BA(Hons) Film student Cho Jun Ming has numerous works to his name but My Only Sunshine is his first attempt at shooting a film without any dialogue at all. The story follows a young mother's attempt to understand her Deaf daughter's silent world, and the touching film has already received many positive comments on social media.

A casual observation of commuters getting lost on Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system encouraged Samuel Lim to research more into the problem.

The BA(Hons) Design Communication alumnus dedicated his thesis project to wayfinding solutions which caught the Land Transport Authority’s attention. He was eventually offered a position within their architecture division, playing a critical role in rewriting the Transit Signage Manual, standardising graphics and designing a new typeface.

Encounters with people suffering from mental distress led Aletheia Tan to return back to school to pursue a postgraduate degree in art therapy. With her qualification as an art therapist, she aims to raise better awareness about the different creative channels individuals can seek out so that they need not suffer in silence.

Digital art has a long and established history. With the proliferation of social media and improvements in technology, coupled with increased digitisation brought on by the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is currently gaining widespread popularity.

Learning is a lifelong journey and for Vicknes Vinayak Veerappan, who went back to school at the age of 43, it was well worth it. “This was a rare window of opportunity to upgrade myself and reset my career,” he shared. The professional musician, who has toured with singer-songwriters J.J. Lin and David Tao, was inspired to be an educator after a positive encounter with a child he mentored briefly as a freelance instructor.

In this commentary piece published in the Straits Times, Vice-President (Academic) and Provost of LASALLE Venka Purushothaman opines that the future of education is not about technical skills alone as, from paint to pixels, technology is ever-changing.

“An arts education is more than teaching someone technical skills of how to draw, dance, act or design. It is about bringing out the creative potential in humans, from discovering new pathways to drawing new conclusions and knowing how to integrate contemporary tools and materials with traditional practices.”