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CDL Singapore Sculpture Award Exhibition
Watch out for a public display
of sculpture designs from Singapore's professional and
amateur sculptors. This exhibition, co-organised by the
Singapore Art Museum, is a culmination of the CDL-Singapore
Sculpture Award set up to recognise and encourage creativity in
the field of sculpture.
EXHIBITION · Now on till 3 Jul (Thu), Museum Hours, Gallery 1,
Free.
Swing at SAM Series
Swing at SAM - Do the 6-count!
by Lindy Hop Ensemble
The Lindy Hop Ensemble introduces
the colourful vocabulary of 6-count swing. East
Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Rock n Roll, Jive and
Boogie Woogie are closely related dance forms! Master the
basic footwork, pick up essential lead and follow techniques with
simple yet stylish partner steps!
6-count swing is a great introduction to the family of swing
dances and is perfect for novice dancers. Seasoned swingers will
also get hooked onto the new moves and
creative combinations! Swing by www.flystep.com
for more details.
WORKSHOP · Jul: 4 & 18, 7.00pm - 9.00pm, Auditorium, $10.
SAM Wear Art Series
Jewellery Making
Workshops
by Margaret Tang
Necklace, Earrings and Ring (Basic)
Learn the delightfully easy basic wirework techniques
that will allow you to create an endless
collection of intricate jewellery pieces. In this class you
will make a earrings and necklace set with an optional ring.
5 Jul (Sat), 2.00pm - 5.00pm, Patron's Club, $30*.
Creative Stringing with Pearls (Basic)
Be introduced to the
fundamentals of necklace design and
colour coordination and learn how to make
necklaces with a variety of stringing techniques using
multiple strings. Bring home your very own faux
pearl necklace creation!
19 Jul (Sat), 2.00pm - 5.00pm, Patron's Club $40*
WORKSHOP · *Fees include all basic materials. Tools
will be provided. The Patron's Club is located next to the
Museum Shop by Banyan Tree. The above workshops are repeat
sessions of earlier workshops.
Public Art Library
by The Artists Village at the Singapore Art Museum
A first of its kind in Singapore! A Public
Art Library where you get to borrow pieces of
original artworks by members of The Artists Village for display
at home! The Public Art Library
aims to promote greater art appreciation among
the public and to encourage art collecting. It
also creates regular opportunities for members
of the public to meet artists,
find out more about their works and art practices, or simply to
have a chat with them. Be sure to check out the Public Art
Library!
LIBRARY · Opening hours : 11.00am-4.00pm, 1st & 3rd
weekend of every month. Jul: 5-6 & 19-20 (Sat - Sun).
Registration for Public Art Library
membership is at $50 a year. Please come in person for the
registration.
WORKSHOP · 1.00pm-3.00pm, $10. Materials and
tools provided. Recommended
for 12 years old and above.
Please call 6332 3220 for details.
ARTernatives
The alternative, experimental, contemporary
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by Project Chilli Padi, the Education & Outreach Division of
WILD RICE As soon as we made mobile
phones, the Internet, cable and satellite technology
part of our daily landscape of information, we should have known
we would always bite off more than we could chew. How do
technology and the mass media affect our perception of the world
around us? What do tradition, popular culture and
globalisation mean to us today? Ponder on these issues
in the BIG
SKY workshop and
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performance-installation.
BIG SKY is a weekend workshop
that challenges young people to think critically
and creatively, responding to a variety of topical
issues. It will use various art forms from
drama, visual art and music to film, to illustrate how the
arts invite focus, tension and alternative perspectives to
issues we face everyday. Works
produced by participants will be showcased in
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performance-installation.
WORKSHOP · 12-13 Jul (Sat-Sun),
9.00am-6.00pm, SAM. Recommended for
upper/post-secondary level.
Arts background not necessary. Registration and
payment required. Please call: 6292 2695.
PERFORMANCE · 18 Jul (Fri), 7.30pm-9.00pm, Glass Hall,
Free.
Works can be viewed over the weekend 19-20 Jul
(Sat-Sun), 9.00am-6.00pm,
Free.
RE:Making Traditions
The making and remaking of traditions
alapana-Heritage Series
Royal Tunes of the
Folk
by alapana arts
This special musical night by
alapana arts includes voice, string and percussion
music items with a highlight featuring an ensemble of 25 veenas
accompanied by other Indian musical instruments. Be treated
to this finale item comprising a recent composition by
R.Banumathy, a veena exponent and teacher with more
than 20 years of experience. Visit www.alapana.netfirms
for further details!
PERFORMANCE · 5 Jul (Sat), 6.30pm-8.30pm, Glass Hall. $10
(including light refreshments).
