Category: George Town / Island

Penang Street Art (PICAF Site 1: Prangin Mall)

Penang International Container Art Festival (PICAF) featuring container arts installation located at Prangin Mall, George Town.

Container art mural featuring a trishaw man by Ukraine artist Sasha Korban .
A container mural featuring a tribute to Chuah Thean Teng, the Father of Batik Art . The mural depicting a batik making heritage is created by local artist Khor Zew Wey (aka Bibichun).

For the rest of the PICAF art works, please go HERE.

Lanterns Festival @ Armenian Park

Lanterns adorning the Armenian Park at night during the Chinese New Year festive period. The park is also used as a major place for festive celebration such as the Lanterns Festival above, to be held during the weeks of Chinese New Year.

George Town Street View: The Fountain Garden

Completed and opened in the year 1883, this small garden beside the Penang Town Hall was named after the fountain located at the center of the garden. The fountain was donated by a local businessman named Koh Seang Tat to the George Town Municipal Council back then. This historical Fountain Garden also undergone a restoration in recent years and is now a small outdoor but shaded park in the city.

Penang Street Art: Penang International Container Art Festival (PICAF)

One of the many container art works coming up in Penang. In conjunction with the Penang International Container Art Festival (PICAF), a number art works featuring murals painted on containers will be completed and put on display at various locations in Penang. This art work is one of the first and can be found along Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong, beside Prangin Mall in George Town.

PICAF Art Work

Penang Perspective: A Colonial Architecture

Architecture style of the former building of Standard Chartered Bank at Beach Street, George Town. This historical and iconic building was primarily built and designed with the elements of Palladian, Classical and Art Deco architectural styles.