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The Arts Creation Fund (ACF) supports the creation of original high-quality works that explore Asian subject matter by providing artists with resources to support their artistic works in the developmental phase. The objective is to build a repository of Singapore-made works that have the potential to be staged or presented.
Applications for the ACF 2012 close on 16 April 2012. Click here for more information. |
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Lead the change in Singapore’s arts and cultural scene. The NAC Management Scholarship gives you the opportunity to develop as a leader in shaping arts and cultural policies. The NAC Arts Scholarship supports your career aspirations in arts education, creative writing, curatorship, production design, traditional arts and others.
Applications are now open for NAC Scholarships.
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The National Arts Council (NAC), Singapore, in partnership with the University of Iowa's International Writing Program (IWP), is offering a fully-paid three month residency award to a Singaporean writer for the 2012 intake from 25 August - 13 November 2012.
All applications, complete with a full set of supporting documents, must reach the NAC by 5pm on 2 April 2012.
Click here for more information about the International Writing Programme.
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The NAC is calling for applications for a 3 -month residency programme at the Centre International d'Accueil et d'Echanges des Récollets Paris organized by the Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art starting September 2012. Open to visual artists practicing in all mediums, the residency is a good opportunity to broaden your international network, garner exposure and possibly present your work in France. Interested? Apply Now!
Applications close Feb 17th 2012. See here for detailed information on application guidelines. |
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Beyond Words is a new initiative that aims to encourage the creation of high quality literature from Singapore that can potentially leave its mark in the international marketplace across multiple media platforms. Selected manuscripts will be developed by our appointed publishers into print, eBooks and/or apps. Beyond Words kicks off its pilot phase, Young and Younger, with a focus on quality children’s literature.
Submission of manuscripts is now open and the closing dates are 15 January 2012 for children’s picture books, and 15 April 2012 for chapter books and YA novels. Click here for details on the application form and guidelines.
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The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), JTC Corporation (JTC) and the National Arts Council (NAC) jointly announced the list of 13 contemporary art galleries selected as pioneer tenants for contemporary art destination Gillman Barracks. Find out More...
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For the first time, the 2011 National Piano and Violin Competition (NPVC) recognised original compositions by four local composers – Emily Koh, Denise Lee, Bernard Lee Kah Hong and Eric James Watson. Specially written for this event, these compositions were shortlisted from more than 30 entries, submitted during an open call for original works between April to June this year.
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Their vision, creative excellence and commitment to engaging the wider community through their respective artistic disciplines have enriched and elevated our cultural landscape. For their contributions, these four inspiring arts practitioners have been conferred the 2011 Cultural Medallion by the President of Singapore: theatre practitioner Atin Amat, lyricist Yusnor Ef, visual artist Lim Yew Kuan and composer Kelly Tang. Find out More...
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Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) 2011 capped the wide-ranging nine-day Festival with a raucous tongue-in-cheek closing debate, weighing the motion: “This House Would Trade English for Singlish”. Featuring Singaporean writers in the debating teams, the two teams sparred over the place of Singlish in literature and the larger society. With an active audience participation, the match was declared a tie by popular consensus. Find out More...
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A bumper crop of 750 entries from 670 participants were received for the NAC-SPH Golden Point Award 2011. Compared to the 2009 edition of the competition, the number of entries and number of participants increased significantly by 39% and 48% respectively. Find out More...
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249 sponsors will be conferred the Arts Supporter Award and the Patron of the Arts Awards in recognition for their past year’s contributions to nurture the Singapore arts scene. Between the 214 corporations and 35 individuals, $26.6 million was pledged to the arts in 2010. This is an increase of $4.5 million from the $22.1 million received from the 201 corporations and 39 individuals in 2009, a 20% jump from the previous year. In 2010, 64 of the 249 sponsors were first-time donors who will join the ranks of the 185 repeat and long-term arts patrons. This increase is an indication of sponsors taking a greater stake in growing and developing the Singapore arts scene. Find out More...
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Two new board members have joined the National Arts Council (NAC). They are:
• Mr Suhaimi Zainul-Abidin, Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP
• Ms Tan Li San, Director, Strategic Policy Office, Prime Minister’s Office
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With a total of 126 featured writers lined up to participate in 177 programmes guided by the overarching Transaction theme, Singapore Writers Festival 2011 (SWF) is ready to add a bustle of literary activity to the vibrant Bras Basah arts district. Organised by the National Arts Council, this year’s edition of the festival will take place from 22nd to 30th October 2011 and aims to reach out to a broad and diverse audience. Find out More...
