Education

2013 - 2015  

MA Art Therapy
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

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2010 - 2012
Diploma in Nursing
Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore

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2004 - 2005
Postgraduate Diploma in Education
National Institute of Education, Singapore

 

1998 - 2002
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Goldsmiths, University of London

 

Grants & Awards 

2016 - Illinois Art Therapy Association

Art Therapist of The Month (August)

2016 - Illinois Art Therapy Association

Distinguished Service Award

2015 - Graduating Student Leadership Award

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

2015 - Excellence in Leadership Award

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

2014 - NAC Arts Scholarship (Postgraduate)

National Arts Council, Singapore

2014 - Excellence in Leadership - PB&J Award

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

2014 - International Graduate Scholarship

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

2013 - Clay Morrison Scholarship

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

1998 - PSC Overseas Specialist Award

Public Service Commission, Singapore

 

Select Exhibitions and Curatorial Projects

2022

• Arts@SAFRA – Collaborative Real-Time Colouring
  Artist and project manager for SAFRA Punggol June Weekend Fun 2022, Singapore

• The Bird Colouring Social Club (Central Public Library)
  Artist and project manager for Community Arts Project, National Arts Council, Singapore

• The Bird Colouring Social Club (Library@Harbourfront)
  Artist and project manager for Community Arts Project, National Arts Council, Singapore

 

2021

• The Bird Colouring Social Club (Arts in Your Neighbourhood 2021)
  Artist, project manager and workshop facilitator AYN Arts Project, National Arts Council, Singapore

• Stop, Look, A-Go-Go (NAC Silver Arts Festival 2021@Woodlands Regional and Ang Mo Kio Public Libraries)
  Artist and workshop facilitator for Community Arts Project, National Arts Council, Singapore

• Singapore Youth Festival 2021 Art Exhibition – Artist and Technology
  Co-curator of exhibition for student artists, Ministry of Education, Singapore

• Digi Art Jam 2021
  Curator of artists’ 360° digital exhibition, part of Associate Artist Programme (AAP), The Substation, Singapore

• we are not going back, we are coming around
  Co-curator of participant artworks, part of “Proposals for Novel Ways of Being”, The Substation, Singapore

 

2020

• Coming Home
  Associate Artist Programme (AAP),The Substation, Singapore

 

2019

• Singapore Cancer Society @ Affordable Arts Fair
  Affordable Arts Fair 2019, Singapore 

 

2018

• magic mARkers (National Arts Council Silver Arts Festival)
  Community Arts Project, National Arts Council, Singapore 

• magic mARkers (National Arts Council Arts in Eldercare Seminar 2018)
  Community Arts Project, National Arts Council, Singapore 

• SAIC Admissions Art Show
  SAIC, Chicago, USA 

• CANTV (ExTV 2018 Season)
  SAIC, Chicago, USA

 

2017

• Virtually Home 2017 (National Arts Council Silver Arts Festival)
  Artist and workshop facilitator for Community Arts Project, National Arts Council, Singapore

 

2016

• Creature Comforts 
  SAIC, Chicago, USA

 

2015

• Response Art: Artwork of the Art Therapist
  The National Museum of Health and Medicine, Chicago, USA

• Something to Write Home About: 8288 Nautical Mile
  La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, New York, NY

• Art of Connection 2015
  Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, USA

 

2014

• Proj*ect Proj*ect
  Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, USA

• At Home – An Art and Cultural Experience
  Co-curator of exhibition at Asian Human Services, Chicago, USA

 

2013

• Planète Marker
  Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France

• Intangible Immersion
  1012, West Lake, Chicago, USA

• A Touch of Spring: 春色滿園
  Co-curator of exhibition at Singapore   International School in Hong Kong

 

Projects, Workshops, & Presentations

2022

• Introduction to Art Therapy
  Guest Lecturer and Workshop Facilitator for Leaders in Education Programme, National Institute of Education, Singapore

• The Bird Colouring Social Club
  Guest Lecturer for Arts, Ageing and Wellbeing Module, School of Social Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• An Other Face—A 360-degree VR Short Film by Ling Nah Tang
  360°/VR Cinematographer for Light to Night Festival 2022, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore

 

2021

• Welcome to Our Digital Kampong (Ubi Kayu) – Virtual Tour with Lee Sze-Chin & Moses Si
  Facilitator at Arts&Health Festival 2021, JurongHealth, Singapore

