The eighth edition of popular public art festival ARTWALK returns in 2022 with the theme of Looking Back, Going Forward. For the first time, ARTWALK will be expanding to Katong-Joo Chiat, while continuing to bring to life the rich culture and stories of Little India through multidisciplinary art programmes.
In conversation with: Laura Kee on bettering working conditions for actors
When actor Laura Kee got involved in the newly-registered The Actors’ Society (TAS) shortly after its inception in late 2019, she could not have foreseen the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the resulting chaos it wrought on live performances and the actors that rely on such jobs for survival.
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Lianhe Zaobao: Young art creators must break through boundaries of their disciplines
Commissioned by the newly opened GR.ID shopping mall, LASALLE fine arts alumnus Benedict Yu, 25, and fashion designer Joanna Lim, 27, have partnered with five students from other institutions to create Singapore's largest hand-painted mural in a shopping mall. Titled Motherboard, the mural is 29 metres long and 12 metres tall, and took seven months to create.
In conversation with: Ian Goh on how his MA journey helped him fulfil his lifelong dream of becoming a video game writer
While most of his peers in LASALLE’s MA Creative Writing programme chose to work on a novel, plays or poetry for their thesis project, Ian Goh set himself a unique challenge: to develop a video game script which incorporated branching questlines, character dialogues and in-game cinematics.
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Golden Point Award
Short Story (English) – Honourable Mention
Chen Cuifen
MA Creative Writing, Class of 2021
Entry: The Funnies
Berita Harian: The arts serving to drive the community
When Nur Amyra Mawan embarked on a BA(Hons) Interior Design programme at LASALLE College of the Arts, she was interested in how space design can improve both functionality and individual experiences. Her studies, combined with a passion for community, led her to the unusual question: how can we use interior design to help reintegrate ex-offenders into society?
Berita Harian: Using art therapy to help heal mind and soul
When she started teaching at the weekly aLIVE religious classes in Darussalam Mosque more than five years ago, Ms Amirah Munawwarah Idilfitri encountered an autistic student who had trouble concentrating in the classroom, as well as hyperactive students who disrupted the flow of the class. These experiences prompted Amirah to pursue an undergraduate degree in psychology, after which she enrolled in LASALLE's MA Art Therapy programme.
You Are My Needle, I Am Your Thread (A dramatised reading)
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ReadingPa is growing old. George, his son, wishes to bring him to Christ, before it is too late. A tender and meditative look at father-son relationships, You Are My Needle, I Am Your Thread explores the slippages of memories, songs, the stories we tell and what we leave unsaid.
Feature: Witnessing grief through art therapy
At the Tapestries of Grief: Witnessing through Art Therapy exhibition at Plaza Singapore, constellations of small orbs, known as remembrance balls, hang suspended on strings. At a superficial glance, these remembrance balls are just pretty works of craft, but a closer look at participant testimonials reveals the layers of hidden significance embodied in each ball.
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Jonathan Gander
Dr Jonathan Gander is an established academic with over 20 years of experience in research, teaching and management in UK universities including Westminster University, London, University of East Anglia, University of the Arts, London and Kingston School of Art. He has also held visiting professorships at universities in Moscow, Seville, Stockholm and Shanghai.
