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ARCHITECTURAL IDEAS FOR THE ARTS SCHOOL ARE EXHIBITED |
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Source:
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The ¡°Designing the Singapore Arts School¡±
Exhibition is part of the Singapore Design Festival. For the first time,
the public will get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the new
arts school and the selected architectural design submitted for
consideration by the Government. |
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Visitors to the exhibition can learn more
about the design issues and the innovative architectural proposals that
have resulted. Singapore The exhibition is from 18 to 27 November at the
National Library, Level 9 Promenade. |
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Visitors are taken through the on-going
process of designing the school ¨C from its conception to its development
today. The exhibition highlights how the design of its spaces embraces
teaching and learning, imagination and creativity, community and self,
as well as key features of the school¡¯s proposed curriculum. |
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The Arts School |
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Set to open its doors in 2008, the arts
school will be the nation¡¯s first independent, pre-tertiary arts school
to offer a unique integrated arts and academic curriculum for youths
aged 13¨C18. |
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An initiative by the Ministry of
Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), the arts school plugs
an existing gap for a dedicated development path at the pre-tertiary
level for those who have interest and show early talent in the arts,
providing a learning environment where both their artistic and academic
potential can best be realised. |
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By so doing, the school aspires to groom
future generations of artists and creative professionals to be leaders
in all fields, and individuals passionate for and committed to the arts
in a multicultural society. |
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Located at Kirk Terrace, the Arts School
hopes to tap on synergies with the city¡¯s arts and education districts.
This will provide opportunities for the school to engage and collaborate
with the education institutions in the Bras Basah area, arts groups and
venues, museums, the National Library, and the general public. |
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Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of
State for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Health said: |
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¡°For an Arts School student learning is a
personalised experience. This means that history lessons could be in the
classroom or at the museum. A student could be practising in private in
the school¡¯s studio facilities in the morning, and attending a Master
class or workshop by a visiting artist in the afternoon. Being in the
city also means that there would be spaces in the School that are
accessible to the public ¨C and there, groups of students may be
performing or sharing their works in progress with the community.¡± |
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An engaging exhibition |
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The exhibition will take visitors on an
interactive and engaging journey into the school¡¯s conception, design
ethos, vision, and educational approach. They will encounter an
expansive collection of archival materials and related objects, designed
to form an ¡°archaeological¡± display of sorts, to allow the audience to
enter into a visual conversation with the space and all its elements. |
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It is the very process of collecting and
organising materials which forms the underlying theme for the
exhibition. The fascination with mundane sights and materials, and how
they may be changed into something startling, is applied to the
exhibition through the collective display of objects, accumulated
¡°trash¡± such as used books, musical scores, mathematical instruments,
stage costumes, and children¡¯s art and craft work, to symbolise the
different disciplines of the school and the integrated arts, and
academic curriculum. |
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These disciplines comprise the visual and
performing arts, music, languages, sciences, humanities, mathematics and
computer science. |
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As part of the school¡¯s consultative
approach to involving the community, the public will be encouraged to
contribute their suggestions on how they feel the school¡¯s public access
spaces, namely its atrium and park, should be used to maximize their
value to the community. The suggestions will be consolidated daily and
displayed throughout the course of the exhibition. |
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Public Talk and Panel Discussion |
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In conjunction with the, there will also be
a special public talk cum panel discussion on how architectural ideas
and space design support creativity and learning will be held. The
speakers will share the School¡¯s design ethos, vision and educational
approach; selection and design process, and background of the
specialised arts school project. |
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The talk will take place 19 November
(Saturday), 3-4pm, at the National Library (Imagination Room, Level 5).
Admission to the talk is free |
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MINISTRY OF
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS
18 NOVEMBER
2005 |
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Source:
www.gov.sg Media Release 18 Nov 2005 |
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