Tickets available at the door on the night of the
performance. Enquiries : 6396 3296.
Public Programmes Enquiries and Registration
All Public Programmes are on a first-come-first-served
basis; free unless otherwise stated.
For payment, please send crossed cheque made payable to
"National Heritage Board".
All payment must reach SAM at least one week before the date
of the event.
No refunds will be made for absentees.
Please indicate name of participant, contact number
and the event you are registering for on the back of the cheque.
Enquiries / Sign up for SAM's mailing list
E-mail : nhb_sam_programs@nhb.gov.sg
or call 6332 3220.
Mailing address: Singapore Art
Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore
189555. (Attn: Santha Anthony)
All information is correct at time
of release. The museum reserves the right to make changes without
prior notice.
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Held in conjunction with the exhibition
20th Century Chinese Paintings in Singapore Collections
This exhibition showcases the richness of local collections of
20th century Chinese paintings. Presented as a broad survey of the
major developments in Chinese painting within the last
100 years, the exhibition, with 70 works by the most
significant artists of the last century (including Ren Bonian, Wu
Changshuo, Huang Binhong, Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi,
Pan Tianshou, Zhang Daqian, Lu Yanshao and Wu
Guanzhong) provides an opportunity for visitors
to appreciate their collective output against
the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese and
world history.
Exhibition: 13 Feb - 27 Apr 2003, Galleries 5- 8.
LECTURES
Between Likeness and Unlikeness? Appreciating Chinese Painting
by Dr Ni Yibin
Mainstream traditional Chinese painting and Western painting are
the products of two very different traditions of representing the
world. For a long period, Western painting based on the Greek
tradition aimed at depicting an idealised world in a naturalistic
way, while Chinese painting embarked on a different route,
presenting the balance of reality and the subjective image in the
painter's mind and experimenting with different proportions of the
two. This lecture explains the fundamentals of the aesthetics and
image-making in traditional China against the background of the
Western artistic practice. Through comparison, the audience will
be able to see clearly the reasons and motivation that nourished
the heritage
of Chinese painting.
Dr Ni Yibin, Assistant Professor of
Chinese art and culture, National University of
Singapore, was a visiting scholar at
Harvard University between 2001 and 2002, when
he lectured at Harvard University,
Yale University, University of California, Los Angeles, and the
Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaii. He has contributed to books
and catalogues on Chinese arts and is the English editor of
Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics (2002).
Lecture: 11 Apr (Fri), 7.30pm-8.30pm Auditorium, Free.
Influences and Adaptations? - An
examination of 20th Century Chinese Painting
by Chen Jiazi (Presented in Mandarin)
In the early 20th century, Chinese artists like
Gao Qifeng and the other Lingnan Masters were
the first to look abroad in their reform of Chinese painting.
They borrowed the techniques of "Mourou-tai"
and "Maruyama Shijo-ha", prevalent during
the Meiji period in Japan. What were these techniques
and what was the impact of
such influences? What were the external influences on
artists such as Lin Fengmian and Xu Beihong who
studied in France in the early 1920s? Can
traces of Japanese techniques still be found in
Fu Baoshi's paintings? What about the influence
of Japanese artist Takehisa Yomeiji on works such as Feng Zikai's
cartoon-like paintings? This lecture examines
the significance of some of the major influences on 20th
Century Chinese artists and their works.
Chen Jiazi worked at the Liaoning Provincial
Museum in the 1980s and was actively involved in the
research and authentication of classical Chinese paintings at the
Palace Museum in Beijing and Shanghai Museum. From 1993 to 2001,
she was a researcher with the
Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore,
specialising in Chinese art and
working in the areas of exhibition, collection
management and authentication.
Lecture: 12 Apr (Sat), 2.30pm-3.30pm, Auditorium, Free. Presented
in Mandarin.
TALKS, DEMONSTRATIONS & WORKSHOPS
Jointly organised by SAM and the Siaw-Tao Chinese Seal-Carving,
Calligraphy and Painting Society
Carved in Stone - Seal carving
by Chong Choy
Seal carving is inextricably linked to Chinese painting and
calligraphy and works are not considered complete
before affixing the seal. However, seal carving is not
merely appended to calligraphy and painting but is regarded as an
art in itself requiring technical skills and
knowledge of calligraphy, composition and an
understanding of the material. Catch the fascinating process
where a master seal carver works the cutting knife and
transforms the flat surface of the
stone into a miniature work of art.
Basic skills for beginners will be taught at the workshop session.
1 Mar (Sat)
Talk & Demonstration: 2.00pm-2.45pm, Upper Lobby, Free.
