Students and alumni from LASALLE’s Faculty of Design and Faculty of Fine Arts have created 14 unique gift items, showcased in “The Art of Giving” art exhibition at Scotts Square till 31 December.
Inspired by the Singapore Biennale 2013 theme “If The World Changed”, and in celebration of the holiday season, artists gazed into the future and created wearable art and lifestyle objects using materials from textiles to terracotta.
Best known for her conceptually sophisticated and visually striking installations, Suzann Victor is regarded as one of Singapore’s leading contemporary artists. The Singapore-born, Sydney-based artist presented Rainbow Circle 2013, a site and context specific work at the National Museum of Singapore’s rotunda, commissioned for the 2013 Singapore Biennale.
LASALLE’s Animation students joined professionals and peers in the annual 24-Hour Comics Day to complete 24 pages of comics on Saturday, 5 October 2013. 24-hour Comics Day is a worldwide event that celebrates the art of making comics in a real life scenario.
Over 150 participants converged at LASALLE College of the Arts. It was the largest turnout since the challenge began three years ago in Singapore.
With their simple, fuss-free and streamlined design to combat the problem of bicycle thefts in Singapore, LASALLE final year Product Design students Joanna Christie Lie (20) and Yanti Agustin (20) collaborated with industry professional Inigo (a technical specialist with Toyota) to gain the top prize of $10,000 and a trophy in a national competition for a new bicycle bay design.
Four LASALLE graduates nominated in 2013 Life! Theatre Awards.
Student theatre productions are becoming more professional, holding their own on the Singapore stage.
For their first place finish at the Space Nurtures 2013 design competition, LASALLE graduates Chen Shufei (22) and Adeline Yeo Xiuyun (24), BA(Hons) Interior Design, Class of 2013, were rewarded with an all-expenses-paid study trip to France and Switzerland in August.
On 15 September 2013, students from LASALLE’s Acting and Technical & Production Management Programmes spent an unforgettable week at the Asia Pacific Bureau (APB) Theatre Schools Festival 2013. The event hosted more than 15 schools from 10 countries in this year’s Festival in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Established in 2009, the festival aims to foster collaboration, build professional connections and encourage sharing of knowledge and experience among theatre schools in the Asia-Pacific.
