Learn how to make Malay kueh tat or kueh makmur out of clay using old-fashion kueh making tools.

Note:
Workshop is suitable for children age 3 to 9 years old with accompanying adult.

8 Oct 2011, Saturday

Celebrate Hari Raya with us at SAM at 8Q and learn about celebrations from the kampong days till today! Enjoy scenes of Hari Raya in cartoon form and see the evolution of Malay fashion, hairstyles and lifestyles through a unique photo exhibition. You can also experience the preparation works that go into Hari Raya celebrations by making different kuehs using clay and actual kueh-making utensils.

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Annual event organised by SAM for the Presidential Istana's National Day Open House. MHC will be participating with a display and craft activity on how to tie a basic tengkolok in the Arts & Heritage Village segment.

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From interactive family-oriented performances to a Heritage Hunt around Kampong Gelam, ter-ba-BOM! will engage kids and family alike in learning more about Malay legends and history as well as getting a glimpse of Kampong Gelam life.  

K3: KURATOR  KANAK-KANAK (CUBE: CURATED BY KIDS)
How would you tell the story of Kampong Gelam’s past as a Port Town? A time when ships from all over the Malay Archipelago would dock in front of the Sultan’s Istana.  Be told stories while you make your very own museum-on-a-mobile. Then show it off to the world in this special made-by-kids exhibition! See our activity photos here!

KUNCI DUNIAKU
Adil, Sara and Halim are spending the day at beach when Adil stumbles upon an old golden key buried in the sand. The key was buried by two clever butterflies, Awan-Ria and Awan-Bintang! Awan-Ria and Awan-Bintang need their help to save their home, the land of Peri-Pari from the evil elephant Gus-Gus and his magical monkey, Nanu!

Written and directed by local playwright Zizi Azah. With folk songs and dances choreographed by Sriwana and Sri Warisan.

MAKMAL REKAAN (CREATIVE LAB)

A. PELANGI PROJECT (12 years old and under)
Let your children make their history their own by acting out legendary events from our past. From Sang Nila Utama's landing to the pirate raids on Hajjah Fatimah Mosque, Pelangi Project will introduce your child to exciting chapters in history. See our activity photos here!

B. HERITAGE HUNT (12 years old and under)
The Sultan has ordered you and all the hulubalangs (warriors) of the palace to seek out his stolen treasures hidden all around Kampong Gelam. Armed with a map, your trusty keris and sharp wits, you are to find each treasure and return them to the beloved Sultan. But beware the obstacles along your journey, so tread with care. See our activity photos here!

Pen your tribute, memories and well-wishes for the Centre which will close in July for a major makeover.

Click here to see some of the posted notes!

Alfian Sa'at's forthcoming book, Malay Sketches, is a collection of 35-40 flash fictions, each presenting and articulating a different aspect of "Malayness" in contemporary Singapore. After six months of research, incubation and experimentation with the short fiction form, Alfian will share his findings and methods with would be participants.

Malay Sketches is supported by the National Arts Council's Arts Creation Fund.

Workshops will be conducted in English with some Malay.

Writing Fiction from Reportage (19 March, Saturday)
Recommended for ages 17 – 25 years

This workshop is pitched at those who have already written some creative prose. Drawing from journalistic material, the author will guide participants through exercises where stories can be shaped from news articles. Participants will be encouraged to create characters based on those found in 'human interest' stories. By exploring the psychological interiority of these characters, participants will then write a piece of flash fiction (not exceeding 800 words), based on either one of these premises: an extraordinary character reacting to an ordinary situation, or conversely, an ordinary character planted in an extraordinary situation. Through this exercise, participants will be sensitized to the relationship between plot and character.

Fiction Writing for Beginners (26 March, Saturday)
Recommended for ages 14 – 18 years

This workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of narrative, especially pertaining to the short fiction form. The focus will be on producing flash fiction, or stories not exceeding 800 words, such that participants will be able to produce a piece by the end of the workshop. The author himself will share the output from a works-in-progress called 'Malay Sketches', which attempt to capture vignettes of daily life and moral dilemmas facing the Malay community in Singapore. The craft of storytelling as taught in the workshop will emphasise economy of expression as well as identifying the essential elements in a story.

From 8 October to 14 November, MHC commissioned two emerging Malay artists, Ryf Zaini and Ezzam Rahman, and presented the exhibition, Lap-Lip, featuring new outdoor installations inspired by Hari Raya Aidilfitri’s lampu kelap-kelip and the surrounding Kampong Gelam. The exhibition is part of MHC’s new curatorial direction to feature budding young Malay talents and their interpretation of Malay culture and heritage through their works.

From 27 November to 19 December, the MHC team travelled a number of sculptures by Ezzam Rahman from MHC’s Lap-Lip exhibition and installed them at Raffles Place Green to showcase works from NHB’s Heritage Institutions at city parks.

Under the umbrella of the NHB-wide initiative, Explore Singapore!, MHC co-presented Fly By Night Video Challenge 2010 with Objectifs Centre for Photography and Filmmaking on 27 and 28 November 2010. This is an annual 48-hours short film competition with participation by teams, mostly from the tertiary student and young artist communities.

For the Fly By Night Video Challenge 2010, Kampong Gelam was featured as the main theme and the MHC team provided historical information on Kampong Gelam as part of the participants’ “working kit” in hopes of inspiring participants to create short films on the heritage district.

The annual 48-hours short film competition garnered participation from more than 30 teams of the tertiary students and young artists, and the final screening and critique session on 28 November 2010 was attended by approximately 120 persons comprising participants, friends, families and supporters.