Peranakan Culture-inspired Latch Hooking

With a friendly new approach to latch hook, this workshop offers all the essentials for participants to create their very own latch hook badge inspired by the Peranakan culture! The workshop will begin with a tour of Peranakan shophouses,followed by a discussion of the design elements of these heritage buildings to create their own tile-inspired badges.

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Inclusive CoCreations: Clay pinching & Glazing

Inclusive Co:mmunities

Inclusive CoCreations is a series of socially engaged art workshops that aims to promote inclusivity and diversity through art-making. Co:created with ceramic artist Chloe Tan and her young artist mentee Ang Shuhao, students will be guided through the fun steps from pinching a clay vessel to painting your own designs using a selection of underglaze colours.

Digital NACAEP Onsite

Inclusive CoCreations: Stamp making & bag printing

Inclusive Co:mmunities

Inclusive CoCreations is a series of socially engaged art workshops that aims to promote inclusivity and diversity through art-making. Co:created by visual artist Mary Bernadette Lee and her young artist mentee Tamimi Pohan, students will be introduced to how to make a linocut stamp, and print their designs on bags with a brayer.

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Digital NACAEP Onsite

Ways of Reading: Text-based art with mark-making

Co:ntemporary Encounters The InterCo:nnected Self

This workshop is going to challenge our perceptions of reading and art making, through a series of fun, experiential and interactive activities. This idea would be further expanded as we dive into the world of data science – learning about how big data are translated into accessible visual representations via coding techniques.

Digital NACAEP Onsite

A Sort of Painting: Assemblage of Household Items

Co:ntemporary Encounters Cultural Co:nfluences

Experience how to incorporate everyday objects in your artworks, using household objects as “paints”. Learn about the art of assemblage inspired by local artist Leow Wei Li, and how it can be adopted as an approach to painting. We will be activating our awareness towards the visual elements of things around us and consider their potential as art materials.

Digital NACAEP Onsite

The Alchemy of Natural Dyeing: Colours from Nature

Co:ntemporary Encounters Eco Co:nsciousness

Crystal Lee is a local artist that uses natural dyes extracted from plants and flowers to create a variety of artworks and products. This workshop engages participants through experiential learning, combined with artistic and scientific experimentation. Learn about the process and science behind natural dyeing, and how to extract pigments from nature.

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Peace Paintings: Mindful watercolour brushstrokes

Co:ntemporary Encounters The InterCo:nnected Self

Learn how to use watercolour as a tool to express and experience mindfulness in this workshop Co:Created by local artist Soh Ee Shaun. Participants will be guided through grounding exercises that invite them to notice sensorial elements in your surroundings, which will be translated in the use of colours and motions while painting.

Digital NACAEP Onsite

Beyond the Surface: Create nature-inspired designs

Co:ntemporary Encounters The InterCo:nnected Self

Experience a process-driven approach to art-making with this workshop. Co:Created by Mary Bernadette Lee. Participants will be guided through a series of activities to extract forms and patterns from items that they encounter in nature. Engage in close observations of the visual qualities of found objects as materials for art and design.

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The Great Lift Off: Solvent-transfer Printmaking

Co:ntemporary Encounters Cultural Co:nfluences

This workshop is designed to enhance our understanding of how prints are made, and how they relate to visual media like magazines. By learning about this alternative printing technique, particiapnt will create their own colored montage using images taken by local artist Ang Song Nian.

Workshops

Digital

Peranakan Culture-inspired Latch Hooking

Inclusive CoCreations: Clay pinching & Glazing

Inclusive CoCreations: Stamp making & bag printing

Ways of Reading: Text-based art with mark-making

A Sort of Painting: Assemblage of Household Items

The Alchemy of Natural Dyeing: Colours from Nature

Peace Paintings: Mindful watercolour brushstrokes

Beyond the Surface: Create nature-inspired designs

The Great Lift Off: Solvent-transfer Printmaking