The symposium is centred on the themes of care, resilience and the things we love. It features a keynote address by Prof Nishant Shah on 'Emotional Activisms: Centering Care and Making Hope'.
The symposium also includes insightful presentations from MA Fine Arts candidates, highlighting the centrality of making, experimentation and reflexivity in their artistic journeys
This session is the second instalment in the Cultural Leadership in Practice online series presented by the MA Arts and Cultural Leadership programme.
The discussion will be centred on ‘Justice’ and features three artists from North America and the Philippines actively taking action on the climate crisis.
Inspired by Singapore’s vision to promote inclusive communities, the MA Music Therapy symposium will bring together thought leaders, educators, researchers and practitioners to explore the intersection of music therapy, technology and AI-driven innovation in advancing equitable and inclusive practices.
Beyond the Classroom offers a timely examination of the future landscape of Singapore's arts ecosystem, presenting salient findings from dissertation projects undertaken by the graduating cohort of the BA (Hons) Arts Management programme.
This event serves as a platform for critical discourse surrounding key challenges and opportunities within the sector, encompassing education, entrepreneurship and audience engagement.
The LASALLE Show is an annual vibrant showcase of the best and brightest works in contemporary arts, design and performance. A celebration of the graduating cohort’s creativity and boundless imagination.
Queering Lives and Ecologies of Care delves into how artists express and reimagine lived realities by challenging conventional binaries of gender, sexuality and the human/non-human divide.
The panelists will share stories about finding voice, listening differently, material and aesthetic choices, and collective approaches. The audience will be invited to reflect on how queering might be translated into our own practices as a powerful catalyst for the building of inclusive environments that heal and care.
Dr Selvarajah is a highly experienced scholar and clinical expert in the field of music therapy, with over 20 years of experience as a university lecturer and clinical practitioner. As Malaysia’s first PhD-qualified music therapist, she has been at the forefront of advancing the field, particularly in medical music therapy, community development, and specialised care for diverse populations.
Moderated by Dr Pow Jun Kai
Featuring Kim Whye Kee, Lee Shen Lung, and Ng Yang Ce
The bowl, cup and plate are three fundamental forms for any beginners in pottery-making. To perfect such basic shapes for everyday use requires the highest of artistic skills. Ceramicists equipped with the creative impetus achieve for themselves as well as their collectors a unique aesthetic experience comparable to no other. Come find out more from three established practitioners today.
Curious about what you will learn in the MA Arts and Cultural Leadership programme? Meet two of our alumni as they give you a peek into the programme and reflect on how the postgraduate degree has played a part in their personal and professional development journey.
About the speakers
Join us to hear from Xu Xi 許素細, an Indonesian-Chinese author of five novels, nine collections of fiction, essays and a memoir.
Xu Xi is an O’Henry Prize Story winner, Man Asian Literary Prize finalist and New York Arts Foundation fiction fellow and has directed two international Masters in Fine Arts programmes in creative writing and literary translation. Xu Xi has also been a Writer in Residence at the University of Iowa and Virginia G Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
