Rainforest art expo
KUCHING: Over 120 paintings submitted for the Sarawak Rainforest Painting Competition 2007 are on display and for auction at a two-week exhibition which started yesterday.
Organised by Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) and Galleria, a local art gallery, the competition was open to students in two age groups, 12-15 and 16-18, between March and September this year.
The top three paintings in each category will have a starting price of RM50 and the rest RM30 in the auction, with subsequent bids priced at a minimum raise of RM10.
STB chief executive Gracie Geikie called on corporate bodies and organisations to support the event by bidding for the paintings. The proceeds will go to charity.
Idyllic: One of the winning entries on display at the exhibition in Kuching.From a similar exhibition and auction held last year, STB raised over RM2,000 for Salvation Army’s Children Homes, Cheshire Home and Sarawak Association for the Welfare of Orphans.
“We hope to raise more funds this year so that more charitable organisations can benefit,” Geikie said in a statement.
Besides holding the exhibition, STB will reproduce the top three entries in both categories as postcards for use to promote Sarawak overseas.
Some of the paintings will be used as official t-shirt designs for next year’s Rainforest World Music Festival.
The exhibition and auction will be held at Sarawak Tourism Complex from 10am to 5pm daily until Nov 24.
KUCHING: Over 120 paintings submitted for the Sarawak Rainforest Painting Competition 2007 are on display and for auction at a two-week exhibition which started yesterday.
Organised by Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) and Galleria, a local art gallery, the competition was open to students in two age groups, 12-15 and 16-18, between March and September this year.
The top three paintings in each category will have a starting price of RM50 and the rest RM30 in the auction, with subsequent bids priced at a minimum raise of RM10.
STB chief executive Gracie Geikie called on corporate bodies and organisations to support the event by bidding for the paintings. The proceeds will go to charity.
Idyllic: One of the winning entries on display at the exhibition in Kuching.From a similar exhibition and auction held last year, STB raised over RM2,000 for Salvation Army’s Children Homes, Cheshire Home and Sarawak Association for the Welfare of Orphans.
“We hope to raise more funds this year so that more charitable organisations can benefit,” Geikie said in a statement.
Besides holding the exhibition, STB will reproduce the top three entries in both categories as postcards for use to promote Sarawak overseas.
Some of the paintings will be used as official t-shirt designs for next year’s Rainforest World Music Festival.
The exhibition and auction will be held at Sarawak Tourism Complex from 10am to 5pm daily until Nov 24.
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