In conversation with keynote speaker Angelia Poon, Associate Professor of English Literature, Nanyang Technological University, the seminar will discuss current research decolonisation practices which empower reflexive ways of making critical choices and priorities about what and how to research.
Moderator: Adeline Kueh
Panelists:
Dr Adrian Tan
Making Art Public in Singapore (1982 to 1991): Interventions in the National Museum Art Gallery
Starting with a keynote address from Dr Soultari Amin Farid, President, DIAN Dancers, and Founding Member of Arki-Gen, a collective promoting Southeast Asian performing arts, the seminar will delve into challenges and opportunities for creative artistic practices as a platform for academic research. It will feature several research/educational projects inspired and enabled by creative praxis as the main methodological tool and approach.
Moderator:
Dr Stephanie Burridge
Choreographer and writer
Panelists:
The seminar will feature a discussion between Yeo Kirk Siang, Head of Heritage Policy & Research, National Heritage Board and three recipients of the NHB Research grants who will share the results of successfully completed research projects which illuminate rich multicultural traditions of Singapore heritage from fashion to festivals.
Moderator: Sunitha Janamohanan
Starting with keynotes from Dr Venka Purushothaman, Deputy President & Provost, LASALLE College of the Arts and Jervais Choo, Deputy Director, Organisational Design and Innovation, National Heritage Board, the seminar will discuss the story behind the book The Future of Heritage (2023, Pagesetters).
This seminar will feature a discussion between Lynette Pang, Deputy Chief Executive, National Arts Council, Dr Sharon Chang, Chief Research Officer, National Arts Council, and three recipients of the NAC Research Grant who will reflect on and illuminate current research advancements contributing to the NAC’s research vision and agenda.
BA(Hons) Arts Management graduate Jordan Tham is the first winner of the McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts from the School of Creative Industries in the award’s 16-year history, a humbling statistic that brings its own pressures.
Earlier this summer, a cohort of students and graduands from the MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice programme had the chance to give back and use their postgraduate research findings and pedagogy skills to enhance teaching in the arts in Battambang, Cambodia.
In March 2023, LASALLE College of the Arts students Jordan Tham Jun Hui, Kenix Tan Hui Min, Lim Li-Juan Shalyn and Josephine Choi Hio Ian travelled to Macau on an academic study trip, joined by BA(Hons) Arts Management Programme Leader, Dr Natalia Grincheva.
The LASALLE Show Exhibition is an annual exhibition by final year students from the diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Showcasing the works of students from design, fine arts, film, animation, dance, music, theatre and art therapy, The LASALLE Show Exhibition 2023 marks the grand finale of an artistic education in creativity and imagination and the transformation of these young talents into professional artists in the larger creative industries ecosystem.
Reflecting on her practice-led research, Siân Prime, Deputy Director for Goldsmiths’ Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE), presents a public talk that will discuss the common issues faced in arts and cultural entrepreneurship.
