PROFIL
YAYASAN KESENIAN PERAK
Yayasan Kesenian Perak dirangka pada tahun 1996 dan secara rasmi ditubuhkan setahun
kemudian dengan objektif berikut:
Memberi
peluang dan platfom kepada para penggiat seni untuk mengetengah-kan ciptaan dan
kreativiti mereka melalui pameran, bengkel, forum serta aktiviti-aktiviti seni
yang lain
Menyemarakkan
perkembangan seni budaya tradisional dan kontemporer dalam pembinaan kehidupan
bermasyarakat
Menggalakkan
kehidupan seni budaya yang cergas bagi menunjang kehidupan ekonomi, industri dan
perdagangan negeri
Menerbitkan
buku, jurnal, katalog dan bahan-bahan bercetak berkenaan seni dan budaya sebagai
dokumentasi perkembangan seni dan budaya tempatan
Menjadi
pusat sumber rujukan serta memberi khidmat nasihat berkaitan seni
dan budaya
tempatan
Mewujudkan perhubungan dua hala dengan negara-negara luar untuk
memperkenalkan seni dan budaya tanahair
PERAK
ARTS FOUNDATION PROFILE
The
Perak Arts Foundation was conceptualised in 1996 and formally established a year
later with the following objectives:
To
provide opportunities for artists and art activists in promoting their artworks
and creativities through exhibitions, workshops, forum and other related activities.
To
cultivate the development of traditional as well as contemporary art and culture.
To
promote an active cultural life in order to complement the economics, industrial
and comercial segments of the society.
To
publish books, journals, catalogues and other printed materials related to art
and culture as a means of documenting the progress of local art and culture.
To
act as a centre of reference and to provide advices concerning local art and culture.
To
establish 2-way communications with foreign countries so as to promote national
art and culture.
ABOUT YKP
YAYASAN KESENIAN PERAK (YKP), founded and chaired by Raja Ahmad Aminullah (who remains the foundation’s Chairman), was conceptualised in 1996 with several other Malaysian eminent writers and artists.
For 5 consecutive years since 1996 YKP organized the Ipoh Arts Festival (IAF). The annual 2-week affair showcased various events: visual art, music, theater, literature, craft market, cultural performances, workshops, seminars, competitions etc. The IAF is widely considered as an important festival that promotes the arts and culture in Perak. Due to some constraints that deterred the continuation of IAF, from 2002 onwards YKP instead organises smaller scaled programs on a more regular basis. Activities such as dialogues, workshops, film-screenings and art presentations are carried out in a more casual and intimate setting. This initiative becomes an additional objective for YKP: to nurture the exchanging of ideas, views and critical discourses pertaining to arts and culture. Functioning as an alternative space, it is now a centre that pools together a number of local art and cultural practitioners of diverse genres.
