Image courtesy of Praxis+ At this year's Singapore Night Festival, Class of 2014 Visual Arts alumna Ng Jin Xi, together with a team of students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, created an installation titled Phosphene! Known as Praxis+, the 10 SUTD students from architecture and engineering backgrounds took four months to build the entire 15m-long installation from scratch. A winding cavern of twinkling lights and unexpected turns, Phosphene invites visitors

Elite Talent Academy 2017 Photo courtesy of Ms Celine Tan Some of our Dance students under the Arts Excellence Programme participated in the Elite Talent Academy organised by the Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing (CSTD) earlier in June this year! Our students did well and some of them won awards too! Dineaish s/o Rajendran (Year 2) was the winner in the 13+ Group A and Toh Yu (Year 2) clinched the Silver medal in the same group! In the 13+ Group B, Courtney Mae Lim (Year 4

Surup Sowmithri Thathachar wins top prizes at two National Level music competitions Year 4 Music student, Surup Sowmithri Thathachar, won the First Prize in two national level music competitions! Surup clinched first place in the Open Category of the Papanasam Sivan Competition, organised by the Sivan Fine Arts Society. The Papanasam Sivan Competition is named after legendary Indian Carnatic Music composer, Sri Papanasam. This year's judges were a panel of five musicians from India

Singaporean teen bags indoor skydiving gold Year 2 Visual Arts student, Kyra Poh, clinched the top position in the junior freestyle category at the Federation Aeronautique Internationale World Cup of Indoor Skydiving held in Warsaw, Poland, this year. Even though her shoe fell out during the routine, Kyra kept her cool and completed the entire routine successfully. Kyra also placed fourth in the Dynamic 2 way category with her 15-year-old team mate, Choo Yi Xuan. Kyra hopes

who share the same passion for the arts outside SOTA! Ms Chia and Mr Sascia with participants

Istana 150th Anniversary logo designed by SOTA student Photo courtesy of The Straits Times Year 5 Visual Arts student Charlie Chua's logo design for the Istana 150th anniversary celebrations stood out and was selected from over 100 entries submitted through the Istana 150 Logo Competition. He was invited to unveil the logo with President Halimah Yacob at the Istana during the Deepavali Istana Open House on 6 November 2018. The logo design, which will be featured on Istana 150

In Leroy Sofyan: Unfinished, Visual Arts faculty member Mr Leroy Sofyan invites viewers to consider deliberate and accidental dialogues through working with both constructed and ready-made objects. His works were exhibited at Oxley Bizhub from 27 April to 8 June 2019. Through this solo exhibition, Mr Leroy considers the constant oscillation between security and growth, and the fine distinction between protection and being stifling. Are we wired to choose comfort over striving and growing

Great news from the recently concluded International Ballet Grand Prix Singapore (IBGPS)! Deborah Loh (Year 4) came up tops and took home the IBGPS Singapore Grand Award in the Senior 1 category. Romaine Lee (Year 5), Lam Kar Yi (Year 4), Michael Heng (Year 3) and Lea Ong (Year 3) were awarded second, third, fourth and an Honourable Mention respectively in the Senior 1 category. Our students also received a myriad of scholarships - to Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Dance

to the community through the Arts. We are inspired by her passion for service learning and strong belief in giving

teachers continue to inspire virtually through music. Thank you for showing us the power of the arts