Fiction Frenzy: Cupid's Book Club
2024-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Sing Lit Station, 22 Dickson Road #02-01, 209506, Singapore
Welcome to Cupid’s Book Club – an evening of lively book discussions with some of Asia’s most established romance novelists. Catch a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of Filipino romance authors Mica De Leon (Love On The Second Read), Catherine Dellosa (For the Win), Claire Betita de Guzman (Sudden Superstar). Discover the enchanting worlds they’ve created through a delightful blend of literary discussions and interactive games. This event will be moderated by Triparna Poddar.
🗓️ Date: 21 March 2024, Thursday
⏰ Time: 7pm – 9pm
📍 Location: Sing Lit Station (22 Dickson Road #02-01)
🎀 Dress Code: Be book-date ready and look your cutest (｡- .•)
🎉 ✨ Every ticket comes with a complimentary soft drink. Plus, don’t miss the book sale, where you can grab these wonderfully dreamy reads by the talented authors:
📖 Love On The Second Read by Mica De Leon – $21.70 (Learn more here)
📖 For the Win by Catherine Dellosa – $22.80 (Learn more here)
📖 Sudden Superstar by Claire Betita de Guzman – $25 (Learn more here)
📚🎟️ Choose the book bundle ticket to get discounts and have your books signed.
What to expect at the Cupid’s Book Club?
7:00 – 7:45 | Panel Discussion: A Passionate Prose Affair – Unravel the magic behind the romance genre with our moderator, Triparna Prodar, as your guide. Get to know the authors and fall in love with the secrets, journeys, and artistry behind their novels—from lightning-speed Q&A sessions that’ll keep you on your toes to the nuances of crafting romance stories tailored for Asian audiences.
8:00 – 8:30 | Interactive Game: Paperback Pairings – Channel your inner detective as our trio of talented authors transform into characters from their books. Match the characters with their responses as they answer a series of thrilling questions.
8:30 – 9:00 | Interactive Game: In Love with Lit – In this whimsical matchmaking segment, we’re on a mission to pair you with the perfect book! Answer questions alongside our authors (in character, of course), and let us guide you to your literary soulmate.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Mica De Leon is a Filipino writer of swoony romance comedy novels and SFF novels. She has won the Don Carlos Palanca Awards For Literature in 2019 and 2022 for her essays on romance, feminism, history, fantasy, and the Filipino identity in the aftermath of Martial Law and the 2022 presidential elections in the Philippines. She likes walking on the beach, dogs, cats, swoony and spicy romance novels, lengthy epic SFF novels, and Taylor Swift. Connect with her on Instagram and Tiktok: @micadeleonwrites
Catherine Dellosa plays video games for a living, reads comics for inspiration, and writes fiction because she’s in love with words. She lives in Manila, Philippines with her husband, whose ideas fuel the fire in her writing. Her Young Adult fantasy novel, Of Myths And Men, has been published by Penguin Random House SEA and is her love letter to gamer geeks, mythological creatures, aliens, and epic quests to save the world. Of Life And Lies is the second book in the trilogy. She has also penned The Choices We Made (And Those We Didn’t) published by BRUMultiverse, as well as Raya and Grayson’s Guide to Saving the World and The Bookshop Back Home as part of #romanceclass – a community of Filipino authors who are equally in love with words too. She is currently working on a few more projects up her sleeve. Check out her books at bit.ly/catherinedellosabooks, or follow her on FB/IG/Twitter at @thenoobwife.
Claire Betita de Guzman is a Filipina writer based in Singapore and author of four rom-com novels: Miss Makeover, Budget is the New Black, Girl Meets World, and No Boyfriend Since Birth, which was adapted into a TV series. A former journalist, she started as a news reporter for the broadsheet Today before becoming a lifestyle editor for international and local magazines including Cosmopolitan Philippines and Harper’s Bazaar Singapore. She is a member of the Singapore Writers Group and has led talks and panels at literary events in Southeast Asia, including the Singapore Writers Festival. She studied Journalism and graduated cum laude (with honours) at the University of the Philippines. She has taken writing courses at the University of Oxford in England and was a fellow in literary workshops in Europe and Asia, including Miradoux, France, Bali, Indonesia, and Tbilisi, Georgia. She is co-author of a poetry collection, Dreaming of the Divine Downstairs and is co-editor of Get Luckier, an anthology of Philippine-Singapore writings. Find her online at www.clairebetita.com.

Nomadic
2024-03-21 10:00 - 2024-06-02 18:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
A group exhibition curated by Dr. Vennes Cheng for Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok
Nomad refers to individuals who lack a fixed habitation and instead move from place to place. Appropriating the concept of nomadic existence, this exhibition reimagines the fluidity of one’s identity and the multitude of homelands, which are fundamental conditions of Asia. The notion and composition of Asia are intertwined with the histories of human displacement. Wars, conflicts, and disputes in the region have compelled people to leave their places of birth and resettle in other countries. Human displacement represents both the past and the ongoing circumstances in Asia.
The selected artworks by participating artists from Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong form a constellation that investigates and highlights the histories of human displacement in Asia, particularly in the eastern and southwestern regions. This exhibition also seeks to delineate the connections and relationships between various parts of the region and proposes a plural lens to discern the multiculturalism of Asia, emphasising that community and identity are social articulations of differences. It ultimately aims to mediate discussions surrounding the current circumstances of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and to render imaginary one another’s reference points in the region.
List of artists:
Hikaru Fujii (Japan)
Jiandyin (Thailand)
Law Yuk Mui (Hong Kong)
Lin Yichi (Taiwan)
Sim Chi Yin (Singapore, New York based)
Tsang Kin-Wah (Hong Kong)
Tsao Liang-pin (Taiwan)
Tintin Wulia (Indonesia, Sweden based)

