Welcome to our Aesthetics Microsite! 😊
This site is intended to support our ongoing Art and Music lessons in the school, with the aim of making Art and Music come alive at Zhangde.
Do visit this site often to get updates of what's up in school or in the Art and Music world. You can also post your ideas and suggestions here!
Announcements
Art For the Heart Art Competition 2024
Contest Period: Now till 8 Sept 2024 (Sunday) 11.59pm
Stand to win attractive prizes worth up to $170!
Calling for artists of all levels to join! In conjunction with World Heart Day (29 September), the Singapore Heart Foundation is excited to invite all students to showcase their creativity through an initiative, Art for the Heart, featuring traditional 2D artworks.
To do:
Create an artwork that embodies the theme: Feed Your Heart, Nourish Your Art.
Write a short write-up about your artwork.
Upload them in the form here.
Participants are encouraged to create an artwork that aligns with this theme by showcasing the connection between nutritious food choices and a healthier heart. Do creatively show how a well-balanced diet gives both physical well-being and artistic expression.
Theme for 2024: Feed Your Heart, Nourish Your Art
Judging Criteria:
1. Relevance to Theme: Effectiveness of the artwork in capturing the theme of eating well for a healthy heart.
2. Information and Impact: Ability to convey the message about healthy eating and heart health through visual arts.
3. Design and Visual Appeal: Effective use of colours and art elements/techniques.
4. Compliance to Guidelines: Adherence to the contest rules and submission requirements. (e.g., permitted art mediums, and submission format).
Find out more here.
What's On Around Us
Check out the Art and Music activities around us!
SYF CELEBRATIONS 2024 @ GARDENS BY THE BAY
Supertree Grove and Flower Dome
Fri 28 June: 2.00 pm - 7.45 pm
Sat 29 June: 11.00 am - 7.15 pm
Our School Choir will be performing on 29 June at 5.30pm!
The SYF Celebrations provides a platform for student performers to demonstrate their passion in dance, drama and music and to engage with the community through the arts. It also offers opportunities for students to collaborate with local artists and practitioners to further develop artistic skills and dispositions.
Find out more here.
Radin Mas Caterpillar Award 2024
To support gifted children and youths in developing their talents in the fields of Arts, Music or Sports, there will be an award of up to S$2,000 in value per recipient. (Note: the award will not be cash award, but will be in the form of financial support, such as coach fees, or purchase of musical instrument for the successful applicants)
Eligible applicants:
Singapore Citizens only, residing in Radin Mas Constituency
Age: 18 years old and below
Household salary: Gross Household Income of not more than $15,000.00 or Per Capita Income of not more than $3,500.00.
Applicants will go through 2 rounds of interviews with us, whereby we will assess their interest, eligibility and the talents in their chosen fields.
Click here to learn more: https://form.gov.sg/619a30577fe4fc001485cdae
Paint It Forward Art Jam
11 to 16 Jun 2024
@ Tiong Bahru Plaza Level 1, Pop Up Space
Get ready to unleash your creativity and art jam for a good cause at Paint It Forward!
Co-create art to celebrate inclusiveness and support the aspirations of persons with disabilities. Make a donation of $10 per participant to art jam on specially designed canvases created by five talented artists on the autism spectrum from The Art Faculty.
Sign up to receive a $25 goodie bag including a $5 FRx Gift Card, painting kit and shopping vouchers!
Find out more and sign up here.
iLight Singapore
Sustainable Festival
Now On till 23 June
Weekday & Sunday
Opening Hours: 7.30 - 11pm
Fridays and Saturdays:
7.30 - 12am
First held in 2010, i Light Singapore showcases light art installations created by Singaporean and international artists. These artworks are designed with energy-saving lightings and/or environmentally-friendly materials to encourage festival goers and the general public to adopt sustainable habits in their everyday lives. The Festival also features a diverse range of fringe activities for visitors to enjoy, bringing vibrancy to public spaces in our city centre.
Find out more here.
Music Oasis by Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO)
Sat 29 Jun, 6pm
@ Singapore Botanic Gardens, Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage
Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) is back for a mesmerizing concert at Singapore Botanic Gardens this June! Under the baton of Associate Conductor Moses Gay, enjoy the enchanting blend of traditional and contemporary repertoires in the heart of nature, such as, Festive Celebrations, The Great Wall Capriccio, Song of the Herdesmen, Dance of the Yao Tribe and many more! Let SCO’s captivating melodies teleport you to a world of musical wonders, beneath the lush green canopy.
Find out more here.
Locus Amoenus
by Ryan Villamael (Philippines)
18 Jan – 7 Jul 2024 (All Day)
@ Esplanade Concourse
Join the artist in the world created: A pastoral paradise within Esplanade Concourse—with the vision that standing beneath the intricately-cut latticework might remind the observer of being in a greenhouse.
Find out more about the event here.
Wax and Wane (Visual Arts)
Ongoing till 17 Nov 2024
@ Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade
Find out more about this art exhibit here.
Port/raits of Tanjong Pagar: Encounters with Art in the Neighbourhood
Ongoing till 9 Mar 2025
@ Various Locations in Tanjong Pagar
Find out more about this art exhibit here.
View the photos taken at the Exhibition!
Click the following link to visit the art gallery online: https://www.syf.gov.sg/art-exhibition/the-online-gallery-2023
Click here link to see students' thoughts about art written on postcards.
Singapore Youth Festival Art Exhibition 2023
SYF 2023 Art Exhibition OPENING_GLIMPSE.mp4Featured Zhangderen Artisans
Our Oh Meng Rui's (P3G) origami with self-made designs & his sketches!
Rachael (P3I)'s fish origami using a recycled red packet!
Justin (P4G)'s superhero drawing! To improve on it, we can blend the colouring to make it smoother and add shadows!☺️
Benjamin (P3I)'s anime drawing with shading and shadows!
Yuki Low (P5E)'s cutesy cartoon drawings!
Cayden (P5E)'s pen sketch of superheros and an alternate universe!
Student Artists @ Work!
CAT (Creative Arts Time) Programme (2024)
Our Musicians - Keyboard, Ukulele, STOMP (2024)
Little Musicians' Music Making Session
P4 Museum-Based Learning Trip to the National Gallery of Singapore (2024)
Our Artists - Chinese Painting, Ceramics, Manga Drawing (2024)
P1 & P2 Little Artisans
Singapore Youth Festival Art Exhibition 2023
Interesting Online Activities
Get Quizzical with SAM!
Join us at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) in this fun quiz and collect bonus items to create an artwork at the end!
You can learn about the artworks from SAM's Learning Gallery - showing Art in Singapore and Southeast Asia, such as Contemporary Art!
There are exciting quizzes, fill-in-the-blanks, artwork making and many more.
Start playing the game here!