Holding space for individuals to share perspectives
November 13, 2022, Community Engagement
The Singapore Writers Festival is the region’s premier literary arts festival and for its 25th anniversary, it reflected and provoked audiences with the theme ‘IF’. At their invitation to imagine, ART:DIS collaborated for the fourth time with Jazz Association (Singapore) to present What If ‘I’ Is Not Me – a…
Artists with disabilities make music with seniors in workshop
August 13, 2022, Community Engagement
ART:DIS partnered with Tony Memmel (an award-winning singer-songwriter who was born with a limb difference) to conduct 4 sessions of inclusive music jamming workshops from 13–28 August 2022. 40 of our students and artists, together with their parents/caregivers, as well as 10 seniors from Yong-en Care Centre had the opportunity…
80 more advocates of inclusion following masterclass series
March 12, 2022, Community Engagement
ART:DIS, together with the National Arts Council, organised a series of Masterclasses that aimed to facilitate greater diversity in Singapore’s arts ecosystem. From March to May 2022, over 80 individuals from all walks of life learnt more about accessibility and inclusion from subject-matter experts and reflected on their experiences of…
Racers clocked over 210km in support of persons with disabilities
March 12, 2022, Community Engagement
ART:DIS organised our inaugural virtual race, bringing together non-disabled individuals from all walks of life to run or walk in support of persons with disabilities. From 12 March – 15 April 2022, more than 2,300 racers clocked a total of 217,322km, which is about 1,448 times around Singapore! Many would…