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Celebrating 10 Years of
Developing Community Creatively

Harnessing the power of the arts to create dialogue,
invite social participation and build bridges across difference

Celebrating 10 Years of Developing Community Creatively

Harnessing the power of the arts to create dialogue, invite social participation and build bridges across difference

Four senior citizens having fun using rolled brown paper as trumpets. Photo Credit - Zinkie Aw

Both Sides, Now

A multi-disciplinary arts-based community programme to create awareness and opportunities for having end-of-life conversations and planning in various communities since 2013.

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The Greenhouse Lab

An action-learning programme for practitioners across disciplines and sectors interested in arts-based community development.

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Field Studies

A series of essays, explainers, and multimedia presentations on the latest developments and key issues shaping the vibrant terrain of arts-based community development.

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Programmes

Find out more about our work

In our work, we journey with partners across sectors and different communities. Through various arts-based programmes, we collectively imagine, create and innovate the changes we want to experience in society.

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Library

Discover the ingredients of arts-based community development

Our arts and cultural approach sits within the larger field of community development. Learn more about arts-based community development through various studies on our work and the wider ecosystem.

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Donate to our Wok the Talk campaign as we continue to imagine and experiment with new possibilities for social change.

Through creative and dialogic processes, we remain committed to advocating the value of the arts to foster relationships and deepen understanding on various social issues.

Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of an arts-based community development programme?

Socially-engaged artist Salty Xi Jie Ng and project assistant Stacy Huang have been working closely with eight seniors at Wellness Kampung @ 765 Nee Soon Central. They detail their reflections in our newly added Project Journal section.

Three people surrounding a table with a drawing and some colour pencils. One of them is drawing on the paper.