STAR-POST (Art) January 2019 Jan. 2019 | Page 72

Contemporary Art Practices in Schools! (CAPS!) STAR’s milestone programme -- Contemporary Art Practices in Schools! (CAPS!), is a week-long programme which comprises of an artist’s talk and a series of workshops or open studio sessions. CAPS! allowed our art teachers to experience contemporary inquiry-based approaches to artmaking, through the investigation of ideas, materials, and technical processes. Contemporary artists working in different areas of expertise -- 2D, 3D, Media and Curating, were invited to mentor our teacher- participants over the course of the five days. 72 The following workshops were successfully concluded in November 2018: 1. 2. 3. 4. Painting with Colours by Ng Woon Lam Express with Tape by SPREAD Print with Me by Eitaro Ogawa and Tamae Iwasaki Curating by Tan Shir Ee CAPS! provided a wonderful opportunity for our teachers to renew and refresh their role as learners and practitioners of art. The following reflective notes by teacher-participants reveal how they find new energy and excitement in their artmaking. 73