Making things in Singapore, for beginners and for people who want a regular practice. This section covers ceramic studios where you throw and take home, screen printing and printmaking studios and where to begin with short film. We also write about street art programmes for young people and the illustration arts festival, which marks ten years. Each guide says where to go and what to bring.
Printmaking studios in Singapore are no longer only for art school graduates. Across the island, from riverside warehouses to indie Tiong Bahru spaces, beginners can walk into a single session and walk out with a linocut print, a hand-stitched book, or a screen-printed tote bag they made entirely themselves. STPI Creative Workshop and Gallery, Robertson … Read more
Screen printing studios in Singapore are quietly changing how locals connect with hands-on art, one inked frame at a time. How to Ink: Outram Road How To Ink sits inside Concorde Shopping Centre on Outram Road, and it is one of Singapore’s most established printmaking spaces for beginners. The studio runs silkscreen printing workshops that … Read more
Short film practice in Singapore costs nothing to start when your pocket already holds a cinema-quality camera and every neighbourhood outside your door is a ready-made set. Singapore is a set waiting for you Walk through Joo Chiat on a Tuesday morning. Peranakan shophouses catch the soft light. A uncle arranges fish at a wet … Read more
Street art is turning Singapore’s July school break into something far more colourful than a rest period, as programmes across the island pull young people away from screens and onto walls. Why July is the right moment for street art Youth Day falls on the first Sunday of July each year. It is a day … Read more
Ceramic studios in Singapore have multiplied fast, and the best ones give you something most classes do not: a finished, fired piece you made yourself and take home. Why Singapore’s pottery scene is worth your time A Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts educator and ceramic artist estimates that between 30 and 40 ceramic studios have … Read more
The illustration arts fest is turning 10 this July, and its timing could not feel more urgent as artists across Asia push back against the rise of AI-generated images. How a small indie festival became a cultural landmark The illustration arts fest started in 2016, inspired by and guided by support from NoBrow and the … Read more
