ARTWALK Little India is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival that celebrates the rich heritage and stories of the precinct. In its fifth edition, visitors can expect to be bombarded with images, smells and sounds through a wide range of activities. Some recommended programmes include attending a film screening by director K Rajagopal, visiting an art exhibition curated by LASALLE’s senior fellow Milenko Prvacki, and discovering wall murals specially painted for the festival.

Occupying a sweet spot between autonomy, rigour and accessibility, the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICA Singapore) at LASALLE College of the Arts plays an important role in the presentation and discussion of Southeast Asian contemporary art.

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. 

Dr Darryl Whetter, Programme Leader, MA Creative Writing at LASALLE, reflects on the growth of literary festivals in the region and what they mean to an increasingly discerning and inquisitive readership. Contrary to the long-held idea of reading being a solitary activity, rising attendance in literary festivals indicates that readers are keen to seek a form of community. This year, Ubud, Singapore, and George Town all achieved record attendance.

Art & Market sums up key discussions and takeaways from Art and Action: Contemporary Art and Discourse in Southeast Asia, Singapore's first major international conference on contemporary art histories of the region, held at LASALLE College of the Arts from 3 - 5 December 2018.

In recent years, there has been an observable rise in the visibility of the arts here in Singapore, in part due to increased government support and funding. But what does that mean for the role of the arts locally? And what do these changes spell out for the arts manager, who has been positioned as the intermediary between different stakeholders – the public, artists, sponsors, and the government?