Allegory of the Cave (Part ll)
2024-03-21 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
Allegory of the Cave presents a series of paintings that traverse through different eras, moving, splitting off and changing in each dimension of the development of Thai modern art. What appears in this exhibition is a shaker of aesthetics that change like dimming light passing through the cave of time until they become a dominant art form of an era. The exhibition Part I featured paintings from different eras, presented together in order to create significant dialogues that reveal fractures in the development of art through time.
In Allegory of the Cave (Part II) features the works of Thanawat Numcharoen, Pichaya Khunnawat, and Wanapol Saenkham that split out and expand like erupted lava, revealing the changing aesthetics from one era to another. This exhibition is like the episode extension of the contemporary dialogues that centres on the departure from the dark cave towards the new light of an era filled with the changing tide of time.
Artists – Thanawat Numcharoen, Pichaya Khunnawat and Wanapol Saenkham
Curated by Kritsada Duchsadeevanich
The opening reception is on Friday 16 February 2024 at 6 pm
at the 2nd floor, Phannarai Building, Art Centre, Silpakorn University (Wangthapra)

WILD | Women Abstractionists on Nature
2024-03-21 - 2024-06-22 | Metropolitan Museum of Manila, MK Tan Centre 30th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines
The Metropolitan Museum of Manila presents the exhibition WILD | Women Abstractionists on Nature, a group exhibition of women artists doing abstract work. Focused thematically on nature—be it the environment, cosmos, or the human body—the exhibition also draws out the similarities and differences among these women’s works. Curated by Kathy Huang, the exhibition includes the works of Sarah Awad, Christine Ay Tjoe, Andrea Marie Breiling, Cecily Brown, Katarina Caserman, Héloïse Chassepot, Nicole Coson, Corinne De San Jose, Wonhee “Whee” Delgado, Mandy El-Sayegh, Camilla Engström, Francesca Enriquez, Jadé Fadojutimi, Katharina Grosse, Jennifer Guidi, Han Bing, Angela Heisch, Donna Huanca, Jin Jeong, Sara Jimenez, Antonia Kuo, Jane Lee, Li Hei Di, Li Yanjun, Kylie Manning, Jo Messer, Elizabeth Neel, Dawn Ng, A’Driane Nieves, Mariana Oushiro, Lauren Quin, Pinaree Sanpitak, Mary Weatherford, and Zhang Zipiao.
Pre-registration for exhibition opening through this form.

2024 Meeting Point
2024-03-21 - 2024-03-23 | Temple of Literature, 58 P. Quốc Tử Giám, Văn Miếu, Đống Đa, Hanoi, Vietnam
The 2024 Meeting Point on Art & Social Action aims to capture a snapshot of the issues that grassroots practitioners are grappling with today, and to make spaces for dialogues with policymakers and researchers. We want to give a platform to the short-term and long-term perspectives that practitioners see for themselves and for the arts in Asia, and discuss how more space can be created for not just thinking ahead, but making progress to get there. Most importantly, the Meeting Point is a precious space for practitioners to reflect, connect and make friendships.
The full duration of the in-person 2024 Meeting Point on Art & Social Action in Asia will be 2.5 days, from March 21st – 23rd, 2024. The Grand Opening on March 21st will include an introduction to the arts and culture ecosystem in Vietnam from co-organizer, VICAS (National Vietnam Institute of Culture & Art Studies), followed by a roundtable discussion ‘Caught in the Middle’ between three Southeast Asian organizations initiated from the ground up to work on gaps in funding and policy in their local arts ecosystems. This will be followed by a reception and a live performance.
Days two and three will take place at the Temple of Literature campus, providing a unique cultural and historical context in which to have our exchanges. The program will be a mix of plenary and parallel sessions including:

Curated Conference group sharing

Lifecycles of Grassroots Org: Action research findings on managing small arts organizations.
Hitting Pause: Insights from artists exploring career evolution.

Local Gatherings – reports from the field

9 artists present highlights of workshops and conferences they organized in different countries, moderated by Jeffrey Tan.

Participatory creative action

Get out of your head and into your senses as you surrender to a safe space that will be created by 7 artists working together in residency before the Meeting Point to create ways for us to engage with each other and with the Meeting Point themes through sensing, feeling and connecting using creativity

Asia-Asia Connections

Informational and dialogue sessions hosted by regional organizations, including UNESCO’s Regional Office in Bangkok, On the Move, and Asia-Europe Foundation.

Interactive Sessions

8 hosts (4 from Vietnam and 4 from Asia countries) selected by open call to facilitate diverse and interactive sessions on grassroots perspectives during Meeting Point

Registration to attend the in-person Meeting Point is open: https://app.swapcard.com/event/perspectives-from-the-grassroots-meeting-point-on-art-and-social-action-in-asia-2024
Please use the link to register, and please note the following:

The registration fee for International attendees is $100 USD, and for Vietnam citizens is $30 USD
This fee will entitle you to join any or all of the events at Meeting Point, including the opening reception and closing party (note that some sessions will have limited spaces and require you to pre-register in advance)
This fee also includes refreshments and lunch during the program
Attendees are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation to take part in the Meeting Point

