Artwave Studio

01/08/2023

21/07/2023

20/04/2023

Scroll to meet each of the six creative coaches who will be guiding artists through a 1-on-1, 30 minute session to align our career to our values, overcome our inner critic, or build self-care practices into our routines.

Registration is free.

Sign up link: https://forms.gle/6USqS7iX8No39HUq6

20/04/2023

If you are looking to further your path in the arts industry or are seeking clarity around professional awareness, discovery and growth, sign up for a 30-minute coaching session where you will be paired up with a volunteer coach.

If you are unsure, and would like to learn more about what coaching is, join us for an introductory talk on the same day. If there are available slots, you may sign up to meet a coach on the spot!

Date: 29 April 2023 (Sat)
Venue: library@esplanade

11.30am - 12.00pm Introduction to Coaching

12.00pm - 12.30pm Coaching Session Slot 1 [FULLY BOOKED]

12.30pm - 1.00pm Coaching Session Slot 2 [FULLY BOOKED]

1.00pm - 1.30pm Coaching Session Slot 3

1.30pm - 2.00pm Coaching Session Slot 4 [LIMITED SPOTS LEFT]

If you have queries, or access requirements and would like to get in touch with our team, DM us or write to [email protected]

We will be revealing the 6 coaches in the next post!

06/04/2023

Are you a performer, arts manager, researcher, backstage or production crew? Looking to grow professionally, connect and collaborate?

Whether you are emerging, experienced or just starting out, we’ve got 3 curated events to choose from at this edition’s Creatives Blind Meet!

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/SNjmVgz4rXaFyf5FA

1. Arts Lovers Meet
Date: 15 April 2023 (Sat)
Time: 3 - 5pm

Meet other hobbyists and enjoy the pursuit of performance together, through a series of facilitated activities.

2. Performing Arts Practitioners Meet
Date: 16 April 2023 (Sun)
Time: 3 - 5pm

Connect and collaborate with fellow practitioners in the performing arts industry through prompts and activities provided. Our team will match you with another artist whom we think will be great for you to meet.

3. Artist Coaching Session
Date: 29 April 2023 (Sat)
Time: 11.30am - 2pm

If you are looking to further your path in the arts industry or are seeking clarity around professional awareness, discovery and growth, sign up for a 30-minute coaching session where you will be paired up with a volunteer coach. The event will begin with a short introductory talk to coaching.

Cost: ALL events are Free of Charge.

Location: Open Stage, library@esplanade
8 Raffles Ave, #03-01, Singapore 039802

This event series is organised by Artwave, with library@esplanade as our venue partner.

12/03/2023

What does leading a creative life mean to you?

More than 60% of us thinks it’s having control over our own time.

It’s not surprising, since being inspired and creative is not tied to 9 to 5, nor a desk. Sometimes we’re out and about, visiting and talking with others, reading and researching, gathering resources and making.

We may not appear to be working all the time, but our mind is. Having control over our time is crucial to the design of our schedule and endeavours.

How do you envision having more control over how your time is spent on work?

We’ve gathered some ideas around adding rests, creative and admin days to your schedule:

- Planning your day around 1-2 projects
- Blocking off long periods of time to stay focused on one project
- Schedule your work when your energy and motivation is highest

23/02/2023

We’re in our line of work because we love it. Period.

But it doesn’t stop us from comparing ourselves with others.

We go to each other’s show, celebrate one another’s achievements yet 80% of us surveyed inevitably find it difficult to avoid comparing ourselves with others.

How can we check in and uplift each other? Who can you check in with and uplift today?

Further Reading for the curious folks, in bio: “Life is a pitch: Managing the self in new media work” by Prof Rosalind Gill

15/02/2023

We asked and you responded.

These are your Top 3 sources of inspiration!

#1 Being exposed to ideas
#2 Conversations with like-minded people
#3 Time to decompress/Daydream/Do nothing

We surveyed more than 100 of you, creatives in Singapore who attended our exhibition and events between November to December 2022. It’s been fascinating to read all of your responses and we’ll be sharing more results in the upcoming posts.

Let us know if 1, 2 or 3 is most true for you 💡

03/12/2022

We conclude the year with an online 2-part podcasting workshop with .

Participants will learn from our co-founders the basics of audio editing and create a 30 seconds trailer that’s ready for publishing!

Link in bio, or https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/introduction-to-podcasting-making-sound-waves-tickets-461625362887?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

23/11/2022

We matched pairs of creatives based on their favourite artwork and song, and they met for the first time!

Writers met musicians, illustrators met actors over tea and a menu of questions we provided.

