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The Heritage Project
As part of the Heritage Project module, NAFA Year 3 Arts Management students collaborated with National Heritage Board (NHB) to conceptualise and deliver a 90-minute programme at the Children’s Museum Singapore. Specially designed for lower primary students from Student Care Centres, the programme began with immersive storytelling, followed by classroom activities to reinforce key learning points, and a tour at the Children’s Museum.
The project exemplified how arts management education can foster heritage appreciation among the young while nurturing socially attuned and community-minded arts practitioners.
Singapore Children’s Book Festival 2024
NAFA co-organised the inaugural Singapore Children’s Book Festival 2024 with the Singapore Book Publishers Association. Over three days, students from the School of Design & Media developed illustrations for three unpublished children’s book manuscripts. The festival showcased the work of six student groups, while the School of Young Talents held eight Art and Drama workshops across two days, offering young participants engaging, hands-on activities.
Additionally, the event showcased the visual branding, content adaptation, and festival programming by students, giving them valuable learning opportunities to balance creativity with professional expectations under tight timelines and gain a deeper understanding of the cultural and economic impact of children’s publishing in Singapore.
LTA x NAFA Art Activation Project 2024
For the second year running, NAFA partnered Land Transport Authority (LTA) to enliven six MRT stations from 12 August to 23 September 2024. Themed “Your adventure awaits at [Insert Station Name]”, students came up with the “Finding Benji” campaign to showcase the identity, character and uniqueness of the spaces within and around the Bencoolen and Woodlands MRT stations, inviting commuters to explore the respective areas.
Move in Groove 2024
Travelling was a little more festive for commuters between 27 November 2024 and 2 January 2025 when NAFA partnered LTA and public transport operators, SBS Transit Ltd and SMRT Corporation Ltd to transform selected train stations and buses serving services 14, 65, 197 and 960 into a festive wonderland. The designs were a collaborative effort by three NAFA students currently pursuing their Diploma in Design (Landscape and Architecture), Diploma in Graphic Communication and Diploma in Fine Art.
Designing New Uniforms for SBS Transit Bus Captains and Station Staff
More than 6,800 SBS Transit bus captains and station staff sported a fresh look in March 2025, marking the operator’s first uniform refresh in over a decade.
Featuring lighter shades of SBS Transit’s corporate colours of purple and orange, the uniforms were designed by NAFA students from the School of Fashion Studies, who had since graduated. Made with breathable, anti-wrinkle fabric to suit the humid weather in Singapore, the uniforms feature reflective strips to enhance visibility during low-light settings, eliminating the need for a separate vest.
Performative Practices Lab 2025
As part of the Singapore Art Week, over 30 students and alumni from NAFA and Central Saint Martins participated in the Performative Practices Lab 2025. The project was a timely response to current issues such as cultural hybridity, post-pandemic mobility, and the evolving search for artistic identity in a rapidly shifting global environment, providing an inclusive space for emerging artists to negotiate their relevance and sense of belonging within international contexts.
The international, multidisciplinary exchange challenged conventional boundaries of art-making, encouraging critical self-inquiry and artistic expression across geographies and disciplines. It also strengthened NAFA’s position in the global arts landscape while offering the local community access to bold, thought-provoking performances.
Dara Lo, Limbo, 2024 (Photo credit: Laydiio)
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival: Dancing with the Ghost of My Child
NAFA Performance Making Diploma Year 2 students’ “Dancing with the Ghost of My Child” theatre production premiered at the final M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025. Co-directed by Noor Effendy Ibrahim and Ruby Jayaseelan, leading figures in Singapore’s experimental performance scene, the production exemplified the programme’s interdisciplinary framework, which nurtures artistic inquiry, creative risk-taking, and original devised work across dance, theatre, and other performance forms.
The performance also showcased the core ethos of the socially engaged, and future-ready performance makers who lead with imagination, resilience, and empathy.
Campus Rhapsody 2025
The annual collaborative concert between the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) and NAFA saw 41 NAFA students performing two chamber pieces, “Dance of the Golden Snake” and “Ripples in Jade Water”, and two orchestral works, “Zhongruan Concerto No. 2” and “Ode to the Sun”, alongside 50 SCO musicians.
This year’s Campus Rhapsody marked the renewal of the partnership between SCO and NAFA for another three years, until 31 March 2028, to grow Singapore’s Chinese music ecosystem and nurture the next generation of music professionals. This is the second renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) since it was first inked in 2022 and renewed in 2025.
UOB Better U Campus Project
As part of the five-year strategic partnership between UOB and NAFA, NAFA students created a heritage wall and four generative AI videos to enliven the UOB Better U Campus located at 41 Namly Avenue.
The heritage wall titled “Flowing Nature” was designed by NAFA’s Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Design Practice students, while the four digital mural featuring AI-generated animations and music, divided into “Spring”, “Summer”, “Autumn” and “Winter” themes, were the result of a multidisciplinary collaboration involving students from Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Illustration with Animation, Fashion Business Management and Music.
Geragogy and the Arts 2024 Conference
The Geragogy and the Arts 2024 hybrid conference highlights the impact of sustained arts practices on Singapore’s elderly. A collaboration between NAFA’s Centre for Lifelong Education (CLE) and Community Cultural Dimensions, funded by the National Arts Council, the event allowed CLE to connect with the community and build capacity in arts geragogy.
