The same art festival that featured murals as tall as residential buildings drew to a close with projects that were more accessible to residents of all ages.
The family-friendly event featured hands-on activities that included making arts and crafts projects all with the theme of showing love for Singapore as a part of its 50th birthday. These projects ranged from making stamps to decorating carry-all bags and taking fun photos in the photo booth available at the festival.
One of the biggest projects over a hundred participants undertook was the decorating of about ten cardboard houses that were big enough for a small child to duck into. Each house was painted with whatever the artist had in mind for what made a house a home. One house was cheerfully decorated with bright green paint and featured vivid flowers, snails, hearts, and butterflies. Another house had a dark blue background, but with highly contrasting teal vines, a rainbow, and much more. The houses were part of an installation art exhibition showing the differences each resident believed about their own homes. The end result is, of course, that though each home was different, the sense of being home is always the same.
This festival was one of many that had taken place to help celebrate the artistic community right alongside Singapore’s 50th birthday. Throughout the course of the PAssionArts Festival, nearly a quarter million residents have taken part in everything from photo shows to attending live music concerts. One of the organizing officials for the culminating event said that it was a way for participants to show their affection and appreciation for Singapore’s rich history, wonderful present, and exciting future. Sound gardens, carnival fairs, and other exciting events have rounded out the weekends of fun for the festival.
Though the PAssionArts Festival may have drawn to its conclusion, the art will live on through installations, exhibits, museums, and galleries across the nation. It’s likely that event, which stretched over two months in a number of different venues, has only awakened a passion for arts in all of the various residents who took part in the variety of events.
Just because one festival is over doesn’t mean you have to stop being creative and having fun with art. Keep the party going by signing up today for an art class through SGArtClass.com. If you found one type of artistic genre you were particularly interested in while attending the street festival — like arts and crafts, fabric painting, or even murals — you can continue to embrace that passion by enrolling in a similar class with teachers ready on hand to take your interest to the next level. There’s no reason to let your artistic interests fall by the wayside simply because the festival is at its end.
For more information about the activities at the festival, go to http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/residents-dabble-art-festival-draws-close.