The Artist Is Apparent – dialogue on parenting and caregiving
BRING YOUR QUESTIONS (CONVERSATIONS)29 June, Saturday
3.00–4.30PM
Black Box
How have we made it work? How have arts workers in Singapore made decisions and created structures of support for parenting in our workplace? This conversation focuses on informal and formal strategies and hacks that have made it more possible for parenting (and caregiving) arts workers to maintain or grow aspects of their practice, including but not limited to creative work, residencies, networking and touring. The dialogue will start with sharing from interviews and research conducted by Faye Lim and arts researcher Dr. Hoe Su-Fern. Thereafter, invited panellists will kick off a broader conversation with audiences.
Panellists
Julie Wee, Checkpoint Theatre (Actress and Voiceover Artist)
Michele Lim (Independent Producer, Arts Management Consultant and Educator)
Dr. Natalie Alexandra Tse, SAtheCollective & LittleCreatures®️ (Performer, Educator and Researcher) / @sathecollective, @hellolittlecreatures
Moderator
Dr. Nidya Shanthini Manokara (Dance and Theatre Practitioner-Researcher, Educator, Performer and Dramaturg)
Interviewees
Hasyimah Harith and Norhaizad Adam
Saiful Amri
Titisa Jeamsakul (Ice)
This dialogue is part of The Artist Is Apparent, a project that welcomes artists, producers and arts workers to consider support structures for parenting /caregiving artists and arts workers in Singapore. It was first conceptualised by a few local parenting artists and is currently run by Faye Lim.
Three interviews were conducted with local parenting artists as part of the project. They complement existing interviews with parenting artists in Singapore. This offers supportive possibilities for parenting artists and a network of peers to reference from one another.
Note: Speech-to-text interpretation (by Equal Dreams) and child minding services will be provided for this programme.
ABOUT THE ARTS WORKERS
FAYE LIM
Faye Lim (she/her) is a dance and teaching artist, with a background in research, training and sexuality education. As co-director of Rolypoly Family, she produces body-based art, programmes and body safety education, and leads the team’s training, professional development and consulting projects. Her advocacy work includes expanding on care practices in the arts through CITRUS practices and safeguarding children’s rights to safety, health, education and joy.
IG: @fayeminlim
DR HOE SU-FERN
Dr Hoe Su-Fern (she/her) is an arts researcher and educator. She specialises in the engaged and ecological analysis of cultural policy, comprising three strands. The first focuses on the impact of cultural governance on the conditions of creative labour. The second is cultural value-based, and looks at how the arts shape urban and community development. The third is concerned with policy from below, particularly mutual aid, care and solidarity.
