Art Outreach

Curriculum

The Art Outreach programme is a free arts appreciation programme for local school students. It is designed to wrap around academic curriculum and expose students to the world of art.

From well known masters to equally legitimate works by more obscure artists, the Art Outreach programme focuses on making students comfortable with talking about art in its various aspects: art history, art aesthetics, art criticism and art movements. The programme has a special emphasis on exposing students to art from around the region, especially to art that is relevant to Singaporeʼs heritage. The content of each lesson is based on a portfolios of artworks. These portfolios are rotated from lesson to le sson, and encompass an unlimited array of art topics, genres and media.

Art Fundamentals

This portfolio establishes the foundation for students in art appreciation, thereby allowing for a deeper analytical understanding of art theory and critique.

Allegories of Women

This portfolio examines concepts of ideal beauty through the ages using 6 artworks that span from the Renaissance era to modern day.

Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs

This portfolio helps decipher the hidden meaning in Chinese art, and lend deeper and critical understanding of Chinese culture as presented in Chinese art.

Feelings & Emotions

A collaboration with NUS Museum, this portfolio introduces students to the rich and varied work of local artist Ng Eng Teng, best- known as a pioneer local artist of the post-independence era.

Land & Environmental Art

Going beyond the politics of the environment, these works attempt to take a deeper look into the themes surrounding earth, nature, the universe and Manʼs place within this system.

LTAʼs Art in Transit

This portfolio highlights the artistic elements and social context behind the artworks found along the first three stations of the North East Line. It also reflects how visual art have been successfully integrated into the MRT Stations.

Marina Bay Sands Art Path

Intergrating art and nature, this portfolio features 8 site specific artworks from Marina Bay Sands, and encourages the consideration of meanings behind the complimentary relationship between art and architecture.

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Mughal Miniature Paintings

Students are presented two stories from the Baburnama (The Book of Babur) that showcase the rich detailing that goes into Mughal paintings. The artworks record the first emperorʼs reign, and explore the artistic development of that period.

Photojournalism

Using seven iconic photos from the Straits Times, this portfolio seeks to examine the artistic and editorial aspects of photojournalism.

The Evolution of Portraiture

This portfolio introduces the concept of portraiture and its evolution across time. The concept begins in 1508, with Leonardo Da Vinciʼs Mona Lisa. Its stylistic progression will then be illustrated through the works of artists such as Pablo Picasso and Yousuf Karsh.

Printmaking

Written in collaboration with the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI), this portfolio is designed as an introduction to printmaking. It examines four of the most prominent printing methods: Lithography, Etching, Woodcut and Screen-printing.

Public Sculptures in Singapore

This portfolio features well-known sculptures in Singapore by local and internationally recognized artists. Students are invited to explore the story behind iconic works, such as the Merlion, Boteroʼs Bird, and Henry Mooreʼs Reclining Figure.

Singapore Woodblock Prints (60s & 70s)

This portfolio introduces woodblock printing as an art form that gained local prominence in the 1950s through the works of five Singaporean artists – Lim Mu Hue, See Cheen Tee, Koeh Sia Yong, Foo Chee San and Tan Tee Chie.

The Life of Georgette Chan

The portfolio is grouped into three periods – French, Chinese and Southeast Asian – and concepts such as Impressionism and Fauvism would be used to highlight the stylistic distinctions between the different periods of Chenʼs artistic career.

Total Defence

Featuring artworks that are part of the permanent collection at the Singapore Art Museum, this portfolio recognizes our countryʼs heritage, its milestones and achievements through the form of art appreciation.

Interpreting the Trace in Abstract Paintings

The Trace in artworks evoke questions about the rationale and process of their creation to find new ways to think about them. This portfolio features 9 award-winning artworks from the UOB Painting Of The Year competition.