Penang Gets Competitive as a Visual Arts Education Centre

By Nicole Chang

May 2021 FEATURE
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THE STUDY OF visual arts is not a popular major for Malaysian students pursuing tertiary education. In fact, it is safer to place one’s bet – and future – in the more common fields of medicine, law, and even accountancy.Read also: Local Solutions in Integrated Engineering Generate Huge PossibilitiesRecently, however, the economic potential for creativity has gained sufficient attention and traction globally for demand to grow locally for visual arts-related courses. In Penang three tertiary educational institutions offer such programmes:...

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Nicole Chang

has just completed her PhD programme at the Department of Development Planning and Management, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

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