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USM MGTF HOSTING INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION AND AUCTION BY USMi

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PENANG, 20 June 2019 – An art exhibition with a difference was launched last Monday (June 17) at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Muzium and Galeri Tuanku Fauziah (MGTF).

The soft launch of the exhibition was in the attendance of the Penang State Domestic and International Trade, Consumer Affairs and Entrepreneur Development Committee chairman Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain.

The art exhibition was an effort by USMi, the USM International Student Society, which is under the supervision of the USM International Mobility and Collaboration Centre (IMCC) at the university.

The exhibition highlights the works of two international postgraduate students who are very talented artists in their own rights, Abdullahi A. Suleiman from Nigeria and Fatima Zahra from Pakistan.

Abdullahi is pursuing his PhD in Human Resource Management (School of Management) while Fatima is a Master’s student specialising in Fine Arts (Research).

Following the viewing of the displayed artworks, Abdul Halim stated that for the past nine years, the Penang State Government has been pushing for more focus on the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to overcome the shortage of over 2,000 software design engineers.

“Two years ago, the State Government also decided to extend their focus onto the Arts, as it is not only Science and Technology that is important, but so is Arts in today’s world,” he stated.

Abdul Halim noted that the best way to implement the field would be to teach the young about the Arts, because the future is giving more emphasis on Design.

“Design will make the difference and this field is important in the era of digital economy,” he added.

Based on his observations and experiences, business models today are changing and the criteria that would set them apart from the rest would be in Creativity and Design.

The exhibition will be held from 17 - 30 June 2019, and a painting workshop for all aspiring artists will also be conducted on the 23 and 24 June 2019 at no charge, following the auctioning of the artworks on 25 June 2019 at MGTF.

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