ASEAN Secretariat holds arts expo<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): An exhibition featuring the region's arts and
\nculture at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jl. Sisingamangaraja, South
\nJakarta opened on Monday.<\/p>\n
ASEANA: a showcase of ASEAN Cultures presents the published
\nworks of the ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information: books,
\nvideo and audio tapes, paintings, photographs and handicrafts
\nfrom ASEAN countries.<\/p>\n
The exhibition, which will be officially opened by Minister of
\nTourism, Arts and Culture Marzuki Usman next Tuesday, runs
\nthrough July 25.<\/p>\n
During the one-month show related events will be staged in
\nconjunction with it. In the ASEAN bazaar of food and handicrafts
\non June 27, women's associations from the nine ASEAN embassies
\nwill present food from their countries and sell traditional
\nhandicrafts.<\/p>\n
On the same day, a children's drawing contest will also be
\norganized.<\/p>\n
Art critic Jim Supangkat is scheduled to deliver a lecture on
\nASEAN Modern Art on July 1.<\/p>\n
An exhibition of pictures and poems about the Kalimantan fires
\nwill be held from June 15 to July 3.<\/p>\n
Also due to be displayed is an exhibition of the winning
\nentries in the ASEAN Art Awards 1994\/1997. This is planned for
\nJuly 7 through July 25.<\/p>",
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