5, 7, 8, 12 October 2021
NAFA Campus 1, Lim Hak Tai Gallery
In collaboration with the School of Art and Design (SOAD) Foundation Programme, 500 Year 1 students were invited to visit the exhibition The Field Beyond: Works by Contemporary Malaysian Artists where they were given the opportunity to interact with participating artists Choy Chun Wei, Ivan Lam, Kimberley Boudville, and Yau Bee Ling. Students were engaged in conversations on the artists' motivations and creative processes.
Moderated by Dr Bridget Tracy Tan, Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Arts and Art Galleries at NAFA, students were given a set of exercises to help them think about the works presented in the exhibition. Themed "People, Cultures, and Beliefs", students were encouraged to think about the importance of personal histories in Southeast Asian artmaking.