Illustration student, Teh Sze Shio, won the 1st prize and received the prize money of RM3,000 in the category of Sequential Art – Single Panel to 8 Panel Editorial Cartoon / Comics (Conventional / Print / Digital) organized by Maybank Foundation on 10 August 2018.
Illustration student, Yeap Fong Ray, won the consolation prize and received the prize money of RM500 in the category of Art Painting organized by Petron Malaysia on 12 September 2018.
MIA Ladies Chorus and Men’s Chorus participated in the 5th Hong Kong International Music Festival Competition. In the preliminary round, the Men’s Chorus received an Outstanding Gold whilst the Ladies Chorus was awarded a Silver. In addition, they performed at the ‘Malaysian Preliminary Round 2018 Award and Concert Night’ on 28 July 2018.
Music student, Ho Kah Kean, was crowned the champion in the Tremolo Harmonica Solo category and 1st runner-up in both Duet and Trio categories with his team members from the HummingWay Harmonica Ensemble in the 5th National Harmonica Competition 2018 organised by Fresco Music at DPAC.