Event info: https://www.mekongculturalhub.org/meeting-points/

PRODIGIOUS - The Trout & Four Seasons
2024-03-20 19:30 - 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore Symphonia Company Limited 11 Empress Place #01-02 Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore, 179558, Singapore
Resound Collective proudly presents two classical favourites – Franz Schubert’s charming Trout Quintet, and the evergreen Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi in one exciting concert.
A prodigious line-up of the Concordia Quartet, with bassist Julian Li and Berlin-based pianist Shaun Choo, brings you the Trout Quintet.
Then four brilliant young stars of tomorrow – Yuto Lim (12), Sophia Fang (11), Jacob Cheng (15), and Mark Chia (11), will be soloists in the Four Seasons with re:Sound, led by Yang Shuxiang.
PROGRAMME
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 (Trout Quintet)
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)
Featuring
Concordia Quartet
Julian Li (dbl bass)
Shaun Choo (piano)
Yuto Lim (violin)
Sophia Fang (violin)
Jacob Cheng (violin)
Mark Chia (violin)
& re:Sound
Yang Shuxiang (leader)

Club / Cult / Community : ดุสิตธานี คลับสยาม โลกเสมือน
2024-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
SAC Gallery in collaboration with Soho House Bangkok invites audience to explore Dusit Thani, an experimental city during the reign of King Rama VI, with Prateep Sutathongthai, an artist who researches and creates works of art through historical evidence inspired by This city has been from Bangkok Art Biennale 2020 to Art SG 2024 in the discussion group on the topic “Club / Cult / Community : Dusit Thani Club Siam, Virtual World”
The event will be tracing Dusit Thani from old photographs and historical documents. Then try looking at this city as Thailand’s first “Social Club” and find the relationship between Dusit Thani and the world cultural trends that have just entered the 20th century. History is a raw material for creating work and Dr. Peerapat Uaysuk, Siam Heritage Protection Department official Siam Association under Royal Patronage People who enjoy investigating and connecting stories.
*Note: The discussion will be conducted in Thai only.

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒: 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬
2024-03-20 - 2024-03-24
The Japan Foundation, Bangkok, in collaboration with the MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, is thrilled to announce the upcoming Curator Camp 2024: Closer Grounds. This unique and enriching program is set to take place from the 20th to the 24th of March, 2024. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai 2023, as well as engage in studio visits with professional curators across the cities of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Bangkok, Thailand.
The camp includes a series of discussions, presentations, research initiatives, and networking sessions designed to foster meaningful dialogues and connections. The program will be spearheaded by esteemed curators Kittima Chareeprasit from the MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Azusa Hashimoto from the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan.
This camp aims to create a platform for dialogue between Japanese and Thai curators, fostering international collaboration and strengthening cultural ties between Japan and Thailand. It allows emerging curators to gain insight experience, and make valuable connections in the international art scene.
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬
𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚: We welcome applications from emerging curators active in Thailand and interested in expanding their horizons and engaging in cross-cultural dialogue through trans-regional connections.
𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 3 curators from Thailand will be selected. 3 from Japan will be separately chosen.
Application Requirements: Applicants are required to submit a CV and a motivation letter of 500 words (in English), detailing their interest and what they hope to achieve through their participation in the camp.
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈𝐂𝐓.
*The program will be conducted in English
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬
𝑵𝒐 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒆𝒆: The Curator Camp 2024 is free of charge.
Support Provided: The Japan Foundation will cover costs associated with inter-city travel in Thailand, transportation for the program-related tour, accommodation, and stipend for food, ensuring a focus on learning and exchange without financial burden.

Good Old Neon
2024-03-19 11:00 - 2024-05-08 19:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Nova Contemporary is pleased to present Good Old Neon, a group exhibition curated by Arin Rungjang. The show features multimedia works by Thuy-Tien Nguyen, Marisa Srijunpleang, and Chetsada Phuwiang, as well as a twenty-four-year-old work from Rungjang’s long-standing oeuvre.
Using the visual and tactile as starting points, the included sculptures, paintings, and photographs present non-material aspects as their true mediums. Each artist harnesses the intangible and shifting senses of existence, such as pressure and pace, or taste and temperature. The resulting experience is deeply sensorial and evocative, conveying a full spectrum of emotions and memories.
Artist:
Thuy-Tien Nguyen
Marisa Srijunpleang
Chetsada Phuwiang
Curated by Arin Rungjang

[Open Call] 9th Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) 2024
2024-03-19 - 2024-05-10
Open to applicants in Southeast Asia

The Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is opening the call for image-based works and photobook publications for its 9th biennale edition. The open call welcomes submissions from photographers and artists worldwide and is non-thematic in nature.

This presents the opportunity for photographers and artists to have their works seen and reviewed by the festival’s distinguished Jury Panel of international professionals in the industry of contemporary arts, photography, and publishing. Shortlisted works will be presented in the 9th SIPF Open Call Showcase in Singapore, a cornerstone festival platform for new discoveries in image-making and photography, alongside curated festival highlights of some of the biggest names in the photography world. The 9th SIPF is taking place in Singapore from October 18 to November 24, 2024.
Registration and Deadline
Submit at https://site.picter.com/sipf-opencall-2024
Deadline: 10 May 2024, 23:59 (GMT+8)
Open Call Categories

Portfolio (a series of photography and image-based works)
Photobook (published or dummy publications)

In this Open Call, selected recipients are also considered for the SIPF Open Call Award, recognising artistic excellence and originality displayed in Open Call submissions. The award aims to support and encourage artists in their image-making practice, with cash prizes disbursed to the creators of the selected works. The award categories are:

