As Asia’s leading contemporary arts institution, LASALLE attracts celebrated arts practitioners from around the world to visit, collaborate and inspire.
Celebrated local and international artists, designers and creative luminaries have long made LASALLE a stop on their journey—adding to a growing legacy of visiting talent. Their presence sparks exhilarating exchanges that enrich learning for both students and faculty alike.
Events
School of Contemporary Music: Jazz and improv workshop with Alex Sipiagin
In this workshop, world-class jazz trumpeter Alex Sipiagin will share tips on expanding one’s musical vocabulary and making improvisation more natural and expressive. He will break down how to weave …
MA Asian Art Histories annual lecture with Hou Hanru: How Difficult Is Art? Art, institution, and resistance in the age of “cultural populism”
When does art become “difficult”? Indeed, art becomes “artistically meaningful” when it is brought to face and intervene in the world. This is by definition a difficult task: artists need …
Writer in Residence lecture with Xu Xi aka Sussy Komala
Join us to hear from Xu Xi 許素細, an Indonesian-Chinese author of five novels, nine collections of fiction, essays and a memoir. Xu Xi is an O’Henry Prize Story winner, …
MA Art Therapy Artist in Residence lecture: Seeing Her Stories
Dr Carla van Laar is the Artist in Residence for the MA Art Therapy programme in the School of Creative Industries from 3 to 7 February 2025. Seeing Her Stories …
Features
In conversation with: Tory Burch on the transformative power of fashion, entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment
Written by BA(Hons) Design Communication Level 3 student Nora Jo Tory Burch is a name synonymous with elegance, style and empowerment. As a highly successful fashion designer and businesswoman, she …
In conversation with: Turning Red director Domee Shi on evolving as an artist
Written by BA(Hons) Animation Art level 2 students Kenton Lam and Delcie Chen. As the animation industry reaches the pinnacle of its quest for photorealism, a new generation of creative …
What’s it like working with choreographer Bill T Jones
12 October 2016 A Letter/Singapore is a unique interdisciplinary fusion of multiple performing practices – dance, theatre, music and video – around a movement-based core. The search to break new …
In conversation with: Sammo Hung on the non-stop pursuit of hope in filmmaking
By BA (Hons) Animation Art students Grace Tan, Khoo Justen, Chen Jinyi and Kim Jinsol. Video filmed and edited by BA (Hons) Film students Arel Koh and Zachary Seak Zhen …
In conversation with: Animation storyboard artist Jeff Hong
In animator and visual artist Jeff Hong’s works, familiar fairy tale characters find themselves in disenchanting situations. The little mermaid, for instance, flops onto a beach, fins covered in crude …
In conversation with: Tiger Stripes director Amanda Nell Eu on unleashing the monster within
Earlier this year, the Puttnam School of Film & Animation welcomed award-winning Southeast Asian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu as its Artist in Residence, fresh off the Netflix premiere of her …
