1 – 28 Oct
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At the Museum |
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Mix of complimentary and paid programmes |
Across the month of October, take time to focus on your mental health with simple activities you can do and programmes you can take part in at ArtScience Museum.
The theme for World Mental Health Day this year is Make Mental Health & Wellbeing for All a Global Priority. We welcome everyone to come together and re-kindle our efforts to spread awareness about mental health and the importance of it. There will be opportunities to focus on the many aspects of wellbeing ranging from physical, mental and emotional health, including care for our environment.
Select from a variety of films around environmental awareness. Join drop-in activities by Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH) and listen in to an informal sharing by invited guests around art-making. Sign up for a masterclass on the joy of drawing circles with exhibiting Singaporean artist in MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing, Lee Yi Xuan. Pick up finger-knitting and learn to release your creation back to yarn form as you let go. Tap on your feelings and express it freely on a postcard.
Let us celebrate the many aspects of wellbeing as we take the opportunity to ensure mental health is a priority for everyone.
The programme is part of MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing exhibition.
8 Oct 2022, 7 Jan 2023 | 11am – 12.30pm
How do you express your feelings when there are no words to describe them? What if drawing circles could be the solution?
Led by Singaporean artist Lee Yi Xuan, the masterclass is a mindful drawing exercise where you will scratch and scribble circles on a piece of acrylic block. Apart from drawing circles – a common method used in art therapy as a mean to help one express and understand their innermost feelings on a deeper level – you will also learn more about grounding techniques, a self-soothing method using various materials.
At the end, participants will be able to enjoy a guided segment by Yi Xuan to view her work State of Mind, located in MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing. She will share more on the concept and inspiration behind the artwork.
7 Sep, 5 Oct, 4 Jan, 1 Feb | 3pm – 4.30pm
The Sun, B1
Early bird ticket discount at S$15 per participant. While stocks last!
Join us for a series of art and wellness workshops on selected Wednesdays.
The activities range from storytelling, contour drawing, dot-making and not doing anything! These art experiential sessions provide an opportunity for individuals to experience how art can serve as a form of expression based on the suggested theme. With art making, it allows one to have a greater self-awareness of their inner thoughts and emotions. Participants do not need to have any art background to join, the only requirement is curiosity and interest!
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7, 14, 21, 28 Oct | 11am - 5pm
B2 Circulation space
Complimentary on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you could express yourself on a blank postcard, how would it look like?
Write a message to someone, or pen down your thoughts for another stranger to read. We hope to extend a channel of hope for visitors to share their stories through art. What is your story? Come, share with us!
8, 9 Oct | 2pm - 5pm
Various locations in the museum
Complimentary on a first-come, first-served basis.
Take time to be anti-productive as you calm your hands and anxious mind through finger knitting.
Learn how to finger knit and at the end, you will undo your creation while releasing your emotions. Give yourself permission to slow down and experience the present through the act of ‘unmaking’. Finger Knitting is an extension from a previous collaboration with local, self-taught artist Kelly Limerick.
Sustainable nylon yarn will be provided by Shaw Contract Asia for this drop-in activity.
8 – 9 Oct | 11am – 5.30pm
B2 Circulation space
Complimentary on a first-come, first-served basis.
In collaboration with Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH), participate in activities to re-focus our thoughts and facilitate self-reflection to enhance good mental wellbeing.
Top-Up S$4 for a ArtScience at Home activity booklet with any MENTAL exhibition ticket purchase.
The activity booklet serves as a guide to help us pause and reflect as we look at a collection of rites and practices that may help us get through the day.
ArtScience at Home is ArtScience Museum’s online programme that features a line-up of virtual tours, workshops, talks, screenings, performances and more.
Scan the QR codes in the booklet to catch a talk or performance, or follow a manual of instructions for fun, hands-on activities.
How are you? You know that it’s okay to feel what you are feeling, right?
Your feelings are unique and personal.
MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing is not an exhibition about mental illness, treatments or cures. It is a welcoming place where you can confront societal bias and stereotypes around mental health. MENTAL invites you to embark on an intimate and personal journey that explores the many different ways of being, surviving and making connections, that have become of increasing importance to us all.
Amongst the many uncertainties in the current hectic society, it is always important to find a little joy, laughter, and that bit of sparkle in our eyes. Art of Being Calm is a new programme that focuses on the ABCs of finding serenity.
Join us for a series of hands-on activities to engaging discussions and explore how art tools can help us to be at peace with ourselves!
How do you express your feelings when there are no words to describe them? What if drawing circles could be the solution?