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Kuala Lumpur, 3 November 2022 - Sejumlah 32 orang ahli KL Sketch Nation’s (KLSN) #bangsapelakar berjaya mempamerkan hasil karya seni mereka di pameran seni “The Art of Healing”.

Pameran tersebut telah dianjurkan oleh platform kesedaran kesihatan mental, My We’re In Progress Healing (My WIP Healing), bersama kedai seni, Nak Seni, yang telah berlangsung pada 29 Okt dan 30 Okt lepas, di Muzium Telekom (Muzium TM) Malaysia, KL. Setiap hasil karya seni tersebut telah dihasilkan pada dua minggu sebelumnya iaitu pada 16 Okt, ketika sesi terapi seni bersama My WIP Healing dan KLSN. Para peserta telah diminta untuk menghasilkan karya seni berdasarkan keadaan mental mereka yang telah pun dinilai oleh modul yang disediakan. Seusai sesi tersebut, KLSN meneruskan aktiviti Sketchwalk di Muzium TM itu. Setiap hasil karya seni dinilaikan sebanyak RM350 dan boleh didapati di pameran KLSN yang seterusnya di Sungai Wang Plaza pada 12 Nov.

“The Art of Healing” telah dianjurkan bersempena “Mental Health Awareness Month” pada setiap bulan Oktober dan bertujuan bagi meningkatkan kesedaran terhadap kesihatan mental dan meleraikan stigma di dalam kalangan masyarakat. Ia bertujuan menjelaskan bagaimana seni mampu digunakan sebagai salah satu cara mengatasi masalah kesihatan mental seperti tekanan dan kebimbangan.

Bagi menyerikan lagi pameran tersebut, terdapat beberapa aktiviti yang dijalankan sepanjang hujung minggu itu, seperti bengkel, sesi perkongsian pengalaman kesihatan mental, sesi seni berkumpulan, tayangan filem kesihatan mental, persembahan komuniti dan yoga. Pameran itu berlangsung bersama aktiviti mingguan, Temu Weekend yang melibatkan peniaga makanan serta minuman dan aktiviti-aktiviti yang menarik.

Yang turut serta terlibat adalah Yayasan Telekom Malaysia (Yayasan TM), Awareness Against Suicide (AWAS), We & I Art, Mental Health Film Festival Malaysia dan Filamen.

“Saya berharap melalui kolaborasi antara pejuang kesihatan mental dan komuniti seni ini, akan menghasilkan lebih banyak kolaborasi seperti program-program seperti ini. Program seperti ini perlu diteruskan bagi kesejahteraan bersama, dalam terma kesihatan mental dan penggunaan seni”, kata Presiden dan Pengasas KLSN, Ahmad Hakym Ahmad Hilmy.

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Mengenai My WIP Healing

My WIP Healing merupakan komuniti permulaan yang memfokuskan inisiatif pemulihan diri dalam kalangan masyarakat. Ia juga berkolaborasi antara pihak berkepentingan dan organisasi-organisasi lain, bertujuan meningkatkan kesedaran terharap kesihatan mental.


Ia juga bermatlamat untuk memulihkan keseimbangan kehidupan harian kita menerusi seni, pendidikan, ekonomi, sosiologi dan nilai kesihatan, ke arah sebuah masyarakat yang menerima dan saksama, menerusi kuasa media sosial.

My WIP Healing boleh dihubungi menerusi Instagram dan Twitter melalui @mywiphealing

Mengenai KL Sketch Nation

KLSN telah diasaskan oleh Ahmad Hakym Ahmad Hilmy pada 2014 dan telah bermula sebagai sebuah komuniti penggiat lakaran di Kuala Lumpur. Kemudiannya berkembang sebagai satu gerakan seni setelah didaftarkan secara rasminya sebagai NGO yang bermatlamat menyebarkan semangat melakar dan kepentingan seni di Malaysia.

Ia juga telah menjalankan aktiviti-aktviti berkaitan seni yang lain, seperti “Ramadhan Sketch Challenge” yang merupakan aktiviti tahunan yang utama, disamping bengkel lukisan kopi dan seminar.

Maklumat lanjut mengenai Sketchwalk dan KLSN, sila layari laman media sosial kami di Facebook, Instagram dan Twitter @klsketchnation.

Anda boleh menghubungi perwakilan kami:

Azalea Azuar

Pengarah Publisiti & Perhubungan Awam

ceazalea2596@gmail.com

Instagram: Leaazpens


Melinda Wong

Pengarah Komunikasi Strategik

melinda.wongsh@gmail.com


Zulaikha Razali

Pengarah Pengurusan Acara

nozuworks@gmail.com




Kuala Lumpur, 3 November 2022 - A total of 32 members from KL Sketch Nation's (KLSN) #bangsapelakar have got their artworks on display at "The Art of Healing" art exhibition.