Workshop : 3.00pm-5.00pm, Auditorium, $25. Includes all materials.
The workshop is recommended for tertiary students and
adults. Registration Required.
Dancing in Black - Chinese calligraphy
by Koh Mun Hong
Chinese calligraphy has been described as having the beauty of
painting, the motion of dance and the rhythm of music. Learn to
appreciate Chinese calligraphy which employs essentially, the
singular black ink in a variation of tonal values and skilful
manipulation of brush strokes to create an abstract art form.
15 Mar (Sat)
Talk & Demonstration: 2.30pm-4.00pm, Upper Lobby, Free.
Ink Essence - Chinese painting
by Tan Kee Sek
Don't miss this live demonstration which will also explain the
essence of the Chinese ink medium, the versatility of which can be
seen in traditional works as well as abstract contemporary
expressions.
22 Mar (Sat)
Talk & Demonstration: 2.30pm-4.00pm, Upper Lobby, Free.
TOURS
The Curator's Tour
Don't miss these special sessions led by
exhibition curator, Low Sze Wee.
Find out exhibition highlights and insights into significant
pieces of the exhibition from the perspective of the curator.
22 Feb, 8 & 22 Mar (Sat),
Guided Tour : 2.00pm-3.00pm, Meeting point at Lobby.
Exhibition admission fee applies.
A Visit to a Treasure House - Organised tour to the
Heritage Conservation Centre
Do you have a collection of paintings, photographs, stamps or
family heirlooms? Do you know that our national collection of more
than 98,000 artefacts are stored and conserved at the Heritage
Conservation Centre?
Preservation of collectibles is important in helping to prolong
the "life" of these treasures. This special tour
allows you a peek into how our cultural and heritage materials are
preserved. Learn about preserving historical artefacts, works of
art and fine antiquities through proper environmental control,
physical storage, display methods and other preventive
conservation measures.
19 Apr (Sat)
Tour : 9.30am-11.30 am, Meeting point at
SAM Lobby. For Secondary 3 and above. Registration
required. $5 (For two-way transport between SAM and
Heritage Conservation Centre).
MARCH SPIN
Presented by Ecnad Project - an Ecnad Team A + B
production
Ecnad spins up an evening of bite-size
contemporary choreographic dance pieces set within the unique
ambience of an old chapel. Expect a sensorial treat that
challenges the notion of dance and performance space. Ecnad Team A
(professional) and B (amateur) together with graduates of Fresh
From The Oven (New Talent Development
Programme) collaborates in this creative
performance. Ecnad is Singapore's first
full-time contemporary dance company. It is now a
multi-disciplinary movement-based arts company. MARCH SPIN is a
special occasion for its full-time dancers-in-residence to
exercise their creativity as an
'artist' as well as a showcase of new talents.
PERFORMANCE·13-16 Mar (Thu-Sun), 8.00pm-9.30pm, Auditorium.
$20, $16 concessions & $14 Friends of Ecnad (excluding
$1 SISTIC fee)
Ticketing: SISTIC outlets, 63485555 or www.sistic.com.sg.
FIRES WITHIN FIRES
by The Necessary Stage in collaboration with Cumbernauld
Theatre, Scotland
Fires Within Fires is an accessible and invigorating contemporary
performance and installation, devised and performed by
students from CHIJ Katong Convent Secondary School and youths in
Scotland, as an honest and relevant response to the themes and
issues in Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
The performance is a culmination of 6 months of
training and development which will feature drama, installation
art, animation, movement and music.
Directed by Sean Tobin, Associate Artistic
Director, The Necessary Stage and Simon Sharkey, Artistic
Director, Cumbernauld Youth Theatre.
PERFORMANCE·19-22 Mar (Wed-Sat) 3.00pm
& 20-22 Mar (Thu- Sat), 8.00pm,
Auditorium.
$19, $16 students. Ticketing: 6440 8115, e-mail ticketing@necessary.org
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Heated Conversation- A chat about the making of FIRES WITHIN
FIRES
Come meet the international team
that conjured up the performance and installation FIRES
WITHIN FIRES. Hear personal accounts from behind the scenes,
tracing the 6-month international, interdisciplinary process.
Share your viewpoints and raise questions with the young artists,
and the team from CHIJ Katong Convent, Cumbernauld Theatre and The
Necessary Stage.
DIALOGUE· 23 Mar (Sun), 2.00pm-4.00pm, Glass Hall, Free.
Hotpot Workshop- A workshop
exploring themes and aesthetics from FIRES WITHIN FIRES
This workshop is aimed at helping young people process
the content and the creative medium of FIRES
WITHIN FIRES. Director-Trainers Sean Tobin and Simon Sharkey will
guide participants through creative exercises, using the media and
themes utilised in the performance.
