Another feature in the cap - SOTA's architecture

The School of the Arts has been conferred the President's Design Award for its outstanding design, as a testament of how design can improve our lives.

Read about it in Skyline, a bi-monthly newsletter by the URA.

[November-December 2011]
Skyline


Cancer survivor can walk now

SOTA Visual Arts student, Gillan Chen was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. However, this did not dampen her courage to fight the disease and her determination to pursue her art education at SOTA.

[01 October 2011]
The Straits Times


Creative Youths Straddle the Arts and Teaching

Four youths who straddled the arts and teaching, and noted that despite their youth, they spoke like experienced educators when discussing student psychology and teaching methods. The four youths were Liao Jiekai, a 26-year-old teacher in the School of the Arts (SOTA) and a movie director, Grace Tan, a 31-year-old teacher in SOTA and a fashion designer, Max Tan, a 27-year-old teacher in Lasalle College of the Arts, and who supervised product development for fashion shows, and Marienne Yang, a 28-year-old teacher in the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and an installation artist.

[21 December 2011]
Lianhe Zaobao


Three Schools in Triumphant Dance

SOTA, NAFA and LASALLE work together in a recent dance showcase for the first time at Contact 2011 held at the Goodman Arts Centre. They seek to promote the development of the local arts scene collectively among our Singapore youths.

Through the door, a SOTA production was featured and SOTA students from the Dance faculty was praised for performing with maturity and dance precision.

[29 November 2011]
The Straits Times


Allen & Overy LLP collaborates with the School of the Arts (SOTA) Singapore

From October 2011 until October 2013, Allen & Overy will be collaborating with the School of the Arts (SOTA).

Allen & Overy will provide SOTA students with a real-life context of practice and connection to the community by displaying artwork of SOTA students in the reception of its new office space at OUE Bayfront. The artwork will be rotated on a half yearly basis during the two year collaboration.

[08 October 2011]
The Straits Times


Car Livery Competition for Porsche SC Global Carrera Cup Asia – Singapore 2011

SOTA students are given an excellent opportunity to showcase their potential and talent in collaboration with SC Global Developments to design the livery for a Porsche car, to be displayed in conjunction with the promotion of the Porsche SC Global Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA). This is the Asian edition of the enormously successful international Carrera Cup, which supports several rounds of the F1 World Championship.

[10 September 2011]
Lianhe Zaobao

[10 September 2011]
The Straits Times


SOTA Official Opening

SOTA celebrated its official opening on 15 July 2011, of which, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was the guest-of-honour at the event. This event marked a new chapter in the school’s journey since its inception in 2008 as Singapore’s first national pre-tertiary specialised arts school.

[16 July 2011]
Lianhe Zaobao

[16 July 2011]
The Straits Times


SOTA Students' Leap of Faith

Budding talents Ma Yue Ru, Thaddaeus Low, Adelene Stanley and Chia Poh Hian were offered places at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and the London Contemporary Dance School.

[26 August 2011]
The Straits Times


High and Rising

Titled High and Rising, the article in special segment, Singapore Revealed, mentions that SOTA – where the next generation of creatives is nurtured – is designed by award-winning local practice, WOHA.

[May 2011]
Wallpaper


Asia’s New Architecture

SOTA was featured in the article as one of the iconic architecture that is redefining the Asia region. Read to find out about the campus’ unique design.

[March 2011]
Travel Leisure Southeast Asia


Specialised studies through DSA: should your child apply?

Read about SOTA’s admission criteria and process in CHILD’s feature on Direct School Admission to specialised independent schools.

[March 2011]
CHILD


Blowing his trumpet in SOTA

Exemplary of the belief of Mr Lui Tuck Yew, ex-Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts in providing opportunities for students to discover their latent interest in the arts, Nur Rhyhan Astha – one of SOTA’s trumpeters – shares his love for his instrument.

[11 March 2011]
The Straits Times