It was sucha lovely time together, and we are looking forward to bringing more of you - creative minds, together.

If you are interested in meeting other creatives, drop us a DM or give us a follow. You may also come by to Youth Park to meet our team & assemble your own self-care kit or zine this weekend!

Fridays to Sundays:
📍25-27 Nov, 2-9pm
📍2-4 Dec, 2-9pm
Youth Park, Somerset

06/11/2022

Have you been to The Self-Compassion Lab at .sg?

You might have spotted a tactile map, braille text on the modular structures and even a guiding taped rope on the floor. These were some of the features we integrated after considering access with our consultants .sg.

Read more to find out about some of the concepts we learnt in the last few months and the amazing people we worked with!

Image description: 7 Images with pictures of Cheryl, Yuki and Hidayat. The text is quotes from Cheryl.
ID 1: A cut out of Cheryl smiling joyfully. Ice Cream with a Donut on top in her hands. Text reads “Considering Access, interview with project lead of the self-compassion lab, Cheryl Ho”
ID 2: An illustration of a calm person with rosy cheeks. Text reads: “Our Creative Industry is made up of people with and without disabilities, everyone should have access to resources which enable them to do their best work in their respective fields.”
ID 3: Photo of Yuki, Hidayat and Cheryl seated at a desk with pens, markets, snacks, and a laptop. With expression of wonder, joy and celebration on their faces. Text reads: “I worked with Hidayat, an Actor and Facilitator of Dialogue in the Dark, who brings his facilitation skills and perspective as an artist who is Blind. Yuki is an Actor and Digital Creator who, alongside Ammar Ameezy, a Dancer, Choreographer and Filmmaker, translated and recorded the Self-Compassion Audio guide in Singapore Sign Language.
ID 4: Text reads: “In our workshops, we talked about the kind of industry we wanted to see, the kind of work we wanted to do, and these conversations filtered into the final exhibition. It was important for the team and I to work alongside creatives who have lived experience of Disability and to work with Accessibility Consultants to consider multiple perspectives.” Consider Multiple Perspectives is highlighted.

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03/11/2022

[ONE WEEKEND ONLY] Find curated shelves of resources for care at work, and have conversations over coffee (on us!) at The Self-Compassion Lab .sg everyday this week from 9am to 6pm.

Date: 2 to 6, 14 to 18 November 2022
Venue: Design Orchard, Somerset

If you’re game to meet other creatives in Singapore, we have special events across November 🌟Link in bio.

ID 1: 3 people at a bookshelf browsing a book curiously
ID 2: Wide shot of the exhibition space with blurry effect to show patrons moving around the space. Drinks and food on the reception table.
ID 3: Two people smiling at each other, having conversation in front of the community canvas.
ID 4: Close up of a persons arm, doing a survey on an iPad, typing out “doing something meaningful” in response to the question “beside monetary gains, why is working in the creative field important to you?”
ID 5: Two people smiling at each other, one is holding a book, both enjoying their drink in hand.
ID 6: One person looking at a journal intently.

02/11/2022

Are you a graphic designer who wants to meet a theatre practitioner? Or a musician who wants to meet an architect?

It doesn’t matter what your creative background is, our team will match you up with another creative whom we think will be great for you to meet!

If you’re feeling a bit shy, not to worry at all, check out the rest of our events happening this November starting tonight, alongside our first exhibition The Self-Compassion Lab. Make tea, play powerpoint karaoke or meet a new creative!

ID 1: event name: “Creatives Blind Meet”. 18th November 2022 (Friday) time 8 to 9:30pm at alchemist design orchard. Two illustrated faces speaking to each other, one speaking the event details as above and the other with text that reads “The Self-Compassion Lab” with an illustrated person, with rosy cheeks, hugging themselves.

ID 2: event name: “make your own tea night.” 2 and 16 November (Wednesday) time 8 to 10pm at alchemist design orchard. An illustrated face ready to sip a warm mug with “The Self-Compassion Lab” text and same illustrated person hugging themselves.

ID 3: event name: “PowerPoint karaoke” event details 6 November (Sunday) time 8 to 9:30pm at alchemist design orchard. An illustrated face with a squeezed expression, speaking into a mike.

24/10/2022

We’re so excited to be unveiling The Self-Compassion Lab!

Between 2 to 6 & 14 to 18 Nov, come by and grab a coffee on us (available from 9am to 6pm ☕️) and be guided to discover your work habits, find useful resources and pick up tools for care in the pursuit of creative work.