Best Portfolio Award (cash prize of SGD$2,000)
Best Published Photobook Award (cash prize of SGD$2,000)
Best Dummy Photobook Award (cash prize of SGD$2,000)
Public’s Favourite Photobook Award (cash prize of SGD$1,000)

Jury Panel

Dr Adele Tan, Senior Curator at National Gallery Singapore (Portfolio Juror)

Ang Song Nian, Artist and Co-Founder of THEBOOKSHOW (Photobook Juror)
David Campany, Curator at Large, International Center of Photography, New York (Photobook Juror)
Erik Kessels, Artist, Curator and Communication Designer (Photobook Juror)
Gwen Lee, Director and Co-Founder of Singapore International Photography Festival and DECK (Portfolio and Photobook Juror)

Louise Fedotov-Clements, Director of Photoworks (Portfolio Juror)

Maarten Schilt, Founder and Publisher, Schilt Publishing & Gallery (Photobook Juror)
Seok Jaehyun, Director of ArtSpace LUMOS & Busan International Photo Festival (Portfolio Juror)

Serubiri Moses, Author and Curator, Visiting Faculty at Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College / Editorial team at e-flux journal (Portfolio Juror)

Sunyoung Kim, Senior Curator at Museum Hanmi (Portfolio Juror)

Tanvi Mishra, Curator, Writer, Photo Editor (Portfolio and Photobook Juror)

Wimo Ambala Bayang, Artist and Curator, Ruang MES 56 (Portfolio Juror)

Yan You Di Yuan, Founder and Director of Jiazazhi (Photobook Juror)

For any enquiries, reach out to enquiry@sipf.sg.
Follow SIPF on https://www.instagram.com/sipfsg/.

Cinema Rehiyon 16
2024-03-19 - 2024-03-21 | Cinema Exmundo University of the Philippines Visayas Cinematheque, University of the Philippines Visayas, Philippines
This year’s Cinema Rehiyon happens in the Western Visayas, with the theme “Patubas sang Taliambong, Banwa nga Mahamungayaon” (The Fruits of Culture, A Creative City). An event brought to the public by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), this 16th iteration boasts of an entire day devoted to film talks on the March 19, and the awarding of winners to Cinekasimanwa 2023 which happens on the scheduled Filmmakers Night on the 21st. There is also an exhibition of film-related books and publications that highlights the intersection between books and publishing, and filmmaking and its creativities.
All film screenings and events are free of charge, but registration is mandatory through this link.

The Red Pencil (Singapore) March School Holidays Parent-And-Child Art Therapy Workshop
2024-03-16 10:00 - 11:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Online
Thinking of spending more time with your kids during their March school holidays?Join us for an enriching Parent-and-Child Online Art Therapy Workshop during the upcoming March Holidays!Date: 16 March 2024 (Saturday)Time: 10am – 1130amFee: $56/pair*Families who are in need of financial assistance, we offer the option of wavering the workshop fee. This will be on a case-by-case basis.Through this workshop, we hope to provide quality family time for parents and their kids. Families can explore unique, bold and inventive ideas together. You might even discover something new about yourselves in this guided art experience!Make cherished memories together. : )
Some points to note:• No prior artistic experience needed• Suitable for children aged 7 to 9• Bring your own art materials for this virtual workshop

How to be a Picture Book Author-Illustrator
2024-03-16 09:00 - 2024-03-23 18:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Singapore Book Council, Training Room, Goodman Arts Centre, 90 Goodman Road, Block E, #03-32, Singapore, Singapore, 439053, Singapore
Promotions for Workshop 1 ONLY

40% concession* rates for students and seniors
20% off past participants of SBC Academy**
10% off for Kinokuniya Privilege Card members**

* Discount is automatic, participants will have to present their student pass or senior citizen card on day of talk for verification purposes.
** Request promo code via email to programmes@bookcouncil.sg
Offset the course fee (for Workshop 1 AND 2) using your SkillsFuture Credits! Refer here.
T o submit a claim for this SkillsFuture course:

Register and request for invoice
Log in on MySkillsFuture with Singpass and go to ‘E-Services’
Click on ‘Check and Claim SkillsFuture Credit’
Click on ‘Proceed to Submit a Claim’.
Search for this course.
The page will show your course details and the course run or course start date. Scroll down to key in payment details and upload supporting documents (invoice).
Check the ‘Terms & Conditions’ checkbox.
Click ‘Submit’.

Synopsis
In this fun and refreshing workshop, participants will learn how to produce their own picture books under the guidance of award-winning author-illustrator J.H. Low. The workshop will comprise two sessions: a full day (8 hours) session and a half day (4 hours) session.
In the first session, participants will get to learn the language of the picture book form and the art of storytelling; they will apply their newly acquired knowledge to create original manuscripts and storyboards through a series of engaging discussions and hands-on activities.
In the second session, participants will learn to create their own character designs and illustration techniques that will transform their narratives into a visual spectacle.
Workshop Session 1 (16 March 2024)
Introduction and icebreaker activity (15 min)
Segment 1: History of the picture book, its language and potential as an expressive art form (105 min):

Lecture on “What is a picture book?”
Critique on the art and commercial value of the picture book: “Lost in the Gardens” and “Lemonade Sky”
Discussion on “What is a picture book?”

