Timeout KL | Art Does Good

Forty local artists come together for a good cause at Galeri Chandan this month.

Galleries and artists are often at the front line when it comes to criticism over their commercial aims, so this month, Galeri Chandan attempts to lessen the flak and give back with a charitable art exhibition titled ‘I Miss Him So Much’ (www.imisshimsomuch.com). It sees the gallery team up with the Killerbatch, a group of ex-students from Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM) Kulim, to raises funds to build a dormitory for the underprivileged students of SMK Tun Fuad Stephens in Kiulu, Tamparuli, Sabah.

The exhibition’s title isn’t an homage to a deceased artist, but to Donni John Duin, an 11-year-old boy that took his own life in March 2007 to ease his family’s financial burdens. They’re naming the dormitory in his memory and need RM270,000 to construct the building, so students travelling from remote areas of Kiulu no longer have to endure tiring long walks – one of the main causes for high school leaver rates in Sabah right after their PMR examinations.

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