ACTIVITIES - Corporate

February 2018

KL as Cultural and Creative City Report

CENDANA launched the KL as a Cultural & Creative City report that was commissioned in partnership with KKMM, Yayasan Hasanah, Yayasan Sime Darby, Think City, MyCreative Ventures, British Council Malaysia and was undertaken by a consortium comprising of My Performing Arts Agency, Frost & Sullivan Malaysia, and Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy. The report identifies five building blocks for the Kuala Lumpur Cultural and Creative Economy and further outlines key sectors in Malaysia’s arts scene, detailing the overview, challenges and opportunities, sharing case studies in addition to providing an overview what drives Malaysians to engage or consume the arts. Read more
Art in the City

Art in The City is an outdoor art display initiative aimed to raise greater awareness on the Malaysian arts and culture landscape. A collection of artworks from the nation’s legendary artists in partnership with Balai Seni Negara and not forgetting grassroots artists will be made for the public to vote. The image of the top most-voted artworks will then be enlarged and displayed on top of buildings across Kuala Lumpur city.
CENDANA x RIUH CNY

CENDANA’s support for the public arts programming and live acts at RIUH CNY includes the Art of Chinese Mask Changing, Traditional Chinese Handkerchief Dance by ASK Dance Company, as well as Chinese New Year Lion and Dragon dance performances.
APAM 2018

In collaboration with MATRADE, 7 members of Malaysian delegation were introduced at the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) 2018 in Brisbane, Australia’s leading internationally focused industry event for contemporary performing arts. Read more about our home-grown delegation that promoted their artistry to build institutional and non-institutional networks within Asia Pacific and beyond.

January 2018

CENDANA x RIUH NYE

CENDANA supports more public arts programming (live acts) at RIUH spanning from performing arts, visual arts and independent music and this time for RIUH NYE celebration.
Emerging Artist Incubation Funding Programme

The Emerging Artist Incubation Funding Programme is part of CENDANA’s ‘Empowering the Communities’ strategic pillar to supports the creation, adaptation or re-development of distinctive artistic content for performing arts, visual arts and independent music, to expand the range of quality works that engage audiences in Malaysia and abroad. The funding programme is up to RM30,000 per application and covers direct expenses of the creation and developmental process.
CENDANA x RIUH Tropical Fiesta

More live acts and public arts programming supported by CENDANA at RIUH Tropical Fiesta. This time our Founding CEO was there to help those who needs assistance in the application of the Emerging Artist Incubation Funding Programme.

December 2017

Gallery Weekend KL 8 – 10 December

GWKL is a novel, annual 3-day celebration of aesthetic and cultural diversity, in Malaysia’s capital city. Having launched successfully last year, GWKL returns with the support from CENDANA this December bringing together galleries, institutions, projects and more across Greater KL.
CENDANA Mobile Funding Clinic
CENDANA is to kickoff its mobile funding clinics to share with the communities on opportunities to build a vibrant, sustainable and ambitious cultural economy.
Kuching : 7 - 8 Dec 2017
Kuala Lumpur : 11 Dec 2017
Emerging Artist Incubation Funding Programme

As part of CENDANA’s ‘Empowering the Communities’ strategic pillar, The Emerging Artist Incubation Funding Programme awards up to RM30,000 to successful applicants who are actively engaged in the Malaysian arts and culture sector with a minimum of 3 years track record and covers direct expenses of the creation and development process.

November 2017

KL Biennale 2017

The KL Biennale 2017 is organised by the National Visual Arts Gallery kicks off 1 November 2017 and will run until 31 March 2018. CENDANA is a strategic partner for this mega-scale international contemporary art programme involving 119 artist across 14 countries.
KL Collectors’ Weekend

In conjunction with the very exciting period where Malaysian visual arts is celebrated and promoted this year-end via the KL Biennale and the upcoming Gallery Weekend KL, CENDANA is stepping up its efforts in engaging the trade by nurturing relationships with high net-with collectors from South East Asia and Japan. Some include the top 11 collectors in Asia to the Director of ArtStage Jakarta. CENDANA is working on bridging connections between the collectors and Malaysian visual artist in addition to investing in building a relationship with them to encourage purchases of Malaysian artworks.
Artistlabs Accelerator Programme

Artistlabs.my launched a funding programme open to 25 of Malaysia’s best creative entrepreneurs and is valued at over RM250,000 per person that focuses on individuals looking to accelerate their Music, Literature, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Fashion and Crafts businesses. Supported by CENDANA, the programme includes a series of dialogues, a 4-week of rigorous online courses, intensive mentorship with global creative professionals, a placement with a world class international community of like-minded creative entrepreneurs.
Coalition of Corporate Support for the Arts

CENDANA hosted its first a public and private partners at the Coalition of Corporate Support for the Arts at Ilham Gallery, KL. This network can certainly look forward to accelerating partnerships between the private and public partners for the benefit of the arts and culture communities and the wider public at large.
CENDANA x RIUH Comedy

CENDANA is collaborating with RIUH and this time bringing a comedy workshop and a stand-up comedy show with a twist to RIUH live acts stage!

October 2017

CENDANA x RIUH Deepavali Weekend

CENDANA started collaborating with RIUH for the live acts at RIUH weekend in our audience development programme. CENDANA brought Malaysian Bhangra Group, Punjap Entourage and a Photography Talk and Workshop to bring culture and creativity closer to the community.