Singapore is a highly planned society: from the economy, housing, urban space and transport, to even the arts and cultural sector. In 1989, the watershed report of the Advisory Council on Culture and Arts noted the potential of arts and culture to contribute to tourism and our economy.

Since then, the government has built infrastructure, set up funding schemes and established the statutory boards National Arts Council (NAC) and National Heritage Board to shepherd the development of the sector.

LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore (LASALLE) has unveiled five new degree programmes in emerging areas within the global creative economy:

Three private art galleries at Tanjong Pagar Distripark ­— 39+ Art Space, Art Agenda and Gajah Gallery — are focusing on the practices of arts educators at LASALLE College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA).

39+ Art Space’s Thinking About Abstraction, Part I exhibition features five artists from LASALLE’s faculty, including senior fellow Milenko Prvacki and lecturer Jeremy Sharma.

After spending five years as an art teacher in Marsiling Secondary School, Mr Muhamad Lokman Mohamad, 35, found himself back as a student in 2020 at LASALLE College of the Arts.

BA (Hons) Fine Arts alumnus Lokman speaks with The Straits Times’ student publication about his experience going back to school and how his time at LASALLE has shaped his approach as an educator.

After waiting for so long, 35-year-old Muhamad Lokman Mohammad's dream of getting a degree has finally come true.

He was among 832 LASALLE College of the Arts students who graduated this year.

Lokman received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Fine Arts.

The father of two children returned to school three years ago to pursue a dream he had been harbouring for a long time.

On Friday 11 August 2023, LASALLE College of the Arts unveiled the Brother Joseph McNally centenary celebrations in commemoration of its late founder’s 100th birth anniversary. Guest of Honour, former Senior Minister Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, officially launched the celebrations with the opening of the exhibition Brother Joseph McNally: A Comparative History of One Life.

Despite facing difficult times, Muhamad Lokman Bin Mohamad was not discouraged from continuing to strive and eventually earning a BA(Hons) Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts.

Berita Harian speaks with Lokman, an art educator and father of two, on how he overcame his challenges to eventually earn his degree, and how he shares what he has learnt at LASALLE with his students.

In this article, Lianhe Zaobao expounds on how LASALLE has been embracing new technologies in its teaching and learning, as shared by Minister for Communications and Information Mrs Josephine Teo in her speech at LASALLE’s 37th Convocation ceremony held on 4 August 2023.