Teambuilding activity at Staff Retreat – Copper Tooling team challenge.

https://videopress.com/v/h2Af6Ay1?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true View video of how the staff was able to produce a beautiful framed artwork by working together as a team. The event starts with our artist providing the instruction, on how to create a copper tooling art, an ancient art technique that dates back thousands of years. Participants then complete an individual piece for... Continue Reading →

February 9, 2023

Art Enrichment Programme for Schools with Gov Grants

Happy new year! We are happy to announce our line up of school programmes for the year 2023 approved by our National Arts Council and Ministry of Education to engage school students in the arts. We have varied programmes for different levels from preschool, primary to secondary schools as well as tertiary institution. We are... Continue Reading →

January 2, 2023

Student Excursion to Working Artist Studio and Gallery Visit

Mrs Kamal explaining to student the batik hot wax stamping process at the studio. We hosted a group of young ladies who were very keen to learn about batik-painting process and got a tour of our working studio in-between experiencing the use of traditional tools such as the Tjanting for themselves and producing a large... Continue Reading →

October 22, 2022

Team Bonding Art Activity for Company Retreat

The amazing sense of achievement in creating art together from scratch. Hard to imagine at the start they would produce large batik paintings and a personal piece of authentic batik art. The team building batik painting introduces participants to what is batik fabric and batik-paintings in our multi cultural society. They will be taught by... Continue Reading →

September 28, 2022

In-School Caricature Drawing Class for CCA Students

Learning to observe the face for distinctive features and nailing the likeness with lightning speed. The teacher was kind enough to be the model for a 10 minute demonstration. Such a delight to be drawing with a lovely bunch post-pandemic. Comparatively, it was awkward teaching online as you don’t get depth perception when drawing from... Continue Reading →

August 4, 2022

Art Workshop for Staff Wellness with Cold Wax Batik

A no mess art activity session where participants get to know about batik making processes, connect with local clothing culture and complete their very own batik piece in just two hours. This was for an education institution celebrating National Day.

July 23, 2022

Mother Tongue Language Fortnight Activity in Malay

Presentation in Malay language for cultural engagement. Batik is a cultural element of the Javanese embodied in the Malay community of Singapore. It is widely adapted by various ethnic groups in Singapore. The batik painting experience is a good opportunity to introduce children to the art and craft and batik from a cultural stand point.... Continue Reading →

June 30, 2022

Marbling workshop for art CCA creative student activity

One drop at a time, marbling is so mesmerising. Marbling art is so fun and can be done by anybody with proper facilitation that is. Managing the liquid that enable the paint to float is the tricky part but making multi coloured swirls and patterns is most satisfying. Students were highly engaged and got to... Continue Reading →

June 29, 2022

National Museum of Singapore Hari Raya Celebration

We will be conducting a batik painting workshop at National Museum of Singapore in conjuction with the Hari Raya celebration this year. Booking here: https://nmshrlsoh.peatix.com/ I will be doing a talk/ presentation on batik together with Yeo Mama Batik the date is 7th May, Saturday. See you there.

May 2, 2022

Esplanade – Pesta Raya – Malay Festival of Arts: Batik Painting Workshop

We are honoured to be a part of the annual Pesta Raya at Esplanade this year. To register: https://www.esplanade.com/festivals-and-series/pesta-raya-malay-festival-of-arts/2022/batik-painting-workshop?utm_source=Esplanade+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=c3c92d5d56-festival_pesta-raya_ticket-launch_042022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_abb3f82f99-c3c92d5d56-52828567

May 2, 2022