• Augmenting Therapeutic Spaces through Digital Processes
  Lecturer for Art Therapy International Forum & Lecture Series, Central Academy of Art of Fine Arts China, Beijing, China

• Art Therapy Practice in Community Settings
  Guest lecturer for LASALLE College of the Arts Masters in Art Therapy Programme Group Training, Singapore

• Augmenting Therapeutic Spaces through an understanding of Art Therapy Theories and Techniques
  Lecturer for Playshop International Collaborative Design Curriculum, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

• VR Time Capsule: Kampong Ubi Kayu
  Co-artist for Digital Presentation Grant Project, National Arts Council, Singapore

• Reframing Care with Creativity: Perspectives from Singapore
  Panelist at The Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference 2021, UK

• Telerehab Palliative Joint Music and Art Therapy Session
  Co-presenter at Music Therapy Day 2021: Snapshots of Music Therapists at work in Singapore, Singapore

• 2488—A 360-degree VR Short Film by Ling Nah Tang
  360°/VR Cinematographer for Digital Presentation Grant Project, National Arts Council, Singapore

• National Gallery Singapore Chinese Virtual Tour Package
  Videographer / Editor for Chinese Virtual Tour Project for National Gallery Singapore, Singapore

 

2020

• When Words Fail: Journeying alongside Dementia through Art and Metaphor
  Co-facilitator for online workshop (part of "we are not going back, we are coming around", The Substation's programme for “Proposals for Novel Ways of Being”)

• Perspectives: Telerehab Palliative Joint Music and Art Therapy Session
  Co-presenter at Australian Music Therapy Association National Virtual Conference 2020

• A Career in Healthcare (Art Therapy)
  Guest lecturer for CHIJ St Joseph’s Convent Education and Career Guidance Programme 2020, Singapore

• Art Therapy Practice in Community Settings
  Guest lecturer for LASALLE College of the Arts Masters in Art Therapy Programme Group Training, Singapore

• Using Expressive Arts in Working with Youth
  Workshop facilitator for Trybe, Singapore

• Virtual Jalan Jalan
  Co-facilitator for NAC Silver Arts 2020 Virtual Tour at the National Gallery Singapore

• The Virtual Gallery: In Conversations with Lee Sze-Chin and the National Gallery Singapore
  Panelist for Arts and Ageing Forum 2020: Engaging Seniors in a Digital Era, Singapore

• Art and Accessibility
  Panelist for ACM Conversations Webinar, organized by Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore

• Video Conferencing for the Art Classroom
  Guest lecturer for in-service presentation at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Singapore

• Co-Canvas with Lee Sze-Chin (SYFgoesOnline)
  Facilitator for Ministry of Education Singapore Youth Festival 2020 Online Workshops, Singapore

• National Gallery Singapore Art Tutorials
  Instructional video creator for National Gallery Singapore’s Education Digital Initiatives, Singapore

• SilverGood- FB Live for Seniors
  Co-organiser for online programme for older adults, Singapore

 

2019

• Singapore Cancer Society @ Affordable Art Fair
  Workshop co-facilitator at Affordable Art Fair 2019, Singapore

• An Introduction to Art Therapy
  Presenter at Affordable Art Fair 2019, Singapore

• Augmented Safe Spaces: Exploration of Immersive Reality Experiences in Art Therapy
  Workshop co-facilitator at the American Art Therapy Conference 2019, Kansas City, U.S.A.

• Navigating Identities within Arts in Health: Collaborative Art and Art Therapy Practice
  Co-presenter for “An Art Therapist’s Calling: Clinician, Artist, Researcher” Exhibition Talk, organized by Art Therapists’ Association Singapore and held at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

• Paper Marbling: Connecting with Ourselves and Our Peers
  Workshop facilitator for workplace wellness experiential at Singapore Cancer Society, Singapore

• Navigating Identities within Arts in Health: Collaborative Art and Art Therapy Practice
  Co-presenter for International Art Therapy Practice/Research Conference, London

• Art Therapy in Dementia Care: Treatment Goals and Targeted Interventions
  Presenter for in-service presentation at SLH, Singapore

• Self-care
  Presenter and Workshop facilitator for workplace wellness in-service presentation and experiential at Singapore Cancer Society, Singapore

