Type
ConferenceSpeaker: Daljit Nagra
Moderator: Dr Darryl Whetter
Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition
Winner
Chen Cuifen
MA Creative Writing, Class of 2021
Entry: ‘Sunshade, Starlight’
Asia-Pacific Nick Joaquin Literary Awards
Fiction
First Prize
Prachi Topiwala-Agarwal
MA Creative Writing, Class of 2019
Entry: Mountains of Fear, Valleys of Hope
Third Prize
Vicky Chong
MA Creative Writing, Class of 2018
Entry: The Uber Driver
Opening Up the World: A Poetry Reading and Conversation with Daljit Nagra
The Straits Times: To Singlish or not to Singlish is just a, not the, question
In a time when Singapore’s literature is thriving, Programme Leader of LASALLE’s MA Creative Writing programme Dr Darryl Whetter asks an apt question in this opinion editorial: “When a country claims its writers, how much of that citizenship is real or fiction?”
In conversation with: Nikki Homaili on the artist manager’s role in the indie music industry
How did you first get started in artist management?
While studying in poly I started creating artist press kits and liaising with venues for tech riders for some of my friends. I also managed my brother’s band, CampFire, which was a hip-hop electronic duo.
My first job in the industry was as an intern for Umami Records. My job scope consisted of handling the music distribution to stores such as pitching to Spotify and Apple Music curators. I also sent out press releases for the label.
other Features
ARTWALK Little India 2019 promises to thrill and excite visitors of Singapore Art Week 2019
With the theme Image and Sound of Fragrance, popular multi-disciplinary arts festival ARTWALK Little India (ARTWALK) returns for a grand celebration of the cultural precinct’s rich heritage via the arts. Visitors can look forward to new highlights including an immersive exhibition at UltraSuperNew Gallery, five more murals to add to Little India’s colourful vibrancy, and an extended programming over 16 days, the festival’s longest period yet.
Judges: Jo Shapcott and Daljit Nagra
First Prize
Chen Cuifen
MA Creative Writing, Class of 2021
Entry: “What My Net Dragged to the Surface”
The winning poem, “What My Net Dragged to the Surface”, was praised by judge Jo Shapcott for its “skilful emotional structuring, made to look like a disordered heap of this and that, but with items and layers forensically selected as the poem moves down the page, gathering in a momentum of feeling.”
A Good Death (A dramatised reading)
Type
ReadingWritten by Faith Ng
Directed by Chen Yingxuan
Starring Karen Tan
An Art Therapist’s Calling: Clinician, Artist, Researcher
Type
Lecture / TalkArt therapists are often called to take on different roles in order to understand and contain their clients’ experiences. They must continuously seek to deepen their work through evidence-based practices, art creation, and by keeping abreast of the latest research findings.
This exhibition – organised by the Art Therapists’ Association Singapore (ATAS) in collaboration with LASALLE College of the Arts and The Ngee Ann Kongsi Library – aims to showcase the many facets of an art therapist’s role as clinicians, artists and researchers.
Portable Studio Inhabited: Art Therapy Mindfulness-Informed Practice with Refugees and Trauma
Type
Lecture / TalkAs part of the Artist-in-Residence series by the MA Art Therapy Programme, Dr Debra Kalmanowitz (PhD, HCPC, BAAT) will be making a presentation on the use of art therapy with refugees who have experienced trauma.
Through case examples, a combination of art therapy and mindfulness-informed practice will be explored. A focus on a few key ideas in work and volatile situations will allow one to unpack the notion of Portable Studio and mindfulness-informed practice, and how these are suited to work in very specific contexts.
