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What’s it like getting your portrait taken by a Deaf photographer?
November 30, 2025, Channel News Asia
You assume you’re comfortable with silence after almost a decade of being a journalist. Interviewees don’t always open up the way you hope they would, but silence comes in shades – the considered pause of someone working through their thoughts versus the taut quiet of someone uneasy by what they…
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Turning Art Into Income for Persons with Disabilities
November 26, 2025, Channel News Asia
Angela Tan, Executive Director of ART:DIS, believes the arts are a vital pathway to independence. Together with her team and network of partners and artists, she secures partnerships and mentorships to create viable livelihoods for persons with disabilities, dismantling systemic barriers and creating more equitable opportunities in the process. Watch…
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A Special Performance Embodying Maternal Love
November 21, 2025, Lianhe Zaobao
On 16 November 2025, I was invited to watch a completely different production, based of lived experiences of persons with disabilities. It was a double-bill performance held at the Black Box of ART:DIS Singapore, starring visually-impaired actors Amanda Yip and Odilia Ser in Of Butterflies and Dreams, and neurodiverse actors…
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The artist behind the COP30 Singapore Pavilion pin
November 14, 2025, Straits Times
Visitors to the Singapore Pavilion in Belem, Brazil, can take home a small piece of the city-state through pins showcasing its design and cultural icons. These include a pin by 19-year-old visual artist Mohammad Zulkhairi Lutfi Mohd Azam that depicts trees, a pond and HDB blocks – a design that…