The exhibition will be at Design Orchard, within the beautiful glass compound of .sg

📍FREE ADMISSION

The Self-Compassion Lab is an industry-focused exhibition around the growing conversation of work cultures grounded in care. Taking place between 2 November to 4 December 2022, the inaugural edition zooms in on the creative industry, featuring stories from young creatives, a self-compassion audio guide, resource book table and dedicated fringe events.

Powered by National Youth Council, The Self Compassion Lab is part of Somerfest, an initiative of the Realise Your Somerset Project aiming to enrich the Somerset Belt.

ID: Image is a poster. Text on top reads, “From 2 Nov, catch The Self-Compassion Lab by Artwave. Free admission.” An illustration of a calm person with rosy cheeks and hands on chest, sits on the top right corner of the poster. The text follows with three sections. The first section reads “Exhibition from the 2nd to 6th November and 14th to 18th November.” The second section reads “pop-up @ somerfest from the 25th November to 4th December. The final third section reads, “online, 1st to 30th November”. There is an illustrated image of a person listening to headphones at a cosy booth, at the bottom right hand corner of the poster.

06/10/2022

The team spent the past year studying self-compassion, asking ourselves why it’s important to our time & place, and why we are even drawn to it?

We’ve been through a whole lotta stuff like graduating from school into a pandemic, struggle with environmental responsibility, crossed countries in search of meaningful work - and in all this, discovered that without compassion and mutual support for any one of these moments in our lives, we wouldn’t have gotten through it. On a personal journey, we’ve had to unlearn how we “talk to ourselves” and pick up new mind habits to step into the best version of ourselves today. This ongoing process is… mind boggling.

Leading up to our first exhibition ever, we want to offer ways of seeing and help each other to spot life’s “mind blockers” to being kinder to oneself in this era. The first of such mind blocks is: PERFECTIONISM.

We’re not strangers to perfection.

We’re not strangers to the imperfect pieces of our lives either. Things do fail, but where does criticism for ourselves start and end?

Our Lead Facilitator shared this quote during our first session with the Youth Advisory Board for The Self-Compassion Lab: “Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It’s the pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough.” - from Julia Cameron’s The Artist's Way.

Can there be productive perfectionism? What’s the fine line between perfection and excellence?

ID: illustration with a quote, the text reads on Perfectionism, "Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It’s the pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough." from the Book ``The Artist Way" by Julia Cameron. Above the quote, there is an illustration of a small person with a peaceful smile on their face and rosy pink cheeks, arms on their chest, as if giving themselves compassion. Text above the illustration reads "The Self-Compassion Lab". An illustration of a pen on the left top corner and an illustration of a sand timer on the bottom right hand corner.

10/09/2022

Want to know more about the Youth Advisory Board (YAB)? We are committed to having diversity on our YAB! We are keen to have creative youths between 18 to 35 years old who identify as disabled to be a part of YAB. Accessibility arrangements can be discussed for your participation.

Here is a little more about the workshops:

Session One (24th September 3 to 5pm)
The Creative You
* Introductions
* Map out your Creative Life
* Take stock of your creative practice
* Reframing unhelpful beliefs

Session Two (1st October 3 to 5pm)
The Future of (your) Work
* Tackle Creative Blocks
* Design Creative Environments
* Self- Management Tools (Time, Finances, Energy)
* Experience The Self-Compassion Lab Prototype 1

Session Three (8th October 3 to 5pm)
Care Frameworks
* Embedding Care frameworks into work culture
* Best Practice Exercise
* What does Care look like?
* Support and Resources
* Experience The Self-Compassion Lab Prototype 2

The Youth Advisory Board Curriculum is subject to change, based on the interests of selected participants. Expression of Interest closes on 14th September 11:59pm.

Sign up here: tinyurl.com/artwave-yab

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05/09/2022

We are so excited call for our first ever Youth Advisory Board .studio for The Self-Compassion Lab!

If you are between 18-35 years old, interested in carving out a sustainable, creative life here in Singapore, we would like to invite you to be one of 10 youths who will join us in discussing, reflecting and participating in our biggest work yet.

Learn tools to:
• Design your own creative life
• Engage in best practices
• Understand what you look for in a work culture or environment
• Advocate for your needs to do your best work

All 10 members of the Youth Advisory Board will be featured on social media and be part of the Prototyping phase of The Self-Compassion Lab. Your feedback will inform the final experience presented at Somerset this November 2022.

Guided Sessions are held on:

• 24th September (Sat) 3-5pm
• 1st October (Sat) 3-5pm
• 8th October (Sat) 3-5pm

Location: , 2 Orchard Link, Singapore 237978

A stipend of $150 will be provided for attendance to ALL guided sessions (see dates above), with the priority to partake in other paid opportunities that may arise out of the Lab.

