Organization
Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture
The Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture was founded to study and preserve Cambodian arts and culture.[1] Ly Daravuth and Ingrid Muan founded it in 1998 as a non-profit, non-governmental institute.[2] Its work covered traditional and contemporary arts.[1] In its undated SPAFA Journal account, Reyum was based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, opposite the National Museum of Cambodia and the Royal University of Fine Arts.[2] The Prince Claus Fund named Reyum a Prince Claus Laureate in 2003.[1]
Exhibitions and research
Reyum's SPAFA Journal account described a changing series of exhibitions about visual arts, culture and society.[2] The institute offered university graduates research training, from fieldwork through to an exhibition and a publication.[2] Topics included traditional tools, ornamental designs, traditional painting and local histories.[2] It also held free lectures, performances, film screenings and concerts.[2]
Books and art classes
The same account described general-interest books produced alongside research and exhibition projects, and Khmer-language children's books published in partnership with the Kasumisou Foundation.[2] Its art school offered free half-day drawing and painting lessons to children who could attend regularly, including children who worked in markets or sold goods on the street.[2]
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