ASEAN Secretariat holds arts expo

JAKARTA (JP): An exhibition featuring the region's arts and culture at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jl. Sisingamangaraja, South Jakarta opened on Monday.

ASEANA: a showcase of ASEAN Cultures presents the published works of the ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information: books, video and audio tapes, paintings, photographs and handicrafts from ASEAN countries.

The exhibition, which will be officially opened by Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Marzuki Usman next Tuesday, runs through July 25.

During the one-month show related events will be staged in conjunction with it. In the ASEAN bazaar of food and handicrafts on June 27, women's associations from the nine ASEAN embassies will present food from their countries and sell traditional handicrafts.

On the same day, a children's drawing contest will also be organized.

Art critic Jim Supangkat is scheduled to deliver a lecture on ASEAN Modern Art on July 1.

An exhibition of pictures and poems about the Kalimantan fires will be held from June 15 to July 3.

Also due to be displayed is an exhibition of the winning entries in the ASEAN Art Awards 1994/1997. This is planned for July 7 through July 25.