• “This event is locally made.” A wrap-up of Cultural Season 2023

    “This event is locally made.” A wrap-up of Cultural Season 2023

    “The Cultural Season has brought underrepresented artists and traditional arts to life. “Being able to commission artists who have worked tirelessly to preserve almost lost art forms, to facilitate them in bringing their work into stage is what delighted me most,” Bornnoem Milya, CLA Curatorial Fellow 2022 From early January, when Cultural Season 2023 took to […]

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  • Experience Cambodia’s transformation through the arts

    Experience Cambodia’s transformation through the arts

    For the last several years, we were all isolated and disconnected from the rest of the world. You may start to resume your travels, so we believe this is an excellent time to invite you to visit us in Cambodia. Now is a unique opportunity experience to visit Angkor Wat without the crowds of mass […]

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  • Impact of the Scholarship Program after 10 years
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    Impact of the Scholarship Program after 10 years

    2021 was the 10th anniversary of the Arn Chorn-Pond Living Arts scholarship program. We used the chance to reflect and review the impact of the program on the 120+ students it has supported so far. We are now pleased to release a report sharing the results and some of their stories “I do not have […]

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  • Cultural Season 2023 “Your Kind, Our Kind”
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    Cultural Season 2023 “Your Kind, Our Kind”

    CLA has been running a regular Cultural Season since 2018, with a series of performances, workshops, exhibitions, and talks presented over 2-3 months in Phnom Penh and provinces. The season will be held in Phnom Penh in February and March. Some works will be invited to go on a province tour during the rest of […]

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  • Cambodia Plugged Back In

    Cambodia Plugged Back In

    As the world is picking up where it left off by the drawn-out Covid-19 pandemic, many people have reacquainted themselves with favourite faces. And it comes in many ways for Cambodians, whether it’s attending a wedding reception, visiting hometown to see elder relatives, taking a friendship trip, meeting up at art galleries, or just a […]

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  • Cultural Season – Behind the Scenes

    Cultural Season – Behind the Scenes

    “The term curator is quite new to me. Among my fellow classical dancers, we didn’t know about that before. We thought curator only applies to the visual artists and those who curate the photo galleries or paintings exhibitions. And curatorial concept hasn’t been common with performing art practitioners in Cambodia.” Serei Vankosoan, CLA Curatorial Fellow […]

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  • Looking Back on 15 Years Supporting Cambodia

    Looking Back on 15 Years Supporting Cambodia

    In December 2021, CLA Executive Director Phloeun PRIM sat down with CLA supporter Dana White for a recorded conversation during a recent trip to the US. Dana reflected on his longtime involvement with CLA and why his experience in Cambodia—spanning five trips that date as far back as 2004—has been so meaningful. Below are excerpts […]

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  • Reflections for the Future: The third decade of CLA

    Reflections for the Future: The third decade of CLA

    Dear Friends, In the first decade of the 2000s, arts development in Cambodia meant preservation. There was a fear that in the wake of Khmer Rouge control of Cambodia, which saw 90% of the country’s artists perish, Cambodian arts and culture were at risk of being lost forever. My dear brother Arn Chorn-Pond, our founder, […]

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  • Cambodian Living Arts Looks Back

    Cambodian Living Arts Looks Back

    Celebrating 16 Years since the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural  Expressions At the heart of Cambodian Living Arts work, we share the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural  Expressions 2005 commitment to diversity of cultural expression as fundamental to vital societies. October […]

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  • Margaret Shiu – the tiny woman who moved things

    Margaret Shiu – the tiny woman who moved things

    CLA’s and MCH’s shared memories of Margaret Shiu The passing of Margaret Shiu, founder of Bamboo Curtain Studio (BCS), one of the most respected cultural figures in Taiwan, on August 30th is a great loss to the Southeast Asian and Asian art community. Like many regional arts and cultural organizations that have had contact with […]

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