LASALLE College of the Arts

LASALLE College of the Arts 拉萨尔艺术学院 Maktab Seni Lasalle
Information
Opened	1984
Address	1 McNally Street, Singapore 187940 (McNally Campus)
Address	9 Winstedt Road, Singapore 227976 (Winstedt Campus)
President	Professor Steve Dixon
Vice-President	Dr Venka Purushothaman
Abbreviation	LASALLE
Area	4 hectares
Mission	To nurture enterprising and employable graduates who will become cultural influencers and leaders. To be central to the development of the arts and design in Singapore, inspiring innovation in practice and research.
Vision	To be Singapore’s leading contemporary arts and design institution, internationally recognised for excellence in education, practice and research.

LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE) is a private arts institution in Singapore. Founded in 1984, LASALLE boasts eight art and design schools that offer more than 30 diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in contemporary arts and design education. LASALLE’s bachelor’s and master’s degrees are validated by Goldsmiths College, University of London, one of the top universities in the world for Arts and Humanities.

Many leaders in the Singapore's arts scene are linked to LASALLE, including Alan Oei as artistic director of The Substation and Eugene Tan as director of the National Gallery Singapore.

LASALLE is Singapore’s first local homegrown institution to be awarded the EduTrust Star, a certification that acknowledges LASALLE’s "quality education services". It was also awarded the Green Mark Gold Award by the Building and Construction Authority, for its contribution to sustainability and environment awareness in the development of the McNally campus.

LASALLE’s main campus (McNally Campus) is located in Rochor and its second campus (Winstedt Campus) is located near Newton.

Facilities

LASALLE moved to its new city campus at 1 McNally Street in 2007, and was re-branded as LASALLE College of the Arts. The Winstedt Campus opened in 2013, giving the College an additional 5,000 square metres of studio and workshop space.

McNally Campus

McNally Campus is located in Rochor, which is part of Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority zoning of an Arts, Culture, Learning and Entertainment hub. The campus offers an additional 1,500 m² of contemporary art exhibition and gallery spaces, and is also equipped with the region's first Theatre and Art Production Workshop for the construction of full-scale stage sets.

Winstedt Campus

Winstedt Campus is located near Newton. It was designed for students involved in studio-based modules, such as the visual arts, to develop and complete their semester projects.

Schools

McNally School of Fine Arts

The School involves all levels of education for Fine Arts (Diploma in Fine Arts, BA(Hons) Fine Arts & MA Fine Arts). The School offers a variety of Fine Arts disciplines, sculpting, printmaking, drawing installation, photography, technology-based art are some of the disciplines offered.

The School also offers MA Asian Art Histories, which is the first MA programme worldwide to focus on Asian modern and contemporary art.

Puttnam School of Film & Animation

The School focuses on animation, broadcast media, and film.

Animation

Tthe School offers a Diploma in Animation and a BA(Hons) Animation Art programme where students can specialise in either 2D or 3D animation. These programmes also have practical components such as Acting for Animation, and Drawing Classes and Programming.

Broadcast Media

The School offers a Diploma in Broadcast Media. Students collaborate with other programmes, such as Music, Fashion, Film, Animation, Technical and Production Management, Fine Arts, and LASALLE’s Media Lab.

Film

The School offers a BA(Hons) Film programme.

School of Creative Industries

The School offers programmes that focus on the development and expansion of creative industries. The School also has a BA(Hons) Arts Management programme.

In addition, the School offers five postgraduate programmes:

• MA Arts and Cultural Management,
• MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice,
• MA Art Therapy,
• MA Creative Writing,
• Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Pedagogy and Practice

School of Design Communication

The School offers a Diploma in Design Communication programme, which involves disciplines of Graphic Design, Advertising, and Illustration. The School also has BA(Hons) Design Communication and MA Design programmes.

School of Fashion

The School offers one Diploma and two Honours Degree programmes. The Diploma in Fashion programme has components in Textile Design, Marketing, Styling, and Art Direction, while the BA(Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles programme, has four specialisations: Womenswear, Menswear, Creative Pattern Cutting, or Fashion Textiles. There is also a BA(Hons) Fashion Media and Industries programme, which offers two specialisations, the first comprising Fashion Journalism, Styling, Art Direction, Fashion Photography, and the second comprising Marketing and Branding, Fashion Curation, Entrepreneurship.

School of Spatial & Product Design

The School offers a Diploma in Interior Design, BA(Hons) Product Design and BA(Hons) Interior Design.

School of Contemporary Music

The School offers 2 diplomas, namely, Diploma in Audio Production and Diploma in Music. The School also offers a BA(Hons) Music programme which specialises in Pop, Jazz, Classical, Composition or Electronic Music.

School of Dance & Theatre

The School focuses on dance and performance.

Dance

The School offers Diploma in Dance and BA(Hons) Dance. The four branches of dance taught by LASALLE are Urban Dance, Jazz, Ballet, and Contemporary Dance.

Performance

The School offers Diploma in Performance, BA(Hons) Acting, and BA(Hons) Musical Theatre. The School also offers a Diploma in Technical and Production Management.

Notable Alumni

• Kit Chan: Singer and actress
• Amanda Heng: International Arts Practitioner
• Rizman Putra, Theatre performer and visual artist
• Nic Wong, Designer for local labels Saturday and Cruise
• Boo Junfeng: Filmmaker
• Manuela Bruntraeger: Miss Universe Singapore 2017

Links

• Official website