• Virtually Home in the Metaverse
  Presenter for Noise Metaverse talk (Noise Singapore) at *SCAPE, Singapore

• Noise Metaverse (Noise Singapore)
  Artist-mentor for Noise Metaverse held at *SCAPE, Singapore

• Digital International Creative Arts Therapies Symposium (DICATS) 2019
  Co-organiser and host for the Singapore Hive held at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

 

2018

• Introduction to Music and Art Therapy (SLH)
  Co-presenter for in-service presentation at SLH, Singapore

• Virtually Home: Honoring, Celebrating and Building Stories through Physical and Digital Media
  Workshop facilitator at the American Art Therapy Conference 2018, Miami, U.S.A.

• Engaging Seniors Through the Arts and New Digital Approaches
  Panellist for Arts in Eldercare Seminar 2018,Singapore

• Makan
  Facilitator of patient artworks created during art  therapy sessions, Arts&Health Festival 2018,  JurongHealth Campus, Singapore 

• Culture of Care in the Art Classroom
  Workshop facilitator at Singapore Teachers'  Academy for the aRts (STAR), Singapore

• Art Therapy at St Luke's Hospital (SLH)
  Presenter and facilitator for in-service presentation and experiential workshop at SLH, Singapore

• AIC-NAC Arts Residency Programme
  Workshop facilitator for Visual Arts Residency in the Community Care Sector, Singapore

• Exploring Self-Identities Through Creative Expression-based Approaches
  Workshop facilitator at Nourish Arts Therapy and   Wellbeing Conference 2018, Phnom Penh,   Cambodia

 

2017

• Art-based Supervision: Supported by Response Art and Technology at Home and Abroad
  Co-Presenter at the American Art Therapy Conference 2017, Albuquerque, U.S.A.

• REmixed: Exploratorium and Digital Media Open Studio
  Workshop co-facilitator at the American Art   Therapy Conference 2017, Albuquerque, U.S.A.

• An Introduction to Art Therapy
  Guest Presenter at National Institute of Education  (NIE), Singapore

• Virtually Home Project Sharing
  Presenter at Arts in Eldercare Seminar 2017, Singapore

• Bridging hearts and minds: Connecting with ourselves and our peers through art therap
  Workshop facilitator at Arts&Health Festival 2017, JurongHealth, Singapore

• Singapore Youth Festival 2017 Art Exhibition – Artist and Space
  Co-curator of exhibition for student artists, Ministry of Education, Singapore

• Communicating and Connecting with Ourselves, Our Peers and Our Workplace
  Workshop facilitator for administrative staff at HCI EAS-STAGE 2017, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore

• An Introduction to Art Therapy
  Presenter at Continuing Education Programme (CEP) lecture for staff at St. Luke’s Hospital, Singapore

• Connecting Emotionally with Our Students: A Workshop for Art Teachers
  Workshop facilitator at Singapore Teachers'   Academy for the aRts (STAR), Singapore

 

2016

• Interactive Digital Media for Stimulating Discussion in Group Therapy
  Co-presenter at Expressive Therapies Summit 2016, New York City, USA

• Sharing Spaces and Stories: A Cross-Cultural Creative Expression-based Men’s Grou
  Presenter at ANZATA Symposium 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand

• Exploring Self-Identity: Walking, Talking, and Acting like a ________.
  Workshop facilitator at IATA Conference 2016, Chicago, USA

• Aijo
  Co-presenter for mental health workshop at   Argosy University, Chicago, USA

• (Re)Mixing Identities
  Guest presenter at Materials / Media in Art Therapy Class, SAIC, Chicago, USA

• Sharing Spaces and Stories: A Cross-Cultural Creative Expression-based Men’s Grou
  Presenter at OATA / CATA Conference 2016, Toronto, Canada

• Multi-hyphenates 
  Co-presenter at lecture for Singapore International School (Hong Kong), Hong Kong

• Introduction to Art Therapy 
  Workshop facilitator at Assumption Pathway   School for secondary school teachers in the West Zone, Singapore

• Sharing Spaces and Stories: A Cross-Cultural Creative Expression-based Men’s Group
  Co-presenter at Introduction to Art Therapy Class, SAIC, Chicago, USA

• Art Fairs in Asia
  Co-presenter at workshop for The Next Art Hubs Symposium 2016, SAIC, Chicago, USA

