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Event Management

Not Grey
Not Grey: Intimacy, Ageing & Being | 2021

ROLE & TASKS

  • Acted as assistant stage manager for the online performance, Not Grey, by Salty Xi Jie Ng, showcasing video vignettes, interactive performances and writings by 15 senior women answering the question: "What is intimacy to me?"

  • Assisted in any last minute video edits.

  • Gave direct cues to live performer

  • Executed live cues through command buttons 

  • Managed set-up and tear-down

  • Manage live chat (replying and relaying to performer)

TAKEAWAYS

  • Learning to operate the platform 'Ohyay'

  • Managing an online performance

  • Assisting performer in learning lines and cues

  • Gaining understanding and experience in working with seniors (as performers and audience members)

GALLERY

twenty-one hundred
'twenty-one hundred' Photo Exhibition | 2021

ROLE & TASKS

  • Conceptualised exhibition theme exploring the illusion of 'having more time', and how it connects us to each other, which was selected by the team to execute.

  • Curated the photographs and wall text used in the exhibition

  • Printed and cut photographs and well text

  • Designed exhibition poster

TAKEAWAYS

  • Curating and setting up an exhibition from scratch, including taking our own photographs

  • Creating a site-specific exhibition and craft its layout

  • Awarded 'Lecturer's Choice Exhibition', 'Cohort's Choice Exhibition' and 'Cohort's Choice Poster'.

Original Concept Slide Deck

Exhibition Slide Deck

GALLERY

Prompt Book
'Day I Met The Prince' Prompt Book | 2021

ROLE & TASKS

  • Created and annotated a prompt book using Kuo Pao Kun's 'Day I Met The Price'

  • Created my own cues, stage design and costume design

  • Sourced for sound effects and music to be used for the cueing exercise

  • Used the prompt book to call cues in a graded cueing exercise

TAKEAWAYS

  • Learning to call and craft my own cues

  • Learning about the several roles of a stage manager beyond calling cues

  • Developing several ideas to stage a script

Prompt Book PDF

Conectar: Project KISMIS
Conectar: Project KISMIS | 2021

ROLE & TASKS

  • As the Assistant-In-Charge of the Welfare Department, I aided the team in brainstorming simple activities to reach out to the migrant workers during the circuit breaker in 2020

  • The activity focused on migrant workers' mental health, encouraging them to write letters to their loved ones at home

  • Sourced logistics such as postcards and origami paper for the letter writing and origami activities

TAKEAWAYS

  • Conceptualising simple and safe activities that can be organised over the web with little contact

  • Sourcing materials in bulk

  • Preparing a proposal for the CCA advisors

  • Setting up a simple finance list

GALLERY

Verve Arts Festival
Verve Arts Festival | 2020

ROLE & TASKS

  • Verve is an annual community arts festival organised by Second-Year students of Arts Business ManagementIn its 10th edition, it was held online 

  • Operated as a volunteer manager as part of the Partnerships & Outreach department

  • Recruited volunteers and artists for the festival programmes

  • Created documents including the volunteer FAQ form

  • Reached out to external organisations for potential partnerships

  • Brainstorming partner and volunteer benefits

TAKEAWAYS

  • Learning to manage volunteers well by maintaining frequent communication and volunteer satisfaction

  • Understanding volunteer welfare and wellbeing

  • Picking up efficient recruitment methods (Open Calls, Direct Messaging, Referrals)

GALLERY

Singapore Biennale 2019: Youths Take Over | 2020

ROLE & TASKS

  • Worked with 6 Arts Business Management students and 3 alumni to conceptualise 6 youth-centric programmes at Gillman Barracks

  • Managed 'Living Stories' which invites visitors to head inside the galleries to meet our storytellers.

  • Stood as the main point of contact with artist Nek Selampit for the storytelling programme 'Living Stories'

  • Organised artist schedules and site recces

TAKEAWAYS

  • Gaining experience in artist liaison

  • Honing my skills in crafting professional emails

GALLERY

Singapore Biennale
#community
Verve Launch Afternoon | 2019

ROLE & TASKS

  • Assigned as stage manager for the launch event of the annual Verve Arts Festival 2019

  • Delegated roles and tasks to the cohort

  • Liaised directly with advisors and festival committee

  • Oversaw rehearsals and schedules for performers and ushers

  • Produced videos and slides used for the launch ceremony

TAKEAWAYS

  • Managing several teams and departments concurrently

  • Creating detailed performance and rehearsal schedules

  • Managing (noise control, cueing) performers and stage hands backstage

GALLERY

Verve Launch
Drag On! Dance Outreach Exhibition | 2019

ROLE & TASKS

  • Conceptualised the 'True or False' Dragon Activity

  • Reasearched and developed 2 A2 posters on topic of movements in Dragon Dance

  • Carried out exhibition set up and tear down

  • Created exhibition layout

TAKEAWAYS

  • Curating educational content for an exhibition

  • Developing and conducting an engaging outreach activity in line with the learning points of the exhibition

  • Tailoring an exhibition for a specific target audience

GALLERY

Drag On! Dance Outreach
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