Break and refreshment (15 min)
Segment 2: Ways of storytelling: How to tell stories with the picture book (105 min):

Lecture on “Different ways of storytelling”
Hands-on exercise: writing a story differently
Group sharing

Lunch (60 min)
Welcome back and book reading (15 min)
Segment 3: Producing a manuscript (90 min)

Hands-on exercise: writing a children’s picture book story
Group sharing

Break and refreshment (15 min)
Segment 4 (120 min)

Sharing on “Storyboarding”
Hands-on exercise: create a storyboard base on the story from Segment 3
Group sharing and critique

Closing and Q&A (15 min)
Workshop Session 2 (23 March 2024)
Introduction and icebreaker activity (15 min)
Segment 1: Creating a character design (90 min):

Lecture on “Character design”
Hands-on exercise: create a character design
Group sharing and critique

Break and refreshment (15 min)
Segment 2: Illustration techniques (120 min)

Visual observation – elements of art
Explore art media
Create an illustrated character

Closing and Q&A (15 min)
Course Objectives

To equip participants’ knowledge of the language of the picture book
To enhance participants’ storytelling skills through group discussion and hands-on activities
To inspire creativity and encourage experimentation with character design and different illustration styles

Learning Outcomes:

understand the language of the picture book
learn different ways of storytelling
produce a manuscript for a children’s story
create a storyboarding for the story
design your own original characters
learn various illustration techniques to create interesting art

First Session:
Date: 16 March 2024, Saturday
Time: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm
Venue: SBC Training Room, Goodman Arts Centre,
Blk E, #03-32 (Directions below at FAQ section)
Second Session:
Date: 23 March 2024, Saturday
Time: 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Venue: SBC Training Room, Goodman Arts Centre,
Blk E, #03-32 (Directions below at FAQ section)

About trainer:
J.H. Low is an award-winning author-illustrator of picture books. His book Lemonade Sky (2021) is featured in the prestigious White Raven catalogue 2021 and also won him the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2022. His recent publications include two graphic novels: Mr Goodchild (2021)and The Visitor (2022). Through these two books, J.H. Low explores existential issues with the picture book form and challenges conventional notion that the picture book is only for children’s consumption.
J.H. Low has a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, a MA in Children’s Book Illustration, and a PhD in Art.

Cancellation:
The programme can be cancelled or postponed two weeks before the programme date if the minimum number of participants is not met. Participants will be fully refunded for workshops cancelled by us.
Participants who are unable to attend a workshop they have registered for are to inform us of the reason two weeks before the workshop date. They will be fully refunded in the event of extenuating and mitigating circumstances (E.g. illness, bereavement, accidents) . Those who inform us up to 5 working days before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. Those who did not turn up at the workshop will not receive a refund.
Upon registration, you are deemed to have read and understood the cancellation and withdrawal policy and accept the terms contained therein.
Frequently asked questions:
Where is the venue?

Singapore Book Council is located at 90 Goodman Road, Blk E #03-32*, Goodman Arts Centre, S(439053). The Writer’s Lounge, SBC Training Room, and office is located here.

How do I get to the venue by bus?

By Bus: Bus Stop 91099 (along Mountbatten Road) – 12, 14, 30, 30E, 158, 196, 401 Bus Stop 91091 (Bef Kg Kayu Rd) – 12, 14, 14A, 30, 30E, 158, 196 | This stop is opposite of Goodman Arts Centre, please use the overhead bridge to cross over.

How do I get to the venue by train?

By MRT: Mountbatten MRT Station (Circle Line) Exit B | Turn left upon exit, follow sheltered walkway (crossing Geylang River) all the way to Goodman Arts Centre. After the gate, turn left, passing Block H towards Block E. Take the first staircase to level 3.

How do I get to the venue by car/taxi?

Drop-offs can be done at Carpark A nearest to Blk E during office hours. Drop-offs and parking is located at Carpark B near Blk O.

Is there a lift access to the venue?

There is no lift access at the building.

IN STRANGER LANDS: CACAO'S JOURNEYS TO ASIA
2024-03-15 18:30 - 2024-07-01 18:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Nguyen Art Foundation, 47 Street No. 8, Nam Long Residential Area, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam
For many of us, the taste of chocolate evokes childhood memories, sweetness, and the warmth of family. In Asia, chocolates were often brought back from visits to faraway countries and received as gifts with excitement and pleasure. Today, chocolate is no longer considered an “exotic” luxury item. In addition to Western brands, many Asian countries have developed their own chocolate industries, incorporating flavors and ingredients that resonate with Asian palates. However, what lies behind the chocolate bars that we see daily on supermarket shelves remains, for many, unknown territory.
Is cocoa produced in Asia? Why has chocolate been absent for so long from the Asian culinary landscape, and can local producers meet today’s growing demand? Who are the farmers cultivating cocoa in the region, and what are the challenges they face when asked to scale up production in a sustainable way?
Conceived as a collective and creative research project, this exhibition invites us to delve into these issues, aiming to shed light on the many untold stories of Asian cocoa and chocolate through an array of embodied, emotional, imaginative, and conceptual artistic expressions. From the cocoa tree’s unique characteristics and its colonial history to the ecological challenges surrounding its current production and the intricate processes involved in turning beans into chocolate, the artistic diversity showcased in this exhibition unveils the extensive breadth, potential, and complexity of what is often perceived merely as a foreign delicacy.

POP-UP: Get Booked and Hustle
2024-03-15 09:00 - 2024-03-29 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Social Space, 333 Kreta Ayer Road, Singapore, Singapore, 080333, Singapore
‘For You Page’, a Singapore Literature (Sing Lit) campaign led by final year students from NTU Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI), is launching “Get Booked’’ – a series of book pop-up events at three well-known cafes from 29 January 2024 to 29 March 2024. During limited periods at Brawn and Brains Coffee, Creme by LÉLE Bakery and The Social Space, patrons can enjoy browsing through free books.
Made for patrons seeking a coffee fix, hangout spot and workspace respectively, “Get Booked” consists of three pop-up events with varying opening hours.

