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Art and the Environment Master Class (26 JUN)
In this online master class, artist and photographer Ernest Goh will share his work exploring the intersection of art and science. His focus is on the intimate, complicated and awe-inspiring web of interconnectivity between our environment and its inhabitants. He hopes that his work will help change minds about dealing with our environmental problems. Register at ssbymc260621.peatix.com for the free workshop.
Move to Beat Parkinson Virtual Charity Run
(UNTIL 24 JULY)
The Parkinson Society Singapore is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an inaugural virtual charity run. The aim is to encourage people with Parkinson’s disease to stay active and positive, since regular exercise helps them maintain balance, mobility and the ability to perform daily activities. There are four distances – 25km, 50km, 100km, 250km – and you can join as an individual or with your family and friends in groups of two to five. Run, jog or walk the distance at your own time and own pace and use the hashtag #PSS25for25 on social media to show support for the local Parkinson’s community. Register ($20) at justrunlah.com/race/virtual-moveto-beat-parkinson-virtual-charity-run-2021 and visit www.parkinson.org.sg for more info.
Dale Chihuly: Glass in Bloom (UNTIL 1 AUGUST)
This is the first major garden exhibition in Asia for American multimedia artist Dale Chihuly. For over 50 years, he has reinterpreted museums, gardens and public spaces with his experiments in glass. For Gardens by the Bay, he has curated 25 large-scale installations and 80 pedestal sculptures and twodimensional works in various locations including the Flower Dome, Cloud Forest and public gardens. Highlights include the Cloud Forest Persians hanging from the viewing deck of the waterfall, and the Float Boat at the Dragonfly Lake. For ticket information, visit chihulyinbloom.com/tickets.
Life in Edo – Russel Wong in Kyoto (UNTIL 19 SEPTEMBER)
This is a double bill exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum spotlighting two different periods of Japanese culture and craftsmanship: the Edo period from 1603 to 1868, and present-day Kyoto. They’re connected by works depicting the Sanjo Bridge – a woodblock print by 19th-century artist Utagawa Hiroshige, and a photograph by Russel Wong taken from the spot where he imagines Hiroshige would have visualised the print. Visitors can discover Japanese culture through workshops, curator tours, woodblock printing and photography activities, and educational videos on Japanese food and art. acm.org.sg
Sikhs in Singapore – A Story Untold
(UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER)
Gain a deeper understanding of Singapore’s Sikh community at the Indian Heritage Centre, in this firstever exhibition dedicated to Sikh heritage. On display are more than 450 artefacts from 50 local and international private collections, institutional collections of 17 Sikh organisations here, and the National Collection. Through these, visitors can explore the origins of Sikhs in Singapore, from their arrival in the late 19th century from the Punjab region in India. There are also narratives of migrants in Singapore as well as experiences of contemporary Sikhs that highlight the community’s everevolving identity and contributions to the nation. indianheritage.gov.sg
Fashionable in Asia
(ONGOING)
The Asian Civilisations Museum has refreshed its Fashion and Textiles Gallery with more than 20 recently acquired pieces, most of which have never before been seen by the public. Titled “Fashionable in Asia”, it includes Chinese painted silks, Indian printed cottons, Javanese batiks and more Asian fashion from the 18th to 20th century. Displayed across three main sections – Competing Threads, Batik Resistance, and Creativity on the Pesisir – the pieces take visitors on a journey of trade and power while highlighting the creativity, cross-cultural exchanges, identity, privilege and hierarchy in how people dressed in those times. acm.org.sg
Goodman Open House Online
(UNTIL 30 DECEMBER)
The Goodman Arts Centre has brought its open house online to goodmanartscentre.sg/openhouse-2021. This is so more families can explore what the centre has to offer, from the comfort of their homes. There are conversations with artists on how art and nature can form a symbiotic relationship, a virtual tour of the premises, art-and-craft followalong videos, and downloadable colouring guides of bugs and plants found at the centre.