Studying their Inheritance

This story, carved on the wall of the Khoo Kongsi, is one of the many things which attracted the kids who were attending a course organished by the Arts Education Working Committee. Guided by professional artists, the kids of primary school to secondary school age learnt about the endangered trades, traditional trades as well as the living heritage of Penang
 

In one section is a collection of stories told by drawings and sketches of which the story of the widow and her son is one. 

Other sections tell of the endangered trades like the making of  flower garlands,  gravestones,  beaded Nyonya shoes, joss sticks; all  within the inner city. Also studied was the craft of goldsmiths, as well as traditional coffee making. (Penangites are reluctant to forget that blue enamel pot of boiling hot jet black coffee, served to the guest in a cup with four teaspoonfuls of sugar). One section is devoted to sketches and photographs of restored buildings in Love Lane, the result of the children's investigation of restoration work. Another is devoted to rubbings of  heritage motifs. 

The children were encouraged to make cards, wood carvings, and also to design signboards for traditional stalls such as those selling newspapers on the road side, and to create designs for T shirts carrying the themes of the exhibition.#

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This resulted in Children of the City, An Exhibition on Heritage, highlighting traditional trades and the living heritage of Penang.# 
 

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