A forum will be staged Saturday at Heritage Discovery Centre for voters to learn more about the 19 candidates standing for Arts Development Council nomination.

Seats for four of the 10 arts interests - arts administration, arts education, drama and film arts - are uncontested and no dedicated candidate forum sessions for these areas will be arranged.

Polling for the nomination exercise will run September 28 to 30. Following previous nomination exercises a cross-interest voting system will be adopted this year. Voters from all 10 arts interests can cast votes for candidates standing for nomination in the six contested areas.