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80 Anniversary
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Celebrations

NAFA 80 ANNIVERSARY
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CELEBRATION GALA

DINNER

As part of its year-long commemorative
festivities, NAFA held its 80 Anniversary
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Celebration Gala Dinner at Marina Bay Sands
on 6 April 2018. The dazzling event was
graced by President Halimah Yacob and her
husband, Mohamed Abdullah Alhabshee.

Low Sin Leng, Chairman of the NAFA Board,
took the opportunity to share three exciting
initiatives that enhance NAFA students’
talent development and career pathways.
The first initiative was the compulsory
Industry-Based Learning (IBL), which aims Another notable highlight was an immersive theatrical experience specially
to expose students to the industry and its created by the School of Arts Management, Dance and Theatre. The performance
work environment, enabling them to develop unfolded NAFA’s history through three segments, Echoes of the Past:
relevant professional skill sets. The second Memories of Nanyang, Images of the Present: Evoking the Spirit of Nanyang,
initiative was an expansion of the existing and Inspirations for the Future: Towards a New Horizon. These scenes were a
Overseas Immersion Programme (OIP) to creative reimagination of NAFA’s beginnings entwined with Singapore’s history,
give students valuable overseas learning the emergence and prominence of the Nanyang style of art and a glimpse into
experience. Later in 2018, NAFA expanded NAFA’s future.
the OIP by including more institutions in
Australia, Bangkok and China. The third As a commemorative gesture, President Halimah put the finishing touches to
initiative was the NAFA Talent Development Yoko Choi’s artwork titled Flowing. Choi is an alumna and winner of the 2016
Programme, which was launched to identify UOB Painting of the Year for Most Promising Artist.
talented students and groom their artistic,
technical and leadership skills.

DOT TO DOT: ARTWORKS BY

STUDENTS OF THE CENTRE FOR
LIFELONG EDUCATION

This inaugural student exhibition by the Centre for
Lifelong Education, held from 26 to 29 April 2018,
was officially opened by Dr Ho Kah Leong, former
NAFA principal and an alumni artist. Over the four-day
showcase, more than 900 visitors enjoyed around 70
artworks, by both current and ex-Fine Art part-time
students. It featured Western painting, abstract painting,
drawing, watercolour, Chinese ink painting, Chinese
calligraphy, printmaking and sculpture.

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