Get Booked with Brews at Brawn and Brains Coffee (Hamilton Road) from 29 January 2024 to 9 February 2024 – featuring an inviting space for coffee lovers to relax and catch up over books;

Get Booked to Chill at Creme by LÉLE Bakery from 13 February 2024 to 27 February 2024 – presenting a cozy hangout and reading spot with their specialty Nian Gao Rice Cake Waffles and ice-cream for Chinese New Year, open past midnight; and

Get Booked and Hustle at The Social Space (Kreta Ayer) from 15 March 2024 to 29 March 2024 – offering a conducive space for work and breaks with Wi-Fi connection, food, drinks, books and retail space for productivity-seekers.

At each event, visitors can expect a curated selection of English books including fiction, non-fiction, novels, poetry, plays and more. The booth features interactive zines with activities patrons can participate in to enter giveaways and win attractive vouchers from establishments such as Bob The Baker Boy and Book Bar. There, patrons can help themselves to complimentary stickers and bookmarks as keepsakes from the event.

CONTEMPORARY VENICE - 14TH EDITION
2024-03-15 08:00 - 2024-04-29 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | venezia, Cannaregio, 4118, Venezia, 30131 Venezia (VE)
CALL FOR ARTISTS
CONTEMPORARY VENICE – 14TH EDITION
Venice | March 15 – 29, 2024
Deadline: February 29, 2024
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice – Italian-German Cultural Association, is pleased to announce the open call for the 14th edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2024 that will take place in Venice at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello from March 15 to March 29, 2024, and in other prestigious venues and historical buildings.
The 14th edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE analyzes the relationship between body and space, and the hybridization between identities and cultural/physical/social/urban settings in contemporary times, through two main sections: MIXING IDENTITIES and FUTURE LANDSCAPES.
MIXING IDENTITIES analyzes the hidden parts of our identities, through an immersive experience inside the fascinating universe of the complex labyrinths of our consciousness. The human body is a changing system that connects us with other bodies and spaces to perceive the surrounding reality; a strong communication system with its language and infinite ways of expression.
FUTURE LANDSCAPES are abstract, infinite and conceptual, associated with a sense of freedom and infinite extension. Primarily experienced with the mind, spaces redefine their limits and borders, transforming surfaces into an open flow of pure ideas. This section focuses on the concept of the borders and the structures between body, mind and soul, the human identity and the city, the space and the ground.

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit 白兔子, 红兔子
2024-03-13 19:15 - 20:15 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Arts House, Play Den
Will you participate? Will you be manipulated? Will you listen? Will you really listen?
With no rehearsals, no director, a sealed script and a different performer each time, internationally acclaimed White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, by Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour, is an audacious theatrical experiment and a potent reminder of the transgressive and transformative power of theatre.
Forbidden to leave his native Iran, Soleimanpour wrote a play which travelled the world in his place. The audience joins each different performer on a journey into the unknown; stumbling upon the personal and profound, the limits of liberty and where theatre can take you.
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit will be presented on 13 March 2024 in celebration of Let There Be Theatre day, a global initiative by Aurora Nova to celebrate the resilience of live theatre. On this day, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit will be performed all over the world. This year, there will be over 35 performances in countries such as Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Romania and USA. In Singapore, it will be performed by Gary Tang in Cantonese (script translated by Tan Cher Kian) and Doreen Toh in Hokkien.
2024 will also mark the 10th anniversary staging of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit in Singapore. It was first presented at the NUS Arts Festival in 2014.
Rating: Advisory 16 – Some Mature Content & Coarse Language
There will be no surtitles during the show.
7.15pm – Cantonese version performed by Gary Tang
9:30pm – Hokkien version performed by Doreen Toh
Tickets: $30 & $25(Concession for Student, Senior Citizen, NSF, PWD)
Send an email to nptlane@gmail to book tickets.

Limited Edition It's OK Postcards
2024-03-13 08:00 - 2024-04-30 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Online
Autistic teen artist Alex Lim aka The Unskilled Boy has released his limited-edition It’s OK postcards series on his website. The theme of the 12 postcards represents the 18-year-old’s candid attitude to everyday situations and life in general. This is Alex’s first foray into digital art. Besides painting, he has been drawing and designing his own animal flash cards. Having practised digital collage on design programmes using vectors for more than six months, It’s OK postcard series is a new addition to Alex’s expanded repertoire of works.

Animal Theme Postcards
Alex centres the postcards’ pictorial theme on his deep love for animals. It’s OK comes from a meaningful lifelong learning for the autistic teen that’s it’s OK to be different and imperfect – and to accept things or people for who and what they are.
Alex hopes to spread the message with his postcards to everyone.

About The Unskilled Boy
The artist has been developing his love for abstract art and pop-art since 10, working with acrylic, ink, oil pastels, watercolour, and pencils on canvas and paper. He finds beauty in the details, sometimes humorously, in his works of nature, animals and everyday things. Alex’s style is bold and vibrant with detailed patterns. His paintings come from a place of honesty and love, straight from the heart. Alex’s mission is to spread his art far and wide while keeping it affordable for all.

