Saturday 14 September 2013

Naval Base Secondary School: A Visual Arts Showcase

I had the privilege of joining NBSS for their Gala Show of SHINE at Republic Polytechnic Cultural Centre on 5 July. It was an eye opener to be part of the school's celebration of their students' achievements in visual and performing arts. Enjoy the visual narrative of the art exhibition through my lens :)
 
Here's the Ceramics Exhibition by NBSS students from Ceramics Club. I could not take my eyes off the 3D press mould tiles created because of their intriguing textural surface. I had a great time interacting with two of the student-artists, Jady and Andreas. I was impressed by their knowledge and their passion for art. Enjoy the visuals :)
                      
Some snapshots of the black-and-white photographs taken. I liked the high-key effects created and how the student-photographers captured the everyday life of the NBSS student-artists engaged in art-making.
  
Drawing and painting masterpieces by NBSS Secondary One art scholars. I am sure Siyuan from my Primary 6C art class would enjoy such art-making. I liked the diverse themes created by the student-artists.
     
Here's Vontricia sharing her art-making experiences and processes with me. I could feel her sense of pride when she described her favourite artwork - the collage. Looking forward to more works of art from you, Vontricia :)
     
A dialogue with Wang Rui Chen on his manga masterpieces. My favourite? The one made up of 4 canvas panels. I liked the background being a pair of eyes and how the masked face added an air of mystery to the character in the foreground. Keep doodling, Rui Chen :)
  
Interesting ways of portraying animals and landscapes by NBSS student-artists. Love the textural effects and the subtle humour - a flower over an elephant's head, the lollipops as horns, the butterfly wings as part of the flamingo, and more :)
        
The excited crowd waiting for entry into the theatre for the showcase of NBSS Performing Arts. I was totally in awe of the diverse talents showcased. The student-performers were awesome. I wish I was able to document these artistes in action at the theatre but it was dimly-lit.
     
Capturing the Floral Wave Helix exhibits while the other guests started their guided tour. Documenting ideas for our future batches of EDP Primary 5 pupils for their Independent Study. A shift in the way an artwork is displayed created stunning visual effects. I have picked up some invaluable tips from the unique ways the works of art were exhibited, have you :)
                 
I could see that the invited guests were equally impressed by the art exhibits during the tour of the exhibition.
                             
A booth for NBSS student-artists to be an artrepreneur and for others to own a piece of art. I absolutely loved the idea! Another idea worth exploring in EDP :)
           
A big THANK YOU to Mr Teo Song Khuang, principal of Naval Base Secondary School, for the invitation and for graciously allowing me to share the documentation on our EDP art blog. My gratitude to NBSS Senior Teachers (Art), Mrs Koh Nah Nah and Mrs Siti Anis Osman too, for their generosity in sharing about the student-artists' works of art and in providing me the guidance and advice to enhance my capacity as an art teacher. You are my inspiration :)

24 comments:

  1. Wow Naval Base Secondary has very intresting and creative artworks! i really love the way that the student artist make the ceramic sculptures! It is very creative and intresting! i also love the Floral Wave Helix! it look very lke 3D! the colours are very bright which easily attracts peoples eyes! All the other artworks were intresting and unique too! especially the eys artwork which made up of 4 panels!Hope one day will be able to learn from them!


    Ng Jia Xuan 5E

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    1. I love the Floral Wave Helix too, Jia Xuan! It is an interesting way of presenting a work of art. Art does not end with the making of it :)

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  2. Wow! The artworks really look fantastic. I like the vase which have a mixture of blue, white and purple because it looks like paint dripping from the top of the vase.

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    1. I love the ceramic works too, Jesslyn. Andreas' vase (the purple one) attracted me because of the dripping effects too. I like the randomness and was amused to see the glaze done inside-out too. We usually see glazing done on the outer surface. 'Inner beauty' can be intriguing too :)

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  3. Wow Naval Base Secondary has really intresting and creatice art works!I really love the ceremics scultures!It is very intresting! I also the artist master piece!I especially love the eye made up of 4 panels!It is very intresting!I also like the Floral Wave Helix!It uses very bright colours to attract people's attention!All the other art works were creative too!I really hope that they can make more intresting artworks!I will surely take a look of their artworks again!

    Ng Jia Xuan 5E

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  4. Naval Base Secondary School teaches art in a very interesting way. I like the colorful artworks created by the students which can brighten one's day.

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    1. Which artworks do you like the most? I love the anime (Japan Animetion) painting done by one of the pupils as I have a certain interest in drawing them. *-*

      ~Chrissie Anne

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  5. Wow!!Naval Base Sec Sch artworks are so cool n interesting.I like the way they do the artworks.The students looks like an artist as their artworks are cool enough

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    1. I like the strips of paper that made up the flower that was hanging from the wall . It was really creative . I would never have thought of that


      -Jerome (5C)

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  6. Simply amazing! The painting cut out creating a 3D effect was the best in my opinion. I think we could create more stuff using this method like making the 3D effect using other materials. I think the secondary students have a bright future ahead of them. It would be great if we had the chance to do so, may i request we start more secondary work in our school?

    -Glendon Tan
    5C

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  7. Quite creative.I like the ceramic part as it is very colorful and i wonder how they put the coloring.Painting?

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  8. I like Andreas Tri Kurniawan's artwork which is in the ceramics exhibition. He did the vase whic ' liquid ' seem like flowing out. I like the idea of it as it seem so real. How did he even do that?

    -Esther Wah- 5~C

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  9. I like the clay work done by Liang Hsin Jady. Her artwork is very interesting. I like the "plaits" design on the vase and the coiling at the top of it. The vase also has a very smooth texture without any humps except for the part with the coilings. I find the 3D press mould tiles very fasinating too. How did they carve all those nice patterns on it without much flaws?

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  10. I like NBSS's Artwork. Their artwork is really unique and interesting! If I went to that school, I would join the art club.

    -Thomas Wong 5C EDP

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  11. Thank you, everyone, for your comments. Keep them pouring in. Pose a question or two to provoke one another's thinking. Make your thinking visible :)
    For those who are interested in the art programme of Naval Base Secondary, you can visit it at (http://www.navalbasesec.moe.edu.sg/). Enjoy!

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  12. I like the artwork that was created by Rui Chen and his characters look so real. I like the one that have 4 canvals panels and the iron man and the gundam. The artwork that shape like a triangle lokk like a 3D artwork.

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  13. The ceramic made by Andreas is messy but it looked very nice.

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  14. WOW !!! I like the artwork which is made up of 4 canvas panels , and the pairs of eyes being the background is very intresting . I like the Floral Wave Helix exhibits the most ! When they have cut the artwork into pieces .

    yulin 5C

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  15. I like the floral wave helix, the cutting and arranging of it was rather interesting as it gives off a 3D effect.

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  16. I liked the andreas' vase because of it's color contrast and the 'dripping' effect. I find it very creative! [:-)
    I also like the floral wave helix as the cutting and arranging of it was interesting as it gives off a 3D effect.

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  17. Wow! Some of the artworks look like 3D.

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  18. I like the artwork made by Nur Dini.

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  19. I like the 3D art work (the first fer pictures) they look like flower paterns and all of them are unique.

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