• Aijo
  Co-presenter at Creative Digital Media in Therapeutic Processes Symposium 2016, Chicago, USA

• Sharing Spaces and Stories: A Cross-Cultural Creative Expression-based Men’s Group
  Co-presenter at Institute for Therapy Through the Arts Creative Arts Therapy Conference, Evanston, USA

 

2015

• The Presence of An Animal Other in Art
  Co-moderator at Creature Comforts Panel, SAIC, Chicago, USA

• The Supervisory Relationship: Exploring the Use of Video as an Adjunctive Tool in Art Therapy Supervision
  Presenter at IATA Conference 2015, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, USA

• Graduate Panel Discussion: Trauma
  Panelist at discussion organized by SAIC Student Art Therapy Association, SAIC, Chicago, USA

• My Artist – Art Therapist Identity
  Guest presenter at MAAT Group Interview Day, SAIC, Chicago, USA

• Art Therapy in a Medical Setting
  Guest presenter at Introduction to Art Therapy Class, SAIC, Chicago, USA

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Select Press / Media Coverage

2021

• 家属无法探访, 社区医院带年长病人虚拟出游
  by洪维昱, 8 World News, Singapore (Sep 30, 2021)

• How art therapy can help us heal
  by Charmaine Baylon, The Super Charmed Life, Singapore (Jan 11, 2021)

2020

• How can art enhance social, emotional, and psychological wellbeing?
  Interview by Eugene Loh, CNA938, Singapore (Sep 10, 2020)

• Art on a digital platter: Seniors appreciating and creating art amid Covid-19
  by Olivia Ho, The Straits Times, Singapore (Aug 25, 2020)

• Silver Arts festival goes digital this September with concerts, workshops and more: Engaging seniors through online activities across languages and dialects
  by Sharmaine Loh, SG Magazine (Aug 25, 2020)

• How Is Engaging In Arts And Crafts Beneficial For Seniors?
  by Agency for Integrated Care, AIC with You, Singapore (Jun 17, 2020)

• Freelancers get creative with work
  by Malavika Menon and Prisca Ang, The Straits Times, Singapore (Mar 31, 2020)

• 音乐乐学校网上教学, 社区医院视频连线进行音乐美术治疗[科技一点通]
  by吴俪欣, Channel 8 News, Singapore (Mar 15, 2020)

2018

• Patients create works with artists for hospitals
  by Ong Sor Fern, The Straits Times, Singapore (Nov 27, 2018)

• 失智非末日
  by 陈映蓁, Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, Singapore (Sep 11, 2018)

• Arts in Eldercare
  Channel News Asia Interview, Singapore (Sep 6, 2018)

• 美术治疗让病患找回自尊
  by 杨漾, Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, Singapore (Apr 3, 2018)

2015

• The Art of Connection
  by Frances Dorenbaum

2005

• The Durian Stall
  by Siew Kah Yoh

2004

• Singapore's Fleeting Past
  by Emily Chua

 

Select Published Work

2022

• Navigating Identities within Arts in Health in Singapore (Book Chapter)
  Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health, edited by Val Huet and Donna Betts, U.K. and U.S.A.

2021

• Stop, Look, A-Go-Go!
  National Arts Council, Singapore

• How Art Therapy Helps Seniors, According To An Art Therapist
  Article for mosAIC, Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore

2020

• Immersive Media as a Modality for Live Multi-Site Virtual Conference
  Ramakrishnan A., Lee S.C., Wood, M., Hankinson S., Choe N.S., Jushchyshyn N., & Carlton N. (in press)
  INTED2020 Proceedings, Valencia, Spain

• Makan Time; My Home, My Kampong; Rolling Good Times Activity Booklets
  Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore

2019

• Impacting Communities Through the Arts II: 12 More Case Studies of Arts Engagement in Singapore
  National Arts Council, Singapore

2018

• magic mARkers
  National Arts Council, Singapore

• Lights, Camera, Action! Creative Storytelling with Digital Photography in SPARKS! Art for Wellness Toolkit
  Agency for Integrated Care and National Arts Council, Singapore

2017

• Virtually Home
  National Arts Council, Singapore

2015

• The Supervisory Relationship: Exploring the Use of Video as an Adjunctive Tool in Art Therapy Supervision
  Flaxman Library, SAIC, Chicago, USA