Artists with disabilities pursue dreams on stage
January 7, 2023, Channel 8
Timothy Lee is a dancer and actor with down syndrome. Sky Shen is a singer-songwriter with muscular dystrophy. Both of them are mentees of ART:DIS’s BEYOND DIS:PLAY, a mentorship training programme theatre training programme that nurtures talented, performing artists, broadening their artistic skills while simultaneously deepening their practice through mentorships…
Empowering artists to teach at festival
December 4, 2022, Community Engagement
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) was first proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations to raise disability awareness and advocate for the equal integration of PWDs in everyday life. ART:DIS is proud to be part of this movement and together with SG Enable, in conjunction with the Enabling…
Chng Seok Tin is part of diverse, local art landscape
November 17, 2022, The Straits Times
Looking at the works of the late artists Lim Yew Kuan and Chng Seok Tin – both Cultural Medallion recipients – one can see the evolution of the very diverse visual arts landscape in Singapore. Both artists headline new exhibitions. Taking A Retrospective Glimpse Of Lim Yew Kuan’s World Of Art is on…
Visually impaired artist shakes up art scene
November 16, 2022, Her World
Claire Teo has been “singing ever since [she] could remember”. “I’d admit, not very well,” she laughs. “But I knew it was something I loved, and I kept practising to enter my school’s choir.” When she watched a performance of The Phantom of the Opera at 15, it was a…