MA Arts and Ecology
Sustainability now: putting arts in the centre of ecology

Wed 5 Feb, 7:00pm – 7:45pm
Lecture Theatre, Block F Level 2 #F201

Head, McNally School of Fine Arts Dr Cissie Fu will introduce this new, innovative and transdisciplinary studio-based and research-driven programme that brings together creative practitioners, thinkers and planners across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences to explore critical discourses on the environment and critical action in communities through collective inquiry, compelling storytelling and contemporary art-making.

Following the programme talk, visit the studio to explore projects-in-progress, interact with current students and engage with faculty members.

MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice
Arts pedagogies – teaching what we love

Wed 5 Feb, 7:00pm – 7:45pm
Classroom, Block F Level 3 #F310

Join Programme Leader Dr Woo Yen Yen, an innovative educator and cultural designer, as she provides a map of the programme’s goals, structure and curriculum. You will get a sense of the research and practice, workload, culture, as well as the peers that form each carefully selected cohort. Most of all, you will get an insight into what the programme can do for the growth of your practice and teaching.

MA Asian Art Histories
Why study Asian art histories?

Wed 5 Feb, 7:00pm – 7:45pm
Classroom, Blk F Level 2 #F214B

As a historian, researcher and curator, Programme Leader Jeffrey Say plays a pivotal role in contributing knowledge to the local and regional arts scene. Besides covering the aims, curriculum and structure, he will also explain some of the benefits and outcomes of this unique programme.

MA Creative Writing
Why study creative writing?

Wed 5 Feb, 7:00pm – 7:45pm
Lecture Theatre, Block F Level 2 #F202

Programme Leader Dr Rosslyn Prosser is an academic and writer who publishes in a range of forms and genres and has taught creative writing, literary studies, media and communications and gender studies in Australian universities for over 20 years. She will share more about the MA Creative Writing programme which is the first of its kind in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

MA Fine Arts
Practice-based research in fine arts

Wed 5 Feb, 7:00pm – 7:45pm
Classroom, Blk F Level 2 #F214A

Programme Leader Dr Ian Woo is a renowned abstract artist and arts educator whose works are in the collections of major institutions. His talk will centre on how practice-based research is being carried out by LASALLE’s MA Fine Arts students.

MA Art Therapy
Is art therapy a career for me?

Wed 5 Feb, 8:00pm – 8:45pm
Lecture Theatre, Block F Level 2 #F201

The MA Art Therapy programme welcomes you to engage in a unique dialogue with art therapy professionals and students. Programme Leader Ronald P.M.H. Lay (MA, AThS-HF, AThR, ATR-BC) will discuss the pragmatics of this globally-situated postgraduate art therapy training, showcase our arts-based community involvement and address your questions.

MA Arts and Cultural Leadership
What is arts and cultural leadership all about?

Wed 5 Feb, 8:00pm – 8:45pm
Classroom, Block F Level 3 #F310

Programme Leader Audrey Wong – cultural policy expert, civil society advocate, arts and cultural scholar and the first Nominated Member of Parliament for the arts – has nurtured numerous arts managers and cultural leaders. At this talk, she will share the programme's take on cultural leadership and why good leadership in arts and culture is essential in today's complex world.

MA Design
An opportunity to redesign your world

Wed 5 Feb, 8:00pm – 8:45pm
Classroom, Block F Level 2 #F214A

Design educator and Programme Leader Joselyn Sim will introduce the changing influence of designers as leaders, strategists and thinkers who form new perspectives to redesign the world.

MA Music Therapy
The healing power of music

Wed 5 Feb, 8:00pm – 8:45pm
Lecture Theatre, Block F Level 2 #F202

Music improves mental health and well-being, and with training on the new MA Music Therapy programme, students with functional music skills can learn how to use it to bring benefits to their clients. Programme Leader Dr Indra V. Selvarajah will introduce the programme features of this important new MA and outline requirements for entry.