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8. Groove, Dance and have a Play-Full Day Out this June holidays at the Goodman Open House 2019
To be held on 22 June 2019 at Singapore’s largest arts enclave, Goodman Arts Centre, the annual family-friendly arts festival invites all to enjoy and experience diverse art forms through play. With free admission to the festival grounds, performances, a Goodman Market to shop and fuel up at, workshops and more, get set for an arty fun Saturday, rain or shine.
With a new theme “Music, Dance and Play”, the one-day festival and Open House will focus on participative music and movement performances. Goodman Arts Centre’s resident artists and arts groups will showcase over 30 different workshops and performances throughout the day. Due to encouraging response and capacity caps, various ticketed workshops and programmes are filling up fast. Families who are keen are advised to enquire at the festival grounds for limited slots, on a first come first served basis.
With free performances happening throughout the day ranging from sing-along and storytelling sessions to puppetry productions, both juniors and adults alike can dive into an immersive artsy experience.
Head over to Goodman Arts Centre’s Open Field to pick up hand gestures as stories come alive at the outdoor storytelling session, Storytelling through Indian Hand Gestures by Apsaras Arts. Jam along to live musicians performing old and new songs with ethnic instruments at the Music Jamboree. Listen to the musical adaption of the popular children’s story, Three Little Pigs, with a twist at the Quartz Quartz by the Philharmonic Winds’. Dance along to familiar Chinese and English pop tunes at the Dicapella Goes Pop!, featuring a quintet of three Chinese flutists, one percussionist and a keyboardist. Music lovers can also catch a drumming performance of African drums at Upbeat!. Check out activities such as Caricature Drawing, Face Painting and Community Batik by Kamal Arts as the hours roll by. Team up with friends and family in a series of games at Giant Games where you can put your memory skills to the test and show off your best dance moves.
Hungry for a treat? Make a pit stop at the Goodman Market, a mini food and art marketplace, as well as 12 vendors such as Island Surfer, Coffee Bandits and Travelling Cow offering an assortment of treats including artisanal goods and baby merchandise.
Continue the playful exploration indoors with curated music and dance performances, as families with toddlers can check out NADAM By Little Creatures, an interactive musical performance by SAtheCollective for little ones to experiment with musical instruments and explore sounds and musical ideas. Families with older children can catch Hug The Tree, a puppetry performance by Paper Monkey Theatre. Inspired by an old Indian folktale, the performance follows a group of villagers’ quest to save trees from being felled. Embark on a journey to faraway lands through tales of music and sound in a story-telling session for the whole family with Once Upon A Story by The Storytelling Centre. Celebrate with Rama and Sita in a dance-drama piece in Sita’s Magical Forest by Apsaras Arts, a story of their trials and triumphs through their adventures.
Step into the open studios of some of the resident artists at Goodman Arts Centre and learn more about their art-making processes. Unlock the creative potential at drop-in workshops ranging from creating personal scents to Chinese ink painting. Mix, match and print on cards with an assortment of hand-carved rubber stamps at the Stamp Printing Workshop by Artefakts. Families with kids aged 7 years and older can check out two workshops by Goodman Ceramics Studio. Exploring the beauty of glass materials, participants can create useful decorative art at the Make your First Wind-Chime and Make your own Glass Brooch or Fridge Magnet workshops.
Comics lovers and aspiring digital illustrators can glean practical tips on how to improve their colouring skills and share comics and manga images at theHow to Colour Comics Digitally hands-on workshop. Supported by Lenovo and organised by the Association for Comic Arts Singapore, the workshop is suitable for participants of ages 10 and above. In Chinese Ink Painting – The Thousand Year Art, participants can learn more from artist Steven Fang about this traditional art form and start on their first Chinese ink art pieces!
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Goodman Open House 2019
22 June 2019
Goodman Arts Centre, 90 Goodman Rd, Singapore 439053
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