Arts Picks: Expressions Through Art exhibitions, inaugural Objectifs Junior Festival and Something Strange Festival
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Expressions Through Art began in 2022 to raise awareness for the talents and skills of students from Singapore's special education schools.
PHOTO: SINGTEL
Expressions Through Art exhibitions
The third edition of Expressions Through Art continues to raise awareness of the talents and abilities of students from special education (Sped) schools in Singapore. Organised by Singtel, it is supported by the Singtel Touching Lives Fund, a flagship philanthropic programme that supports six beneficiary Sped schools.
Two physical art exhibitions are included in the initiative, featuring 37 artworks by students across the 25 Sped schools. A total of 44 students aged between seven and 18 used watercolour paints, coloured pencils and markers to bring their works to life. Some of the artworks include depictions of animals and landscapes.
The first exhibition at the North Colonnade in Gardens by the Bay runs until Nov 22. The second show will be at the City Hall Chamber of National Gallery Singapore from Dec 9 to 22.
Six trains on the North-South, East-West and Circle SMRT lines will also feature digitised versions of the artworks as stickers on train windows from Dec 9 to 31.
Where: North Colonnade, Gardens by the Bay, 18 Marina Gardens str.sg/yErh
MRT: Bayfront
When: Until Nov 22, 5am to 2am daily
Admission: Free
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Objectifs Junior Festival
Objectifs launches its inaugural children’s festival with the theme If You Find...A Leaf.
PHOTO: OBJECTIFS – CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM
Photography and film centre Objectifs kicks off its inaugural Objectifs Junior Festival in time for the school holidays, with a full week of experiences and workshops for children interested in the art forms. Themed If You Find…A Leaf, it follows Lumie, the mascot of the festival, to reunite a fallen leaf with the tree it came from.
An array of free programmes and paid lens-based workshops is available during the festival. Drop-in activities like Lumie’s Leaf Hunt, where children can discover the patterns, shapes and textures in leaves while learning to compose visually interesting photographs, will be available as well.
The festival weekends of Nov 16, 17, 23 and 24 will also feature screenings of short animation films by Singaporean film-makers Renee Chua, Novella, Xue En Ge, Jerrold Chong and Jessica Heng.
Where: Objectifs – Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road str.sg/483yb
MRT: Bencoolen/Bras Basah/Bugis
When: Nov 16 to 24; noon to 7pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays), noon to 4pm (Sundays); closed on Mondays
Admission: Free and paid
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Something Strange Festival
The Something Strange Festival is the brainchild of festival director Eugene Tay (left) and festival producer Saleem Hadi (right).
PHOTO: SOMETHING STRANGE FESTIVAL
A celebration of the fantastical, mystical and macabre, Something Strange Festival opens its inaugural festival with a variety of events over three evenings.
Tour obscure parts of Changi after dinner at the House of Melissa Boutique Homestay on Nov 21, complete with a direct view of Old Changi Hospital. A curated three-course meal and specially brewed mead and kombucha will be part of the dinner menu. The event has a limited capacity of 30 people.
A live event at the Blue Room at The Projector in Golden Mile Tower on Nov 22 will feature four hours of supernatural confessions from guests such as Wayne Ree from horror podcast Ghost Maps. Later that night, there will be a screening of the M18 horror movie The Substance (2024) in the Redrum, also at The Projector.
Closing the festival on Nov 23, a live stream about esoteric traditions and practitioners will be on YouTube at 10am, and a panel of horror movie content creators and industry experts will talk about horror movie scenes and the evolution of horror at the Central Public Library at 6pm.
Where: Various locations linktr.ee/ssfsg
MRT: Various
When: Nov 21 to 23, various times
Admission: Free and paid
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