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Our founder Honey Khor was born in 1973, in a small northern Malaysian town called Bukit Mertajam. She has been involved with art since she was sixteen. After the birth of her first child in 1996 she began to take an interest in alternative education and a few years later she established a centre for art and education which is now in its second decade. Honey has taught art to children, adults and, more recently, special needs children who respond well to art therapy.
Honey graduated from the Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA) in 1995 and has since diligently pursued a career in art. Her work has been well received in joint and solo exhibitions in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Cambodia, China, Italy and Spain.
In 2016 she took a two-year foundation course in Art Therapy with Alanus, and two years later she undertook an internship at Krankenhaus Havelhöhe (Hospital Havelhöhe), Berlin. Since 2020, she has been studying Art as Therapy with the Tobias School of Art and Therapy, UK.
Honey has also attended art workshops with Joanna Mackenzie (New Zealand-based artist, educator and founding member of the Taruna Teacher Training Course) as well as several masterclasses and art workshops with Van James (Hawaii-based author and artist-in-residence at the Honolulu Waldorf High School and guest instructor at Rudolf Steiner College) .
While holidaying in Siem Reap, Cambodia (in 2007) she spotted a sign over a shophouse that read “Art Will Save The World” and was prompted to join a community art project called Colors of Cambodia. She has organised a number of fund raising events since 2008 and has contributed much time (and love) to Cambodian children through art and educational projects. Honey is now area manager for Colors of Cambodia and a board member of A World of Difference (a charitable foundation based in the US).
Honey believes that the true purpose of education is to inspire life-long curiosity and the capacity to continue learning beyond the classroom. Education isn’t just about passing examinations: it must aim to enable and encourage students to fully develop their unique capabilities, their ability to think critically and creatively, solve problems and interact harmoniously with others.
