TUKANG – Selangor Craftsmanship Festival 2022

Open Call for “TUKANG – Selangor Craftsmanship Festival 2022”

Tourism Selangor is seeking artists, designers, craftspeople (tukang) or other organizations to take part in our TUKANG-Selangor Craftsmanship Festival 2022 – bringing new ideas and innovative products in contemporary local crafts.

TUKANG refers to skilled craftspeople in producing traditional art forms that symbolizes an identity of a cultural heritage.

The aims of this project are to:
• To foster an understanding and respect in the diversity of human cultures and heritages by connecting contemporary artists and traditional craftspeople.
• The ability to apply traditional crafts assimilating with contemporary art aesthetic principles in order to make it relevant with current needs.
• To be able to commercialize these products as a cultural identity for Selangor Tourism.

What Tourism Selangor provides:
• Each successful applicant will receive RM10,000 for the production of the artwork or product.
• Exhibition opportunity in “TUKANG Selangor Craftmanship Festival” venue
• Promotion of your product/artwork through Tourism Selangor website, social media channels and databases.

Artists/Designers requirements:
• To collaborate with local craftspeople to create a/or series of artwork(s)/product(s) embodying local traditions. Priority is given to those who collaborate with Selangor based craft maker.
• Artwork(s)/product(s) should demonstrate a balance of content and design, as well as a mastery of materials.
• To schedule and be present for 2 studio visit interviews (work in progress).
• To provide title, dimensions, sale price, an image of each work and biographical/contextual info to be included in the catalogue.
• To conduct a 2 hour workshop during the festival
• To install and de-install artworks/ products at the “TUKANG-Selangor Craftsmanship Festival 2022” venue (date will be informed later).
• Submit a final and budget report after TUKANG-Selangor Craftmanship Festival 2022

Programme & Timeline:

Eligibility:
• This project is divided into two categories:
i) Individual and
ii) Group entries.
• Open to Malaysian citizens over the age of 18 years old.
• Non-Malaysian citizens are allowed only through group entries with 5 people (max.).
• Applicants must be able to receive taxable income for the duration of the grant and report this grant as an income.

Applications:
Applications are required to provide full contact details, curriculum vitae (CV) of individuals and project leader (for groups/ organization). Please submit the completed proposal templates by Sunday, 19th June 2022.

Download proposal templates: www.shorturl.at/sAEMU
Submission link： CLICK HERE

Review Process
Applications are reviewed by staff of Tourism Selangor and evaluated by a panel of jurors using the following criteria to evaluate each application:
• The comtemporary craft products can reflect the culture, inherited skills, knowledge and shows the beauty of heritage.
• The product has potential to be commercialized

Appropriation and Reimbursement
Production funding will be approved and disseminated in two (2) installments:
1st installment: 40% will be issued in early July 2022
2nd installment: 60% will be issued upon submission for the final report.

Contact Us
For further inquiries or email submissions, please email us at [email protected] .Or, call at +6011 6366 8098 (Ms. Ng) from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).