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.
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For Better Or For Worse (A dramatised reading)
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ReadingWritten by: Faith Ng
Directed by: Claire Wong
Performed by: Jean Ng & Julius Foo
In conversation with: Alex Christiaan Koen on culturally-aware therapeutic training
In the two years here, you had several opportunities to present or host workshops at professional symposiums and conferences. How were those experiences like for you, how might they have impacted your professional practice?
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In conversation with: Daniel Jenkins on how his postgraduate studies reinvigorated him
As a practitioner with so many years of professional theatre and teaching experience, why return to school to do an MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice?
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4th ANCER conference: Disruption as Opportunity
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Conference2020 has become one of the most devastating years most of us have ever lived through, grappling with the realities of life in post-COVID-19 shock – states of quarantine, a decimated global economy, unprecedented job losses, failures of political leadership and the terrifying prospect of a world without art experiences the way we knew them. A sense of precarity and uncertainty assails us as new concerns threaten to overshadow pre-existing ones.
In conversation with: Joelyn Yep on being a practitioner-manager
How do you think being both a practitioner and also an arts manager helps you in your work?
It is always helpful to diversify your skill sets. I’ve learnt as an independent writer that you need practical skills in administration, documentation, scheduling and budgeting. I’ve aided in organising and participating in comics and creative writing events, so it’s been beneficial to develop project management skills as well.