The exhibition was organised by the mental health awareness platform My We're In Progress Healing (My WIP Healing) and art shop Nak Seni and was held last weekend on Oct 29 and 30 in Muzium Telekom Malaysia (Muzium TM), KL. Each of these artworks was created two weeks ago (Oct 16) during an art therapy session between My WIP Healing and KLSN. The participants were told to paint their artwork based on their mental state, which was assessed by a module provided. After the session, KLSN held another Sketchwalk at Muzium TM. Each artwork is priced at RM350 and it will be available for KLSN's next exhibition at Sungai Wang Plaza on Nov 12.


The Art of Healing was held in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month which falls every October and aims to raise awareness of mental health and break the stigma in society. It also shines the light on how art can be used as a form to relieve mental health problems such as stress and anxiety.


To accompany the exhibition, there were a few activities that were held throughout the weekend which included workshops, mental health experience sharing, group art sessions, mental health film screenings, community performances, and yoga. The exhibition was also held together with Temu Weekends's weekly events which include food vendors and fun activities.


Other partners involved were Yayasan Telekom Malaysia (Yayasan TM), Awareness Against Suicide (AWAS), We & I Art, Mental Health Film Festival Malaysian and Filamen.


"I hope that this collaboration between mental health advocates and the art community will create more collaborations and programmes after this. These types of programmes need to be continued for everyone's well-being, in terms of mental health and the use of arts," said KLSN President and Founder Ahmad Hakym Ahmad Hilmy.


Although mental health issues are the second biggest health issue affecting Malaysians (those that are mainly affected are between the ages of 16 to 19 years), there is still a huge stigma surrounding the community. The lockdowns held during the Covid-19 pandemic have increased the number of mental health issues in Malaysia by two-fold. This results in more and more Malaysians seeking counselling.


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About My WIP Healing


My WIP Healing is a start-up community which focuses on self-healing initiatives between the society. It also collaborates between stakeholders and other organisations to raise awareness on mental health.


It aims to restore balance in our daily life within arts, education, economic, sociology and health values towards an accepting and equal society through the power of social media.


My WIP Healing can be reached through Instagram and Twitter via @mywiphealing


About KL Sketch Nation


KLSN was founded by Ahmad Hakym Ahmad Hilmy in 2014 and started out as a community for sketching enthusiasts in Kuala Lumpur. It later evolved into an art movement after it was officially registered as an NGO which aims to spread the sketching vibes and the importance of arts in Malaysia.


It has also conducted other art-related events such as its flagship annual “Ramadan Sketch Challenge”, Coffee Painting workshops and seminars.


For more information regarding the sketchwalk or KLSN, please check out our social media pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @klsketchnation.


You can also contact our representatives:


Azalea Azuar

Director or Publicity & Public Relations

ceazalea2596@gmail.com

Instagram: Leaazpens


Melinda Wong

Director of Strategic Communications

melinda.wongsh@gmail.com

017-641 8601


Zulaikha Razali

Director of Event Management

nozuworks@gmail.com

014-971 5737




Kuala Lumpur, 25 August 2022 - KL SKETCH NATION (KLSN) has collaborated with Stadium Merdeka to hold its 50th Sketchwalk in the iconic building. The event is held in

tandem with Malaysia's 65th Merdeka Day celebration on 31 August.


The NGO expects a total of 30 people to participate in this fun sketchwalk. All participants are required to gather outside of the stadium at 2pm where they will be taken around different areas for two hours to immortalise the building on paper.


This 50th Sketchwalk aims to remind us of how Stadium Merdeka is one of the most important buildings in Malaysian history. It was the site of The Federation of Malaya's formal declaration of independence by Malaysia's first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman back on 31 August 1957. It was later used as a site of the proclamation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.


KLSN also hopes to make Malaysians appreciate the stadium's architectural wonders. It was designed by architect Stanley Edward Jewkes and currently operated by Perbadanan Stadium Merdeka.


The sports venue have hosted many major sporting events such as the 1977 Southeast Asian Games and the annual Merdeka Football Tournament (Pesta Bola Merdeka) as well as the fight between the legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali and Joe Bugner on 1 July 1975. It also has a seating capacity of 20,000.


Also complementing the view of Stadium Merdeka is the Merdeka 118 Tower which is expected for completion by mid-2023. It will be the tallest tower in the South-East Asian region measuring 678.9m tall with 118 storeys.


Only those who have RSVP their attendance are allowed to enter the premises and participate in the event. Those who wish to RSVP can do so by clicking this link bit.ly/klsn50.



About KL Sketch Nation


KLSN was founded by Ahmad Hakym Ahmad Hilmy in 2014 and started out as a community for sketching enthusiasts in Kuala Lumpur. It later evolved into an art movement after it was officially registered as an NGO which aims to spread the sketching vibes and the importance of arts in Malaysia.


It has also conducted other art-related events such as its flagship annual “Ramadan Sketch Challenge”, Coffee Painting workshops and seminars.


For more information regarding the sketchwalk or KLSN, please check out our social media pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.


You can also contact our representatives:


Azalea Azuar

Director or Publicity & Public Relations

Instagram: Leaazpens



Melinda Wong

Director of Strategic Communications

017-641 8601


Zulaikha Razali

Director of Event Management

014-971 5737


 
 
 
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