From time to time, LASALLE upgrades equipment on campus to enhance students' learning experience. However, as Professor Leon Rubin, Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts shares with Lianhe Zaobao, if the older equipment is still usable, they can be passed on to other schools or groups, to make full use of resources and reduce wastage.

For the launch of its new EOS signature sneakers for 2022, PEDRO partnered with LASALLE to run a contest for students in the Diploma in Creative Direction for Fashion course.

Kumari Nahappan started her career in interior design, before she enrolled in LASALLE’s McNally School of Fine Arts as a mature student. Since 2000, she has been known for her public art works based on nature, mostly in the shape of fruits, seeds and spices.

PEDRO worked with final year students from the Diploma in Creative Direction for Fashion programme to create exciting concepts that tell the story of the EOS Sneaker through the eyes of Gen Z. The students, Fu Shouheng, Wang Shiwen, Wang Lei and Zuaipy Fariqa Santiago, came up with a captivating concept, winning them a prize of $1,000.

LASALLE’s Programme for LASALLE Creative Entrepreneurs (PLACE) is a creative entrepreneurship programme by the Faculty of Design. It mentors fresh graduates or students to develop their ideas into ventures that can inspire, help and serve their communities.

One project, Ferticlay, is a new sustainable clay material made of food waste such as ground-up eggshells and nut husks. Ferticlay is founded by BA(Hons) Interior Design graduate Jodie Monteiro, together with NUS student Ong Kok Chung.

Living through the turmoil of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, people of all ages and backgrounds from around the world are discovering the pleasure of art, while others are rekindling and returning to old hobbies and interests.

As a credentialed and experienced mental health practitioner and educator for 23 years, I have observed first-hand how engaging in the arts has a profound impact on mental health, balance and quality of life.

There is an important difference, however, between the discipline of art therapy and the therapeutic benefits of art.

LASALLE College of the Arts, Raffles Place Alliance and Publicis Singapore have come together to present an exhibition that transforms negative social distancing spaces into positive spaces for art.

LASALLE and Ong Shunmugam have launched the Fashion Forward Bursary and LASALLE x Ong Shunmugam Mentorship Programme, an initiative to support Singapore’s next generation of fashion creatives.

The Fashion Forward Bursary was kickstarted by Priscilla Shunmugam, founder of Ong Shunmugam, in aid of talented and financially challenged students who otherwise may not be able to pursue their passion in fashion. It is complemented by the LASALLE x Ong Shunmugam Mentorship Programme, which comprises an industry-led project and a dedicated mentorship for final year students.

Nur Halimah Jasni long harboured the desire to study art at university, and after postponing her plan for several years, she became a student again last August to pursue a BA(Hons) Fine Arts at LASALLE. The art teacher at a secondary school took professional development leave for the duration of her three-year studies.