WORKSHOP· 25 Mar (Tue), 2.30pm-4.30pm, Auditorium,
$10. Registration: 6440 8115 or e-mail ticketing@necessary.org
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FIRES WITHIN FIRES is organised as
part of M1 Youth Connection -
Singapore's only annual festival of theatre and other arts for
young people presented by The Necessary
Stage. Supported by Singapore Art Museum,
National Arts Council, British Council, North Lanarkshire Council,
Scottish Arts Council.
Swing at SAM Series :
Swing at SAM - Do the Charleston!
by Lindy Hop Ensemble
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The popular fortnightly dance workshops
at SAM kick starts 2003 with a brand new series - Swing at SAM!
Learn a different dance from the family of Swing dances
every three months - expect new moves all year round! In the first
quarter, get whisked off your feet with the Charleston phenomenon
of the 1920s. Learn the basics, the
funky new variations, solo moves and
partner-work. The Lindy Hop Ensemble with its signature
jaw-dropping moves and infectious energy, is the first Singapore
dance group to perform in New York City at the
prestigious Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and also at the
world-famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2000. Swing by www.flystep.com
for more details!
WORKSHOP· 7 Mar (Fri) , 7.00pm - 9.00pm, Auditorium, $10.
SAM-FOM Friday Evening Talk Series
Jointly presented with the Friends of the National Museum (FOM)
An Adventurous Calling: Irish Teaching Missionaries in Singapore
by Rosemary Lim Celebrate St Patrick's Day by commemorating
over 150 years of Irish teaching missionaries in Singapore.
Rosemary Lim, winner of the Merit Award of the Singapore
Literature Prize in 1998, will trace the history of these spirited
individuals from her native island of Ireland and their
contribution to education in Singapore.
TALK · 14 Mar (Fri), 7.30pm - 8.30pm, Glass Hall, Free.
SAFRA Photographer of the Year 2002 Exhibition
Organised by SAFRA Bukit Merah and Co-presented by SAM
This biennial exhibition features a selection of
some of the best prints from photographers in Singapore.
Among the more than 80 works, are winning entries of the SAFRA
Photographer of the Year 2002.
EXHIBITION · 28 - 30 Mar (Fri - Sun), Museum Hours, Glass Hall,
Free.
The World in Black and White
by Sha Ying
Held in conjunction with the SAFRA Photographer of the Year 2002
Exhibition Held in conjunction with the SAFRA Photographer of the
Year 2002 Exhibition Documentary photographer Sha Ying
believes that photographs are active communicative
constructs of the photographer. In this session,
he elaborates on the conceptualisation and selection process of
the subjects in his works. Sha Ying will pay particular
focus to and make a critical
examination of the changing techniques and styles of black and
white photography. Currently the supervising cameraman for CNBC
Asia Pacific, Sha Ying has exhibited in Facets as part of the 2002
Month of Photography in Singapore and Shadows of Culture, a solo
exhibition in 1999. His works can be found in various corporate
and private collections internationally.
TALK · 29 Mar (Sat), 2.00pm-3.30pm, Auditorium, Free.
Registration : 63773 681/2 or bmclub@safra.org.sg.
The Photographer's Palette
by Eric Goh
Held in conjunction with the SAFRA Photographer of the Year 2002
Exhibition It is sometimes argued that colour prints,
representing what can be perceived by the eye, are
less impactful than the abstraction of black and white
photography. Eric Goh examines and discusses the amalgamation of
key elements in colour photography and the manipulation of
colour interplay to create and add poignancy to the
works. Eric Goh has been ranked among the
top 25 overseas photographers by the Photographic Society of
America. He is regularly invited to lecture on
photography and to judge at national and international
competitions. He currently also serves as a Resource Panelist
(Photography) for the National Arts Council.
TALK · 30 Mar (Sun), 2.00pm-3.30pm, Auditorium, Free.
Registration : 63773 681/2 or bmclub@safra.org.sg.
Public Programmes Enquiries and Registration
All Public Programmes are on a first-come-first-served
basis; free unless otherwise stated.
For payment, please send crossed cheque made payable to
"National Heritage Board". All payments must reach SAM
at least one week before the date of the event. No refunds will be
made for absentees. Please indicate name of
participant(s), contact numbers and the event you are registering
for on the back of the cheque.
Enquiries / Sign up for mailing list
E-mail :santha _anthony@nhb.gov.sg
or call 6332 3220.
Mailing address: Singapore Art Museum,
71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555. (Attn: Santha
Anthony)
All information is correct at time
of release. The museum reserves the right to make changes without
prior notice.
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