I wanted an opportunity to interact with migrant workers in Singapore, understand and support them more and share my findings with others. As such I decided to focus my IB Personal Project on this. I have started teaching them art from June 2023. As per Maslow’s Law of Hierarchy, even though their physiological and safety needs ( lower down in the hierarchy) are met, many of them do not feel love, belonging and a sense of connection (higher needs) in the Singapore community. In addition, there are many other benefits of art. For an example, it improves well being; lowers down heart rate; increases creativity and gives a sense of happiness. I also believe learning art historically is only done by wealthy people, teaching art, which is my passion, is also my way of bringing social equality. Going forward I want to teach more well being related art forms like Zentangle. I also want to teach migrant workers (I believe they should be called MAKERS OF SINGAPORE ) how to paint mural and open an art studio so that MAKERS OF SINGAPORE can continue to learn and explore various art forms.
The video is about me explaining my goals for the Art Project.