Posts Tagged ‘Museum & Exhibits’
Celebrate Philippines
At the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore, one gets to know the culture and civilisations of the different parts of Asia. One can enjoy the ancient and valuable display pieces/artefacts, rich in Asian’s cultural and historical values, at the galleries here …… and the best thing is without having to step out of Singapore.
Asian Civilisations Museum, resting along the peaceful river bank of Singapore River, at Empress Place
As the Asian Civilisations Museum was featuring the special programme on “Celebrate Philippines” ….yes! with free admissions to galleries, goodie bags, free ice cream, cooking demonstrations of Filipino’s delicacies, and free exciting performances and fun for the family….on last weekend (unfortunately special performances only for two days), we naturally made our way there with my mom! It was an eye-opener as we got closer to the exquisite displays in the galleries and the kids definitely were not bored as they were kept occupied by the dances and Filipino martial arts performance. My mom was awed by the religious artefacts.
The special exhibition on “Land of the Morning: The Philippines and its People” is still on at the Museum till 10 Jan 2010. For more details about the museum and the special exhibitions, you may visit http://www.acm.org.sg.
We had an educational trip for both ourselves, the kids and my mom and it was definitely a half day well-spent:)
Costumes Display…..
Squeezing for a photoshot in Filipino traditional costumes
Spanish Bolera Dances
Cooking Demonstrations
Brendan enjoying his ice-cream from Philippines. I must say the jackfruit and mango ice-creams tasted really good! There are mango and jackfruit pieces in them!
Singapore Art Exhibition
Singapore Art Museum was one of the places where we had our wedding photographs taken and I still have a nostalgic feeling over the place. Since Singapore Art Exhibition, “Art Buffet Singapore”, is held at the Singapore Art Museum from 22 August to 18 October 2009, we brought the boys to view the art exhibits at Singapore Art Museum. It has been a long time since I last visited an art exhibition and it would be in support of Singaporean’s art and creative works.
[Details: For the Art Buffet Singapore, artists from all disciplines can submit their works based on 12 themes which include Body, Craft, Food, Material, Ritual, Spectrum, Signs, Gesture, Time, Space, Order and Humour. The winning submission will be awarded a Prize in the form of S$50,000 grant which can be used for professional or capability development.]
Actually, before we went, I was uncertain about the kids’ interests over art exhibits or whether they have the patience to go round with papa and mommy enjoying others’ works. Errr….. I was half right because while Brendan at least showed a little interest by asking some questions, Darren was probably more excited to post for his personal photos. The kids’ understandings of art are minimal. To them, art means mainly the pictures that they have drawn and also handmade gifts that they have made. It is no wonder that they do not understand how the exhibits, which include photography works, gadgets built and space set-up, are parts of the exhibitions.
It certainly needs much creativity, good imaginations and skills to be an artist. The contributors of the submissions have certainly put in good efforts.
4 Comments »
