Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah: 2010

Jumaat, 31 Disember 2010

Thirst: Solo Exhibition by Izumi Ueda Yuu

Now in MGTF USM on
23 Nov 2010-10 Jan 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

To: Our far-sighted founders, past curators, advisors, committee members; our kind-hearted and generous donours and benefactors; our ever-supportive partners in USM; our hard-working and passionate local and international friends in the arts, academic and scientific communities, our collaborators in the foreign embassies, consulates, government agencies, NGOs, corporations, private and commercial institutions, local and international museums and art galleries, our supporters in the media; and most importantly, to our family members, relatives, all USM students, staff members, and our repeated visitors, especially kindergarten and school children and their teachers.

New Year is the time to unfold new horizons & realize new dreams, to rediscover the strength & faith within you, to rejoice in simple pleasures & gear up for a new challenges, to embrace love and be connected to the larger sustainable whole, to be one with the Higher Order. Thanking all of you for a wonderful 2010 and wishing all of you a truly fulfilling 2011

FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT MUZIUM & GALERI TUANKU FAUZIAH, USM

Khamis, 23 Disember 2010

UMNet

UMNet Confrence at MGTFUSM

UMNet visit Peranakan Massion

UMNet Confrence

Best 'Kari Kepala Ikan' Dinner at Pen Mutiara, Batu Maung

Photo Session

Isnin, 22 November 2010

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: UNIVERSITY MUSEUM NETWORKING

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHALLENGES CONFRONTING UNIVERSITY MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND CONTEMPORARY CURATORIAL PRACTICE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (PART 2), 15 DECEMBER – 17 DECEMBER 2010

Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah (MGTF), USM is pleased to announce that it will organize an International Conference On Challenges Confronting University Museum Collections And Contemporary Curatorial Practice In Southeast Asia (Part 2) from 15 December to 17 December 2010. The conference will be a second part of the initial conference held in Manila form 20 January – 22 January 2010. The aim of the conference is to;

1. To perform as a regional platform for the development of academic, research and professional curatorial collaborations between the participating institutions.2. To facilitate sharing and exchange of expertise, research and collection resources.3. To encourage discourses that is pertinent to contemporary curatorial practice, museum and collection management, exhibition design and technology, as well as community engagement with university museums.4. To augment scholarly debates that will collectively place the participating institutions at the forefront of contemporary curatorial practice and collection management.

Central to the conference agenda will be;

Mapping • Nodal and rhizomic systems of regional engagement based, operating on collective or modular initiatives.• Raising profile of university museums within and beyond hosting universities.• Regional platform as tool to facilitate discourse and knowledge on university museums.

Modalities • Developing common tools of engagement – developing standards; publications and web-based initiatives; conferences, curatorial residencies and workshops; joint-research and other projects.• Innovative and sustainable strategies in mobilising collections and curatorial interests.

Hopefully the conference will further articulate and broaden the agenda adopted in the Manila session into a range of strategies and programmes.

In this spirit, we would like to invite you and other member from your institution to participate in this conference. The conference programme and conditions of the invitation are attached in the attached document. Do let us know of your interest by sending us an email to :

Email: fina_rossi@yahoo.com (Miss Fina) or el_nicky81@yahoo.com (Miss Laila)
Subject : Participant UMNET 2010
We look forward to your participation.
For further enquiries, you can contact:

SAFINAWATI SAMSUDIN
Assistant CuratorMuzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah,USM
Email: fina_rossi@yahoo.com
Tel: 604-653 4788 or 604-653 3261
HP: 6012-570 8157
Fax: 604-656 3531

NOR LAILA ABD.ROZAK @ RAZAK
CuratorMuzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah,USM
Email: el_nicky81@yahoo.com
Tel: 604-653 4788 or 604-653 3261
HP: 6012-5915126
Fax: 604-656 3531

RADHIYAH ABU BAKAR
Personal Assistant
Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah,USM
Tel: 604-653 4788 or 604-653 3261
HP: 6016-4949050
Fax: 604-656 3531

Ketumbukan: Alternative printmaking exhibition

Ketumbukan: Alternative printmaking exhibition
15 September-15 Oktober 2010
Muzium & Galeri Tunaku Fauziah,USM

This exhibition will represent alternative printmaking artworks from more than 20 local artists. The nature of these alternative printmaking artworks is varied and complex. It consists in a form of site specific, installation pieces and mixed or integrated media. The unconventional form of these printmaking pieces signifies the new attitude and path that Malaysian contemporary printmakers undertake. Besides that attitude and nature, this exhibition also marking the new phase of development in Malaysian printmaking practices and thought.