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Twelve top local graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and musicians will be joining Noise Singapore 2012 as new mentors. This brings the total number of mentors for The Apprenticeship Programme (TAP) and The Music Mentorship (TMM) to 23, the highest number of mentors for Noise Singapore’s mentorship programmes to date.
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The Singapore Writers Festival (SWF), Singapore’s premier national literary festival, is set to inspire an exciting exchange of ideas when it returns with its 14th edition this year. Organised by the National Arts Council (NAC), this now-annual festival will take place from 22 – 30 October 2011. Exploring the theme Transaction, the Festival aims to encourage debate and discussion through a range of programmes and events while promoting reading across the different genres. Find out More...
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Over forty artists and arts groups are now tenanted at the Goodman Arts Centre (GAC). The GAC is a pilot of the National Arts Council’s (NAC)New Framework for Arts Spaces, first announced in December last year. The premises – formerly occupied by LASALLE College of the Arts, then School of the Arts (SOTA) – now houses the NAC, alongside a diverse range of tenants from the visual, literary and performing arts. Find out More...
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The National Arts Council (NAC) today unveiled the designs for two of Singapore’s grand old dames of the performing arts scene - Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall. Find out More...
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The 2011 National Indian Music Competition recognised young talents this year, with a total of 12 winners in the junior category. Organised by the National Arts Council (NAC), this is the first year the Council has introduced a junior category for this competition, providing an opportunity for children under 12 to compete with those within their age group. Previously, participants under 12 had to take part in the competition’s intermediate category, competing with those under 18. Find out More...
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The Singapore Arts Festival celebrated the end of its three-week run with two free mass events - a four-hour-karaoke session and a live dangdut concert party - at the Festival Village on 5 June 2011. Dangdut stars, Zaleha Hamid and Rosalina Musa performed at the open stage, against the spectacular Central Business District skyline to an appreciative audience of families, young and old, which cut across various ethnic groups. Find out More...
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Singapore artist Ho Tzu Nyen presents “The Cloud of Unknowing”, a video art installation at the Singapore Pavilion of the 54th Venice Biennale. The Pavilion will be officially opened on Wednesday, 1 June at the Salone di Ss. Filippo e Giacomo del Museo Diocesano di Venezia, Italy by the Chairman of the National Arts Council (NAC) Singapore, Mr Edmund Cheng.
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Three of Singapore's most exciting creative talents, hailing from different backgrounds and writers themselves, will curate and direct Singapore literary content in three nights of dramatised readings in Utter from 17 June to 19 June.
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The three-year, $1.5 million programme is co-funded by NTU and the NAC, and is the first of its kind in Singapore, offering two writers-in-residence positions each year for local and international writers. Find out More...
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The 8th edition of the National Piano and Violin competition (NPVC) has launched an open call for original works today. This new platform for composers has been created as an initiative to raise performing standards as well as identify composing talent. The winning piano and violin compositions will be used as set pieces for the Senior and Artist category participants. Find out More...
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The National Arts Council (NAC) announced today that 16 arts companies will be the beneficiaries of $1.92 million through its one-year Major Grant scheme in FY2011. They will receive the grant in quanta ranging from $48,000 to $227,500. This is a 25% increase compared to the $1.54 million disbursed in FY2010. Find out More...
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NAC held a media briefing this morning to announce three new initiatives to grow the traditional arts sector. The initiatives will expand and complement existing schemes to boost growth and enable sustainable development of the traditional arts. Specifically, they aim to develop a broad base of practitioners, groups and interest groups; hone artistic, administrative and technical skills; develop distinctive and original content and increase access through community and audience outreach. Find out More...
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Applications are now open for Beyond Words, a new initiative where selected manuscripts will be developed by publishers into print, eBooks and/or apps. The pilot phase, Young and Younger, focuses on quality children's literature in the following genres:
- Children's Picture Books
- Chapter Books and Young Adult (YA) Fiction
The future of publishing is here. Will you seize it? |
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Artistry is a monthly e-newsletter by NAC for the arts community featuring updates on arts initiatives, policies and opportunities.
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Read the winning works of the SPH-NAC Golden Point Award 2011!
This year?s competition attracted a total of 750 entries from 670 participants and 42 winners were announced during the Award Ceremony held at The Arts House on 27 October 2011. |
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The Goodman Arts Centre (GAC) at 90 Goodman Road has over 30 arts facilities for short term rental by the arts community. We are only a 15-minute drive from the city and 5-minute walk from Mountbatten Station.
For more information, click on the following:
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 Apply here for street banner spaces in the Arts & Heritage District and poster spaces at Outdoor Arts & Culture Poster Billboard at City Square Mall.
For details, please click here. |
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