Starting January 2017, LASALLE College of the Arts will offer the first taught Master’s degree in Creative Writing in Singapore and Southeast Asia. MA Creative Writing students will explore fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and dramatic writing within the vibrant and collaborative environment of LASALLE’s full-fledged integrated arts campus, located in the heart of Singapore’s Arts and Heritage District.
Powers Of Art Therapy For The Kids Of Fukushima
20 Japanese school children aged nine to 12 are here as part of the Miracle Kutchie Experience, a two-week art retreat programme organised by LASALLE College of the Arts and non-profit organisation Today Is The Day, for kids who had experienced the trauma and continue to live with the effects of radiation every day.
MM2 Entertainment to Produce Film Student's Maiden Full Length Feature
LASALLE BA(Hons) Film student Leroy Lim, director of the short film, I Believe, so impressed mm2 Entertainment that he has been offered the opportunity to work with them on producing his first full-length feature film. The 16-minute short film, a captivating and heartfelt story about autism, was created with fellow LASALLE schoolmates Nikko Koh as producer and Dhinesh Ravichandran as screenwriter, for the 20/20: The Temasek Short Film Project. The project concluded successfully with more than a million viewers and positive feedback on social media.
The Appearance Of An Exhibition: Space, Things, And Art
ArtHop sat down with five of the 11 MA Fine Arts graduands (Martha Chaudhry, Kanchana Gupta, Kathryn Kng, Justin Lee and Grace Tan) and Silke Schmickl, Curator, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, to delve into the process behind the making of the exhibition And the rest of such things: MA Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, paying special attention to the materiality of the space itself and its implications for the creation of art.
Hour At The Museum: And The Rest Of Such Things
Critic's picks from And the rest of such things: MA Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, showcasing eight selected works from the 11 graduating artists of MA Fine Arts Programme. Featuring multi-disciplinary works in a range of media including painting, photography, sculpture, installation and video, the exhibition highlights the intricacies and complexity of creative processes.
Established Artists Break New Ground With Experimental, Hybrid Works At LASALLE’s MA Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition
When local artist Justin Lee embarked on his final project for his Master’s in Fine Arts at LASALLE College of the Arts, it took him to an unexpected place – the heart of Singapore’s hawker centres, where he collected over 400 discarded tin cans of evaporated milk for a two-part installation. The work draws into focus his interest in social issues, which formed the topic of his Master’s thesis and research.
Artfully Everywhere On The Global Stage
Khai Hori, LASALLE MA Fine Arts alumnus, curator of the exhibition Sous la lune and Deputy Programming Director of Palais de Tokyo (Paris), speaks to Berita Harian about his journey as an art curator and the "eye-catching" exhibition now on at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts.
"Singapore has become the focus of Palais de Tokyo as it has become the hub of the art world for artists in the region of Southeast Asia," said Khai
Famous US Choreographer's Impressionistic Take on Singapore
Storied American choreographer Bill T. Jones helms a production, A Letter/Singapore, with LASALLE's dance students for the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA). Featuring 22 students from the College's dance cohort along with professionals from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, A Letter/Singapore is "an impressionistic take" on modern Singapore.
Relentlessly Modern
As one of the world’s most prolific and well-travelled industrial designers, the Cairo-born, England-raised, Canada-bred and New York-based Karim Rashid – whose style has been called relentlessly modern – was in Singapore this week to conduct a masterclass at LASALLE on the future of design in the digital age, followed by a talk as part of the College’s Public Lecture Series.
True Master Of The Craft
With over 50 years of experience, tailor Thomas Wong, who heads the menswear specialism at LASALLE College of the Arts, now owns a well-regarded boutique, which will serve as an atelier-cum-workshop to train a new generation of bespoke tailors - most of whom have graduated from his menswear course at LASALLE.
He shared that his current passion is to nurture and mentor the younger generation of tailors, as he believes that "the sun is just rising for them" and sees the importance in providing learning opportunities for them to hone their skills and grow.
