In this commentary piece published in The Straits Times, Professor Chan Heng Chee, Chairman of the Pro-Tem Committee to create a university of the arts, lists three reasons to establish a university of the arts now.
“The University of the Arts will play a crucial role to prepare our students to be confident in their skills and abilities, enrich our society with their artistic endeavours and make a contribution to the economic landscape,” she shared.
To gain a deeper understanding of art therapy, Lianhe Zaobao interviewed three graduands of the MA Art Therapy Programme from LASALLE College of the Arts — Eliza Han, Tan Janice and Sarah Amor Oh Wen Ling. They shared with Lianhe Zaobao why they chose to pursue this MA and how it provided deeper meaning to the fields they were already working in, from education to dance and fitness.
"The minute I stepped into LASALLE College of the Arts’ graduate fashion show 2022, I was transported into another world," writes Dhiya Bisyarah for Vogue. "Held at LASALLE's Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Earl Lu Gallery, the unblemished, white venue mirrored an abundance of creative possibilities."
The walls, pillars and floors of the Dhoby Ghaut MRT station bear the creations of Milenko and his wife at the start of the millennium. This abstract work has a Byzantine mosaic style as well as elements of oriental porcelain, demonstrating the fusion of cultures. Having lived in Southeast Asia for decades, Milenko's artistic journey differs much from those of traditional European artists.
A student from the BA(Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles Class of 2022, Li Wentong’s graduate collection, Shan(缮), is an ode to her childhood memories and a deft display of her artful experimentation with details and organic and natural materials that are partly dyed with seeds and flowers.
The LASALLE Show Exhibition opens in galleries throughout LASALLE College of the Arts’ McNally Campus and online from Friday 20 May till Wednesday 1 June 2022. This annual graduation exhibition showcases the best and brightest works in contemporary arts, design and performance by the graduating cohort.
What does the future of fashion look like post-pandemic? How will the ways we dress ourselves for work and play change, as our lifestyles evolve and environmental issues become more pressing? How do we preserve traditional craft and heritage while moving forward to embrace new technology?
From time to time, LASALLE upgrades equipment on campus to enhance students' learning experience. However, as Professor Leon Rubin, Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts shares with Lianhe Zaobao, if the older equipment is still usable, they can be passed on to other schools or groups, to make full use of resources and reduce wastage.
For the launch of its new EOS signature sneakers for 2022, PEDRO partnered with LASALLE to run a contest for students in the Diploma in Creative Direction for Fashion course.
PEDRO worked with final year students from the Diploma in Creative Direction for Fashion programme to create exciting concepts that tell the story of the EOS Sneaker through the eyes of Gen Z. The students, Fu Shouheng, Wang Shiwen, Wang Lei and Zuaipy Fariqa Santiago, came up with a captivating concept, winning them a prize of $1,000.
