#Showbiz: 6 recipients get grants from Krishen Jit Fund

KUALA LUMPUR: Six arts practitioners have been chosen as this year's grantees for the Krishen Jit Fund.

Astro, in collaboration with Creador Foundation and Five Arts Centre awarded the six grants totalling RM57,000, ranging between RM5,000 and RM15,000.

In a press statement today, the recipients, whose works come under creative productions, received the grants at an event held at Temu-Temu Space at GMBB in Petaling Jaya recently.

Out of a total of 62 applications, the grants which will help them pursue their love of the arts, went to visual artist Taha Long, filmmaker Deepak Kumaran Menon, performing artist Dylan Yeo Kok Siong, table-top game creator Goh Choon Ean, graphic designer Low Hsin Yin and aspiring filmmaker Vesant Nair.