LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE) announced today that distinguished academic Professor Michael Earley has joined the College as Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts.

Award-winning documentary photographer Sim Chi Yin's latest exhibition, Most People Were Silent, poses questions about our human interaction with nuclear weapons through the documentation of both historical and present day nuclear sites. In this interview, she shares about her past experiences in North Korea, stories behind the photos in her current exhibition, as well as her plans for future research.

Most People Were Silent runs until 10 October 2018, at the Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts.

The first Asian Nobel Peace Prize photographer, 39 year-old Singaporean Sim Chi Yin, is holding her latest exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts.

Every year, for the past three years, a graduate from LASALLE's School of Fashion has been working with Mr Baey Yam Keng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, to design his NDP outfits for the past three years. This practice began when Mr Baey Yam Keng started attending The LASALLE Show Exhibition three years ago.

The Creative Circle Awards (CCA) was conceived in 1980 to raise the creative standard of Singapore print advertising. In 2017, CCA celebrated brave creatives who have traversed an ideas-saturated market to deliver compelling advertisements time and again. BA(Hons) Design Communication alumna, Lena Paik, bested some 200 entries and claimed the Young Copywriter of the Year title. This is Lena’s second win, as she bagged this very same award back in 2015.

MA Creative Writing student, Saleem Hadi, clinched the top prize in the National Arts Council’s Golden Point Award for his English short story, Mani. Developed as part of the Fiction module in his programme at LASALLE, Mani explored the contrast between poverty and the worship of film stars in contemporary India. Saleem was invited to read an excerpt at the George Town Writers Festival in November 2017, and plans to further develop the work into a full-length screenplay.

For one week, top international delegates from the fields of advertising and marketing convene to share insight and celebrate stunning ideas at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. In 2017, two alumni from our School of Design Communication received double honours – Karan Dang and Ang Sheng Jin not only served as jury in the Mobile and Outdoor category respectively, they both also took home Gold Lions for their stellar work.

The Red Dot Awards are among the world’s most prestigious design awards, and in 2017, they celebrated 25 years of outstanding design ideas. With a record number of 8,051 entries across 50 countries, only 749 projects were awarded the coveted seal of excellent design and creativity.