Make Art Make Sense | Making Sense of Painting

Make Art Make Sense is a series of 3 participatory workshops using hands-on activities to expand how we think and talk about art. Engaging with objects from the NUS Museum’s diverse collections, the workshops explore the three topics of ceramics, painting, and text through a curious, fearless, and “do-it-yourself” ethos.

With guidance from emerging arts practitioners and professionals, participants will gain practical art experience—from making their own mini pots to learning painting techniques—that can further inform their understanding of art in academic and other contexts. Activities and conversations with other art enthusiasts will help participants build their vocabulary, ponder the relationship between art and words, and develop skills in speaking confidently and thoughtfully about art.

Sign up for individual workshops at $5 each, or all three at $12 in total.

How can we understand complex paintings?

Our second workshop Making Sense of Painting demonstrates how to break down complicated artworks into simple shapes and colours through a museum tour that will introduce basic painting concepts. Participants will then learn practical techniques from NUS History graduate and artist Tan Guan Fan, and paint their own versions of artworks in the NUS Museum.