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Creative exercises by artist-educators

This section consists of creative exercises by artist-educators across geographies, addressing specific urgencies in education. These materials are designed to inspire educators with innovative perspectives on contemporary art for different educational settings.

Fri, 22 Dec 2023

Illustration in Speculative Storytelling | Asia Art Archive Illustration Research Toolkit

Wong Wing Shan Pat develops a series of experimental illustration exercises that involve delving into AAA's archival materials to explore and construct an alternative history through storytelling.

Thu, 12 Jan 2023

Synaesthetic Representation of Art

Anthony Gandolfo Miranti explores how art access can be extended to PVI (persons with visual impairment) as part of a taught art engagement.

Thu, 15 Dec 2022

Sumur, Dapur, Kasur

Omnispace encourages homemakers through a series of workshops, exploring how art and archiving can be connected to their daily care work, as well as help them find meaning.

Thu, 27 Oct 2022

(Re)Mapping My Own Backyard

Czar Kristoff guides users to work with present-day technologically mediated tools to map and document their neighbourhoods through a personal lens.

Thu, 27 Oct 2022

Stitching History

Artist exercise from Ponnapa Prakkamakul aims to introduce performance art as a creative placekeeping strategy for the community.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022

Drawing Words

Joey Chin studies the visuality of handwriting in archives, and the varied ways in which words can communicate.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022

Tracing Landscape and Materials

Anga Art Collective guides learners to attune to natural environments and ecological concerns of the present.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022

Building Personal Ties with Art Archives

Lam Wing Sze offers students a series of hands-on exercises related to art archives

Fri, 19 Feb 2021

Learning at Home | Trash to Treasure

Nikita Teresa Sarkar encourages changes in attitudes and habits towards waste through a series of design thinking exercises

Fri, 29 Jan 2021

Learning at Home | Where Am I

Murlosky explores the relationship between the body and the virtual space, and the idea of unusualness through visual means

Fri, 24 Jul 2020

Learning at Home | Working in Parts to Create Together

Mariam Ghani proposes creative online activities for teachers and students to work collaboratively during isolation

Tue, 7 Jul 2020

Learning at Home | OUTOORS<>INDOORS: Exploring Landscape from Home

Sanchayan Ghosh explores landscape in relation to interiors and the outdoors

Tue, 16 Jun 2020

Learning at Home | On Risk, Caretaking, and Safety

Hồng-Ân Trương proposes a series of activities around storytelling that emphasises empathy and collectivity

Thu, 28 May 2020

Learning at Home | What Did I Clean Today?

Nilanjana Nandy explores personal, gender, and social issues around the act of cleaning

Mon, 18 May 2020

Learning at Home | Think Time

Chang Yuchen explores the notion of time with a series of reflective activities inspired by different artworks

Tue, 5 May 2020

Learning at Home | Our Distance from Nature (Pandemic Edition)

Lo Lai Lai introduces a series of home farming activities and encourages students to contemplate their relationship with nature

Tue, 5 May 2020

Learning at Home | Paper Ripping—A Therapeutic Pen Pal Project

Pak Sheung Chuen introduces an alternative way of communication through shapes, colours, and digits

Thu, 16 Apr 2020

Learning at Home | Experiments with Zines

Beatrix Pang introduces zine-making as a way to record our observations, feelings, and thoughts

Thu, 12 Mar 2020

Learning at Home | Connecting the Pieces of Everyday Life

Kith Tsang Tak Ping encourages students to rethink their daily habits

Thu, 12 Mar 2020

Learning at Home | People and Things at Home

Tang Kwok Hin explores home as a source of inspiration for art making