The MA Art Therapy Programme is the first and only postgraduate psychodynamic art psychotherapy training programme in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The Programme is led by Ronald Lay, a registered and board-certified art therapist with the Art Therapy Credentials Board (USA) and the Australian and New Zealand Arts Therapy Association.

Regular column, Lion City Lit explored in-depth what’s going on in the City-State, lit-wise. Here Lucía Damacela talked with the organisers of the City’s first European Union Writers Festival, which took place on May 25 and 26 2017, at LASALLE.

The MA Arts and Cultural Leadership Programme is designed to build your professional expertise and provide you with the capacity to take on senior positions in the arts and cultural sector.

Radikal (2017) is a story that follows a young Indonesian DJ's journey from one world of extremes-the hedonistic nightlife of Jakarta where drugs, sex, and alcohol prevail-to another.

The best way to understand the role of arts managers in the arts ecosystem is to imagine a world without them. In that world, artists would not only have to create works but also roll up their sleeves to raise funds, liaise with regulators, market their shows, sell tickets… and that’s just the operations side of one production!

For smaller set-ups, this happens: Time and energy that could be channelled to art-making is diluted to handle myriad tasks and liaison work. While it can work, the truth is that not all artists are both left- and right-brained.

Launched in 2014, LASALLE’S MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice was the first of its kind in the region to foster discussion and research regarding the intersection of artistic and educational practices from the practitioner point of view. The pioneer cohort comprised of teacher/artists with backgrounds in visual and performing arts as well as design and curatorial practice.

Launched in 2014, LASALLE’S MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice was the first of its kind in the region to foster discussion and research regarding the intersection of artistic and educational practices from the practitioner point of view. The pioneer cohort comprised teacher/artists with backgrounds in visual and performing arts as well as design and curatorial practice.

2017 marked the 10th batch of graduating students from LASALLE’s ground-breaking MA Art Therapy Programme. The programme was the first of its kind in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Today, LASALLE’s MA Art Therapy graduates are making a difference all over the world, from art therapy in hospitals to disaster relief in stricken areas.

By some miracle, a French girl survived the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that struck Thailand. But the child suffered recurring nightmares and lost her appetite for weeks. She cried incessantly and clung to her mum to cope with the trauma. Help came only when the family met art therapist Laurence Vandenborre.

Laurence is the founder of The Red Pencil, a non-profit organisation that helps children, adults and families through art therapy. To date, The Red Pencil has undertaken 23 humanitarian missions to 21 countries to provide therapy and support to survivors of earthquakes, typhoons, traumas of abuse and neglect, and more.