Patricia Borges: Tropical Papers
2024-03-13 00:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
Venue: 39 Keppel Rd, #03-10 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore 089065

Opening Reception: 20 March 2024 (Wed.) 7PM–9PM | Opening Reception RSVP Link
Exhibition Duration: 21–22 March 2024 (Thurs.–Fri.) 1PM–7PM. 23–24 March 2024 (Sat.–Sun.) 1PM–6PM.
Artist Talk: 23 March 2024 (Sat.), 2pm at the exhibition venue | Artist Talk RSVP Link

TROPICAL PAPERS is a contemporary art exhibition by Brazilian visual artist and researcher, Patricia Borges. She explores the intersection between tropical climate and entropy in the poetics of image generation. The show, presented by INSTINC, will take place from March 21st to March 24th, 2024 at the artist-run space situated in Tanjong Pagar Distripark. This exhibition results from Patricia’s practical research conducted in Singapore through her participation in a three-months residency of INSTINC’s 23/24 Artist-in-Residence Program, and marks a new beginning for INSTINC as it showcases the first Artist-in-Residence exhibition since its relocation.
Rio de Janeiro-based visual artist Patricia Borges anchors her practice in an experimental approach to historical photographic processes, yielding unexpected results. Borges often incorporates substances derived from everyday urban life into cyanotype chemistry; in this case, cosmetics and cleaning products available at a local pharmacy or market. Through this approach, she shows audiences how deeply the history of art is interconnected with those of land and industry, and how these connections are evident in life today.
In TROPICAL PAPERS, Borges treats various types of papers of the Southeast Asian provenance with light-sensitive chemicals diluted in salts and tap water. These papers react to environmental luminosity, humidity, and temperature, generating images from a series of unpredictabilities—a challenge for those living in the era of controlling algorithms. Alchemical reactions produce different shades of blue; the iron in the formula oxidises to both green and orange, depending on the hosting ecosystem. Moreover, the images will continue to change over time, as they have not been fully developed and fixed; ferric oxides will react to ambient ultraviolet light (a spectrum invisible to the human eye). The image is alive and gently reminds us of our perishable nature.
To reflect historically on the evolution of photography from an artisanal medium in the pre-industrial world to its post-internet digital version, where everything seems equally transitory, the artist also creates hybrid images using AI technology and interspecies relations. Liquid environments, underwater life forms, and aquatic and marine transformations influence the aesthetics of the works. The artist seeks to capture the disruptions in technology and engineering that the Anthropocene imposes on the planet. Amid poetic landscapes, environmental violence, fictions, realities, oceans and computing intersect.

Little Shop of Horrors
2024-03-13 00:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
Brace yourselves for the diabolically delicious musical – Little Shop of Horrors! This smash-hit horror comedy rock musical has been sinking its teeth into the hearts of theatre enthusiasts for over 30 years!  With Music by Alan Menken and Book by Howard Ashman, the creative geniuses behind Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, Little Shop of Horrors has become one of the most popular shows in the world!
The story follows a meek floral assistant Seymour who stumbles across a peculiar plant he names “Audrey II” – after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore makes a deal with Seymour – fame and fortune in exchange for a rather unconventional diet of…HUMAN BLOOD! As the plant’s appetite grows, so does the chaos, and before you know it, Seymour is entangled in a web of out-of-this-world origins and global domination schemes!
Directed by the fabulous TJ Taylor and musically directed by Elaine Chan with a stellar cast which includes  Andrew Marko (as Seymour), Vanessa Kee (as Audrey), Dwayne Lau, Benjamin Koh, Tony Tong, Andrea Joy, Marissa Vojodi & Nurulhuda Hassan, get ready for a larger-than-life musical experience that will leave you hungry for more! Accompanied by a fiery 5-piece band, get ready to groove to hits like “Somewhere That’s Green,” “Feed Me,” and “Suddenly Seymour.” Join us at the Sota Drama Theatre for a hysterically hilarious, family-friendly spectacle this April.
Just one rule… DON’T FEED THE PLANTS!

Dramaturgs & Producers
2024-03-12 19:30 - 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Stamford Arts Centre, 0202, 155 Waterloo Street, Singapore, Singapore, 187962, Singapore
DRAMATURGS & is a new capsule series of roundtable conversations centering the work of and relationship between dramaturgs and their artistic collaborators. Dramaturgical thinking and application is integral in the work of all artists, yet a dramaturg’s role affords a dedicated lens that can expand and challenge artistic decisions. In cosy and candid sessions, we aim to unpack the relational, intricate and often invisible work of dramaturgs in creative processes and within artistic teams.
The first conversation kicking off this series is DRAMATURGS & PRODUCERS, where we explore the working relationships between these two roles. What brings a producer and a dramaturg into a project together and how do they navigate their positionalities in an artistic collaboration? As multi-hyphenate practitioners who identify with both roles, how do they draw boundaries or ‘switch hats’, and is that necessary?
Join us in this exciting discussion facilitated by Juliet Chia, and hear from a panel of luminous producers Michele Lim, Melissa Lim and Fezhah Maznan.

Untitled (7 Events)
2024-03-12 10:00 - 2024-05-04 19:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Galerie Quynh, 118 Nguyen Van Thu, Dakao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh city, 70000, Vietnam
An exhibition of exhibitions, Untitled (7 Events) – a major solo exhibition by Hanoi-based artist Pham Minh Hieu at Galerie Quynh, has theoretical underpinnings in speculative realism and new materialism. Pham has created imaginative ‘total installations’ that immerse spectators in an aesthetic experience. This way of making allows for divergence where different disciplines and genres intertwine, their boundaries fraying and transforming.
Untitled (7 Events) unfolds in fragments that float, rest, glide and accelerate over three floors, existing across different scales and temporalities, each exerting their own autonomy and agency. Pham states, “I don’t believe that the exhibition is somehow larger than the sum of its parts, the individual installations. I am an advocate for the heterarchical thinking of Bruno Latour and his belief that ‘the smallest entities are always richer in difference and complexity than their aggregates’ and ‘the big, the whole, the great […] is only a simpler, more standardized version [of the small].’”