If you have queries and would like to get in touch with someone about your application or would like to give your response in other modes instead of our Google form (such as audio or video responses), write to [email protected].

Expression of Interest closes on 14th September 11:59pm.

Participants will be notified by 19th September if their application is successful or not.

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/GQj48aFPMD1HwTnr8

05/06/2022

We are so excited to be at Wellness Festival Singapore this week! If you need a space to collect your thoughts, reorientate yourself for the next half of the year, we are here with you 🌼

In the span of half an hour, you will be guided by our very own Cheryl Ho and soundscapes by Artwave Studio right here at Gardens by the Bay.

Feel free to bring your own journal and writing materials, enjoy the evening of the gardens and allow us to receive you with open arms!

Date: 6 June 2022
Time: 8.30pm-9.05pm
Venue: The Meadows, Gardens by the Bay

Registration is free.
Get your tickets now at https://wellnessfestivalsingapore-online.globaltix.com/attraction/reset-with-creativity-34666

18/03/2022

The WINDOW is opening very soon! Music and Sound design by Artwave.

07/03/2022

New backlogues episode out now!

01/03/2022

One of the films we worked on this year with ChongWu Koh, revolving around a character who is a musician. We got to pull our guitar chops on this one!

16/02/2022

Do we have a stronger connection to the traditional arts than we think? How do spaces interact with the way we create?

Join us for our upcoming audio trial- Artist’s Block!

Artist’s Block is an audio-guided trail by Artwave that leads you into Singapore’s traditional arts enclave, right at the heart of Waterloo Street. Created in collaboration with four traditional arts groups residing in Stamford Arts Centre, get a glimpse into the daily lives of these artists as you visit their studios and hear their stories.

This programme is organised by Arts House Limited, held at Stamford Arts Centre. Created by Artwave and Produced by The Entity.

Dates: 26, 27 Feb or 5, 6 Match
Tix: $6

Link in our bio to find out more!

13/02/2022

WE OPEN TONIGHT!

Almost a year ago, Artwave was commissioned to present at the 20th Huayi - Chinese Festival of Arts 华艺节 with a 40-minute interactive virtual reunion dinner. Tickets were sold out before 2022 began, and we couldn't be more excited to bring our reimagined version of reunion dinner to friends joining us from all over the world.

For those who managed to reserve a ticket at You're Invited, you're in for a lot of fun! 🕹️ Please take 10mins to read the pre-performance guide uploaded on our website for important information regarding the online interactive experience. Look forward to meeting Tuan Tuan and other guests, and learning more about Chinese New Year in this day and age with Artwave Studio.

Please be reminded that the programme will be performed and conducted in English, Mandarin with some dialects. Recommended for ages 12 and above.

Ps: Tickets are limited! If you hold a ticket and you are unable to attend the show anymore, please look out for a SISTIC email for ways you can avail your ticket to others 🙏

🌐 Details www.esplanade.com/festivals-and-series/huayi-chinese-festival-of-arts/2022/youre-invited

#华艺节

22/01/2022

We're so excited to be launching a brand new podcast featuring UX designers from 55 Minutes Pte Ltd this coming week!

What if you could see with your ears? 👂🏼👂🏼

The team at 55 Minutes asked ourselves this question last year.
We decided to explore UX design, which is usually visual led, through one of our other senses — hearing!

Introducing "Can You Hear Us?", a series of podcasts exploring how voice UX and sound impact our daily lives from our fitness routines to leisure activities.

What can you gain when you strip away sight for sound? Come along on this experimental journal with us, and listen for yourselves. The first episode will be available next week! So watch this space!

Find out more at https://canyouhearus.55mins.com/

21/01/2022

Artwave is trialling a pop-up social platform for sustainability & biodiversity awareness, and we have a 5 minute survey!

By filling in your responses, you will help us better understand the needs and motivations of the community and how we can better tailor our programmes to ensure quality, accessibility and ease of engagement!

Once completed, you will stand to receive a $40 voucher to use at a local bookstore, or if you are based overseas, let us know what your local bookstore is! There are 2 up for grabs.

Please send this survey to friends and anyone else you think might be interested ☺️

https://forms.gle/bREKJBsNivPcyxks5

10/12/2021

Our audio-first diving experience, Blind Diving, is screening alongside other films at the this December!

Starting tomorrow, catch film screenings, workshops and have conversations with like-minded folks surrounding our oceans.

Organised by .sg in proud collaboration with , .studio, , , , & .

View the full programme and reserve your spot at http://coastalnatives.sg/woc21