Good Things #13: Rimbun Dahan

Angela Hijjas, Director, Rimbun Dahan | Bilqis Hijjas, Director, Rimbun Dahan

09-Apr-21 15:00

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Rimbun Dahan is the beautiful sprawling home of Hijjas Kasturi and Angela Hijjas, which is set on fourteen acres in Kuang, Selangor, and is described as a centre for developing traditional and contemporary art forms. Rimbun has also been a temporary home for visual artists, dancers, choreographers, writers, arts managers, curators and researchers, through various residencies, and has provided educational opportunities for students of architecture, ecology and botany. So what pushed Angela and Hijjas in the direction of cultural and environmental philanthropy? Angela and her daughter Bilqis Hijjas, who are both Directors of Rimbun Dahan, join us to share more.

Image source: Rimbun Dahan's Facebook Page

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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Categories: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, History, People & Places, Education

Tags: The Bigger Picture, Live & Learn, Rimbun Dahan, art residencies, cultural philanthropy, environmental philanthropy, Bilqis Hijjas, Angela Hijjas, Hijjas Kasturi, Hijjas Kasturi Associates,

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