The 3rd Migrant Workers Photography Festival
2024-03-10 14:00 - 2024-03-24 16:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Making space for different ways of looking at the conflicting yet intertwined desires for home, building a new life, and being rooted in a community.
‘Longing and Belonging’
10 to 24 Mar 2024
Lower Gallery 2, Objectifs
Free admission
Opening Ceremony: Sun, 10 Mar 2024, 2 to 3pm
Welcome address
Performance by BlackPEACE Band
Artist Talks
Announcement of Winners and Prize Giving
Programmes
Film Screening and Talk: Agaththee by Ramasamy Madhavan (RSVP here)
Sun, 17 Mar 2024, 2 to 3pm
World Premiere. Short film (15:30min) screening, rating TBC, followed by Q&A
Free admission upon registration
Migrant Poetry Recital (RSVP here)
Sun, 24 Mar 2024, 2 to 3pm
A poetry performance by 5 poets in response to the exhibition

About the Exhibition
While longing stretches far across distance to hold a place or person close, the threads of belonging instead tie one to where they already are. Like how these words are nested within each other, Longing and Belonging hopes to make space for different ways of looking at the conflicting yet intertwined desires for home, building a new life, and being rooted in a community.
MWPF’s third edition received more than a hundred submissions across two categories: Single Image and Series (3-5 images). The exhibition will feature the following finalists’ works, selected by judges Huda Azzis (Founder, Your Local Newsstand) and Chelsea Chua (Programme Director, Objectifs):
Indah W. Yosevina
Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo
Michael Jay Abalos
Genelyn Mallare Joson
Jenelyn Leyble
Ruby Velasco
The Migrant Workers Photography Festival is a biennial festival that aims to showcase the creative talents of migrant workers in Singapore through photography, and amplify perspectives of the migrant community. Through its associate programmes — workshops, photowalks, Community Diary — the festival hopes to build a diverse community that transcends nationalities, and help bridge the current social divide between the migrant and local community. The team behind the festival similarly reflects this ethos: MWPF comprises both locals and migrants from many different countries, who co-organise this initiative in the spirit of friendship, equality, and community.
Presented by the Migrant Workers Photography Festival (MWPF), and supported by Objectifs and FotoHub.

Solisti in Concerto 2024
2024-03-09 19:30 - 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | SOTA Concert Hall, 1 Zubir Said Dr, Singapore 227968, Singapore, 227968, Singapore
Solisti in Concerto 2024 features 3 young soloists – Carolynn Choo, Renee Yadav and Lee Seohyun, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Music Makers (OMM) under the baton of Seow Yibin. OMM will also present Elgar’s Enigma Variations, a set of variations dedicated to his closest acquaintances.
Duration: 70 minutes
This concert is supported by the Elgar Society.

“คราวเชียงแสนแตก” “When Chiang Saen Broke Down”
2024-03-09 16:00 - 20:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Panel discussion and Opening of Home Jo int Art Space and art exhibition
“When Chiang Saen Broke Down” an art exhibition that inspired by a local Lanna document which is a literary form of Lanna poetry that was used to record historical events regarding the expulsion of Burmese power from Lanna territory. This led to the evacuation of people in Chiang Saen to various cities for protection, not allowing the Burmese to return to using Chiang Saen as a stronghold for the army. It also shows the emotions of both the soldiers who marched to attack, and prisoners of war who had to leave their homes because they had to accept various tragedies.
This art exhibition showcases paintings and conversations to create connections between three generations:
๐ “Ghosts” as the history of the past that is told through the historical writings of the area “Long Chiang Saen” from the perspective of historical scholars or those who study history
๐ “Elderly people” as living history who can see the changes of the area “Long Chiang Saen” surrounding from the past to the present
๐ “New Generation Artists/Children” as people who work in the arts and grew up in the area

Threads, an exhibition by Alexander Treves
2024-03-09 15:00 - 2024-03-24 16:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Learn more about the global issue of human displacement in this photo exhibition, one of the foremost challenges facing society in the 21st Century.
By Alexander Treves
9 to 24 Mar 2024
Lower Gallery 1, Objectifs
Free admission
Exhibition Opening: Sat, 9 Mar 2024, 3pm
Programmes
Threads of Humanity: Facing Refugee Realities
Sat, 9 Mar 2024, 5 to 6.30pm (RSVP here)
About the Exhibition
According to the United Nations, today over 108 million people around the world are forcibly displaced by persecution, conflict and violence. If this population made up a country, it would be the 15th largest on the planet.
This is one of the foremost challenges facing society in the 21st Century. Economic and political instability, human caused climate change and the interconnectedness of the modern world are all key drivers of migration. Refugees are among the most vulnerable, migrating because they have little or no choice but to do so.
The large and growing community of refugees and other displaced people is spread widely around the globe. “Threads” features photographs taken in over 20 countries, focusing on the people impacted by these systemic drivers of the refugee crisis, emphasizing our shared humanity with those who find themselves in very difficult circumstances.
About the Artist
Alexander Treves has photographed refugees and other displaced people in over 20 countries. He aims to use photography not just to document issues that he cares about, but also to raise awareness and money to assist with the underlying problems. Proceeds from sales of his books “Glimpses Over The Edge” and “Freefall” benefit refugee charities. He is the recipient of the second prize in the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize, 2021. He is employed as a finance professional.
