One of the most special parts of art is the ability for artists to create masterpieces that not only benefits the art world, but other organizations that often lack support for important causes. Singapore’s Ng Xiu Zhen is one of these special artists, creating art work that helps raise funding for a cause that is near and dear to her heart — cerebral palsy.
Ng, who has cerebral palsy, didn’t start out as a confident artist, ready to sell her works to raise money for a cerebral palsy organization. During an art class, an instructor told her to create a piece based on an orchid. Ng didn’t trust herself with the minute details that would go into such an artwork, instead painting a basic, generic flower in place of the orchid.
After much practice, however, Ng is a talented young artist, completing masterpieces of all different types of flowers in acrylic mediums and beyond. After she mastered acrylic paintings of flowers, Ng moved on to foil art and compositions made entirely of colored sand.
Her latest artwork is part of a traveling show with four other artists that was first unveiled at the W Singapore hotel. The exhibit, called “Art on the Move,” will continue to pop up at different locations around Singapore in order to raise funds for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore group, which aims to provide rehab services and job training for people afflicted with the condition.
Ng says that the show is important not only for raising awareness of cerebral palsy and funding for the Singapore alliance, but also to show other people who might not know much about the condition that people who may be considered disabled in some walks of life are more than able to perform in different aspects of life, including painting. Ng is also an accomplished para-athlete in sailing. The leader of the cerebral palsy alliance hopes that the traveling exhibition will help move people who view it to understand that those living with the condition still have hope for the things that they can do rather than despair at their limitations. All of the artists participating in the traveling show have nothing but optimism for the future and the possibilities that art presents them with.
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To learn more about the traveling art show, go to http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/travelling-art-show-to-raise-funds-for-those-with-cerebral-palsy.