother from Badan Kebajikan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (BAKAT) in the future.
  3. Promote theater subject to the students and public in theater performance open to public.
  4. Present the final product to the art market.
  5. Become a space capable creations remind a new generation of creative fields possibly in UTAR
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Project Information

University name   :   Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Project leader name   :   Khe Kwan Leen

Section I

  • Basically this event has improve their appreciation of arts an craft. Simultaneously thought them a bit about a various culture existed.
  • The development of creativity and critical thinking happens and improve in themselves.
  • Participants build a better relationship with each other.
  • Participants are provided an opportunity to present their mask on stage so they will have on-stage experience.
  • We really glad that many of them was really committed in this workshop and had produce their mask until final stages.
  • We would like to expand this kind of activities as our serious objective in fostering an arts and culture to public.
  • We also try to create and develop a new ideas of producing an arts event to guarantee an out number of participation.
  • Regarding to the balance material, we will keep organize a mask making workshop upward by promoting arts and culture to others.
  • We keep thinking that this kind of activities has to go on. Regarding as our government stand to promote an arts and culture to the whole world

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