Playeum at Home x Artist-in-Session
Free online workshops for ages 5 and above
We’re bringing you Playeum at Home with a twist - an exciting, come-experiment-with-artists twist!
As always, the Playeum at Home series looks at discovering different ways of experimenting, exploring, playing and creating with materials that we can find in our own homes or surroundings.
In the upcoming sessions, Artists Ranae Lee-Nasir and Isabelle Desjeux join us for our Playeum at Home online workshops that are FREE for all children aged 5-12 this November and December on Zoom Webinar.
Come join them as they take us through their world and introduce us to different ways of exploring art and more!
While its not absolutely compulsory, we do encourage for all child(ren) to join both parts of the workshop series :-) If you can only make it for one, that's okay too! Kindly pre-register your interest below and the Zoom details will be sent to you. Find out more about the workshops and what to prepare before joining below.
Artist-in-Session Calendar
Two-part series workshops
November
December
Exploring Paper (Run #1)
with Artist Ranae Lee-Nasir
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Part 1: Paper Paint Party
Tuesday, 3 November, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Part 2: Building with Paper
Tuesday, 10 November, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Home-made Photography 101
with Artist Isabelle Desjeux
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Part 1: What makes a photograph?
Friday, 4 December, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Part 2: Build your own camera obscura!
Friday, 11 December, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Hevealogy (Study of Rubber Trees)
with Artist Isabelle Desjeux
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Part 1: Welcome to the Observatory
Friday, 20 November, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Part 2: What do you see(d)?
Friday, 27 November, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Exploring Paper (Run #2)
with Artist Ranae Lee-Nasir
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Part 1: Paper Paint Party
Monday, 14 December, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
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Part 2: Building with Paper
Tuesday, 15 December, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Due to the capacity limit of Zoom Webinar, we'll also be streaming the session live on our Facebook page. If you prefer to access it via Zoom, please register with us through the links below and we'll send you the link :)
Playeum at Home x Ranae Lee-Nasir​​
Exploring Paper!
Part One: Paper Paint Party
Part Two: Building with Paper
Though simple, paper is a wonderful and easily-manipulated material - it’s flexible, versatile and can be transformed into all sorts!
What else can we do with paper? Let’s explore! Artist Ranae invites children to work with paper, explore some cool paper tricks plus its many uses. In this two-part workshop series in November & December, we’ll be looking at paper as a tool for printing and as well as how it can be used to build 3D structures.
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Run #1: Tuesday, 3 & 10 November, 5:00pm to 5:45pm OR
Run #2: Monday & Tuesday, 14 & 15 December, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
What you'll need:
Part One: Paper Paint Party
1) Paper to print on (a4 size + larger sheet)
2) Used/scrap paper to use as a tool
3) Rubber bands
4) A tray/paper plate for ink
5) Paint (any kinds)
6) Scissors
Part Two: Building with Paper
1) Paper from previous session (or any types!)
2) Rubber bands
3) Glue (liquid/stick)
4) Sticky tape/double-sided tape
5) Scissors
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Playeum at Home x Isabelle Desjeux
Hevealogy (study of Rubber Trees)
Part One: Welcome to the Observatory
Part Two: What do you see(d)?
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Part 1: Welcome to the Observatory - Friday, 20 November, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
Things are about to get he-avy/hevea in this two-part series with artist Isabelle! Join Isabelle as she takes us on a LIVE walk-through tour of her studio l’Observatoire, from the comfort of our own home.
From her hevea-related artifacts (rubber pods, rubber seeds, rubber seedlings, rubber-anything - you name it!) to microscopes, lab drawings and more, come get curious and wander along with us as we take a peek into some of Isabelle’s amazing artworks on display, and dive into the study of beautiful rubber trees.
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Part 2: What do you see(d)? - Friday, 27 November, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
We may have seen some rubber trees around Singapore (or learned about it a little at Isabelle’s previous session), but there’s more to it than we know. Part two of the HEVEALOGY series explores the finer, deeper intricacies of rubber seeds! This session looks at the fascinating patterns that rubber seeds create and how you can set up your own exploration for it at home.
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Scroll down for list of items you'll need :-)
Home-made Photography 101
Part One: What makes a photograph?
Part Two: Build your own camera obscura!
Part 1: What makes a photograph? - Friday, 4 December, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
What happens when you take a photograph? What goes on inside the camera and how are images formed? Artist Isabelle takes us on a virtual tour of her studio and shows us her specially-built tools that will give you an idea of what happens in the process of taking photos. She shares tips and ideas on taking old-fashion photographs with materials easily available around us and more.
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Part 2: Build your own camera obscura! - Friday, 11 December, 5:00pm to 5:45pm
As a continuation from part one, we further our exploration of photography and take a look at what others have tried and created thus far! Children will be invited to play with ways of making their own camera obscura and other fun tricks using simple optics.
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Scroll down for list of items you'll need :-)
What you'll need:
HEVEALOGY
Part One & Two:
1) Paper
2) Pencil
3) Your curious minds :-)
4) Observation glasses :-)
Home-made Photography 101
Part One:
1) Leave
2) Plastic sheets OR Photo frames
3) Coloured paper
4) Coloured fabric
5) Masking tape
6) Black Paper
7) Scissors
8) Black Marker
Home-made Photography 101
Part Two:
1) Shoebox
2) Magnifying sheets
3) Masking tape
4) Scissors
About the Artists
Ranae Lee-Nasir
Ranae Lee-Nasir is an experienced visual artist who holds a Bachelor's degree in Printmaking and a Masters of Education (Special Education). She has more than fifteen years of teaching and facilitation experience. She has conducted visual arts workshops as well as historical/cultural tours of Singapore's history and heritage to assembly talks at mainstream primary schools.
Examples of her visual art workshops are drawing, painting, printmaking and mix-materials exploration for children and youth, including persons with special needs. Recently, she has conducted similar workshops for teachers who later transfer their learning in their classrooms. Since 2015, she has participated in community-led visual arts workshops because these interactions with persons from different communities through art making can empower each individual in multiple aspects of life.
Isabelle Desjeux
Isabelle Desjeux is a Singapore-based artist and researcher. Using her training in Molecular Biology, she creates new kinds of scientific method-based artworks. Workingclosely with scientists, she encourages others to cross the divide and take on the role of scientist in her interventions, whether in a class, during a workshop, or as part of an installation. As such her work has often been labelled as participatory, with “experiment” being a strong part of her practice.
She received her MAFA from Lasalle (2011), was the recipient of the French-Singapore New Generation Artist (2011), and of a Lasalle Research Fellowship (2017). Her work has been exhibited in museums across Singapore, in Japan and USA. She teaches regularly across disciplines from pre-school to post-graduate level, and currently runs a residency space in a pre-school, inviting artists to experiment and let children into their processes.
