Nanyang
Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) (A
tertiary arts institution)
NAFA
Campus 1 Headquarters & School of Visual Arts Building 80 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189655
Tel: 6512 4000 Fax: 6337 3920
NAFA
Campus 2 School
of Fashion Studies Building 38 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189654
NAFA
Campus 3
School of Performing Arts
& School of Young Talents Building 151
Bencoolen Street Singapore 189656
Established in 1938, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) is
recognised as the leading provider of training and education in a
wide array of artistic disciplines.
In April 1999, NAFA’s status was upgraded by the Singapore
Government to a tertiary institution.
With
a globally experienced teaching faculty and a team of management
specialists, NAFA currently offers full-time Diploma, Degree and
part-time Certificate courses to over 3,500 students in diverse
fields from visual arts to performing arts and fashion studies.
Its exciting mix of high quality courses and innovative curriculum
reflect the breadth of opportunities available for aspiring
talents in Singapore’s
increasingly vibrant creative industry.
NAFA’s modern, purpose-built campus houses
three spacious art galleries; six skylight painting studios; a
digital media studio; a 380-seat Lee Foundation Theatre; a Studio
Theatre; a boutique gallery and a rooftop amphitheatre, among
others.
LASALLE-SIA College
of the Arts offers high quality undergraduate and postgraduate
programmes in practice-based arts management, design, fine arts
and performing arts. Renowned as Asia-Pacific's leading arts
institution, LASALLE-SIA emphasises creativity and
interdisciplinary interaction. All LASALLE-SIA's degrees are
written and developed by the College and accredited by the Open
University UK. LASALLE-SIA is a private, non-profit institution
that receives financial support from the Ministry of Education.
The School received an overwhelming response
to the Talent Academy to recruit this batch of pioneer students for
2008. Over 1,000 applicants came for the Talent Academy.
Today, the School welcomes its first batch
of 239 students who come from diverse social backgrounds and 129 primary
schools...
Tisch School of the Arts Asia is the
first-ever branch campus of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and it is
also the first American art school to set up residence in Singapore.
Tisch Asia's inaugural class of 33 graduate
film students began their studies in September. More than half the
students in this first group are from the United States, while the
others come from Australia, Europe, Asia, and Central America.
In 2008, Tisch Asia will also begin offering
MFA degrees in animation and dramatic writing...
"Held at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) from
2 August to 3 September, SAE comprises an Open section and a Curated
section. Singaporeans and residents can be a part of SAS2007 by
submitting their works for the Open section.
"To ensure the wide-ranging and inclusive
nature of the Open section, the public can submit any form of visual
artworks.
"These include works of painting,
calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, batik, photography, printmaking, mixed
media, installation and new media art..."
"This year, 56 schools, 9 more than last
year, will be participating in the Direct School Admission Exercise for
admission to Secondary One in 2008...
"This year’s DSA-Sec Exercise will be
extended to the new School of the Arts (SOTA), a specialised Independent
School for talented youths in the visual and performing arts. SOTA will
start in January 2008..."
A
collaboration between NAFA School of Fashion Studies and the Queensland
University of Technology (QUT) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane,
Australia. This exhibition features fashion design
students and graduates from both institutions creating
innovative garments using eco friendly fabrics as well as
recycled materials.
"Singapore will be the first country to
host the inaugural Toon Boom Animation Festival, which kicks off
on 2 April 2007...
"Free workshops will be conducted by
ITE to train students who are not familiar with the Toon Boom
software. Said Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO, ITE..."
"The
profile of arts audience is demographically skewed towards young people
below 35 years old (49%), comprising age groups of 15-19 (14%) and 20-34
(35%)..."
"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.
"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..."
New school
registered per Government Gazette Not. No. 2263 dated 20 Aug
2001: *Centre
Stage Arts School 282 River Valley Road Singapore
238324 Supervisor: Ms Alison Elizabeth May Tompkins
About one in four graduands at the convocation ceremony of the
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) yesterday is a foreigner.
Principal HO Kah Leong said the enrolment of foreign students at
the school, mainly from China and Malaysia, had been rapidly
rising over the past few years. The percentage of foreign
students, who have to pay higher fees, was about 18 per cent ten
years ago but has gone up to nearly 28 per cent this year. it is
expected to reach 30 per cent next year. Of the 1,300 full-time
students in the school, nearly 400 are foreigners. About 250 are
Chinese nationals, 90 are Malaysians and about 15 are
Indonesians. The others come from Taiwan, Hongkong, Japan, South
Korea and Australia. Mr HO explained that the Education Ministry
had capped Nafa's foreign student quota at 30 per cent. If the
proportion of foreign students topped that benchmark, the ministry's subsidy for the school would be affected. (Straits
Times 12 Aug 2001)(23)
Work
on the new Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) campus in Bencoolen
Street is due to start by the end of the year and Nafa can expect
to move in by 2004. Nafa, Singapore's oldest arts school, was set
up in 1938 by artist LIM Hak Tai in a bungalow in Geylang. Nafa
now has 1,300 full-time students and 170 full-time teaching staff
on campuses in Middle road, Short Street and Upper Wilkie Road.
(Straits Times 29
Jul 2001)
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