School is World’s Best
Among the local honours at 2010’s World Architectural Awards in Barcelona, local firm WOHA beat 14 other entries to win the award for World’s Best Learning Building for its SOTA project.
[13 November 2010]
The Straits Times
艺术学院获青理会44万社区服务赞助
(Translated: SOTA receives $440,000 sponsorship from National Youth Council for its Community Service)
Under a new strategic partnership between the school and National Youth Council (NYC), SOTA will benefit from a significant funding boost of $440,000 from NYC between October 2010 to March 2014 for both local and overseas Service, Action in Community (SAC) programmes.
[6 November 2010]
Lianhe Zaobao
SOTA to offer International Baccalaureate Diploma in 2011
During the SOTA Awards Day 2010, SOTA Principal, Mrs Rebecca Chew announced that SOTA would offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma programme to its students in 2011. The ceremony also marked the handing out of the inaugural Dr Lee Boon Yang Student of the Year Awards. Year 4 Dance student Chia Poh Hian, one of the three winners of the Dr Lee Boon Yang Student of the Year Awards and recipient of the 2010 National Arts Council Arts Scholarship (Overseas), was among the 160 students who received awards for their academic and artistic achievements. Also, the International Baccalaureate Organisation has expressed interest for SOTA – one of the five IB centres in the world to pilot a dance programme – to share its best practices with other IB schools.
[21 August 2010]
TODAY Weekend
Lianhe Zaobao
[20 August 2010]
Channel News Asia
Gen-Yers never too young to shine
SOTA music student, 16-year-old Amni Musfirah clinched champion in Category A at the Stomp MMSing Talent Awards.
[2 August 2010]
mypaper
An interview with Tan Wee Lit
Singaporean sojourner, Tan Wee Lit, returns home from Chicago, USA to contribute to Singapore’s burgeoning arts and culture scene, and partake in the grooming of young emerging artists.
[June/July 2010]
Singapore
(Singapore is a bi-monthly newsletter published by the Singapore Embassy in Washington DC, USA.
Source and copyright: Overseas Singaporean Unit, Prime Minister’s Office)
A minute of fame with “Lancôme Celebrates Creativity:
Developing Youth In Arts” project
Read about the brainchild of winning video entries from SOTA Visual Arts students as they explored digitally the main embodiments of the Paris-based beauty marque, Lancôme.
[24 May 2010]
IN, The Straits Times
[28 May 2010]
URBAN, The Straits Times
Direct admission at School of the Arts
SOTA extends admission to outstanding Secondary 4 students who demonstrate exceptional artistic talent in Dance, Music, Theatre or Visual Arts, and strong academic ability.
[20 May 2010]
The Straits Times
美国芭蕾舞蹈大赛，本地舞者首次获奖
(Translated: Singapore’s first ever awards by two local ballerinas at prestigious American Ballet Competition)
SOTA Year 3 Dance student, Natalie Lam En Ru was among the first two Singaporeans to win an award at the prestigious American Ballet Competition.
[1 May 2010]
Lianhe Zaobao
Sounds and insights of Yo-Yo Ma
Despite a tight schedule in Singapore, world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma conducted a workshop for students from SOTA in his current concert tour in which Singapore was the final in a series of performances that marked the Silk Road Project’s 10th anniversary.
[17 April 2010]
The Straits Times
[1 May 2010]
The Straits Times
School of the Arts Singapore shares art of teaching
Organised by the School of the Arts Singapore and supported by the Singapore National Commission for UNESCO, the Arts in Education Forum (AEF) aims to deepen understanding of the importance of arts education and build capacities in pedagogy for the twenty-first century. AEF brings together a community of practice in the area of arts education and is a platform for the sharing of expertise and best practices.
[8 April 2010]
Channel News Asia
The Straits Times
Lianhe Zaobao
The price of passion at SOTA
Read about the price that young talents have to pay when they pursue graded artistic flair on top of their academic stakes, and their reward – the joy of learning.
[24 January 2010]
The Sunday Times
Students give lamp posts a makeover
The lamp posts within the Bras Basah creative district are adorned with artworks of students in a Light Up for Art! initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. Ian Tan from SOTA, one of the youngest designers with winning entry, Cityscape, shares his source of inspiration.
[13 January 2010]
The New Paper
School of the Arts Singapore at new permanent campus
The School of the Arts Singapore has finally arrived at her new permanent state-of-the-art campus at Zubir Said Drive. Read about SOTA and her laboratory of creativity in various media:
[1 January 2010]
The Straits Times
[4 January 2010]
Channel News Asia
[5 January 2010]
The Straits Times
TODAY
Tamil Marasu
Lianhe Zaobao
my paper
[6 January 2010]
Lianhe Zaobao
Singapore Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong visits SOTA ‘quietly’
During a ‘quiet’ visit to the school, Singapore Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong witnesses the zest SOTA students possess for the arts.
[4 January 2010]
The Straits Times