National University of Singapore

Film Screening:
The Letter

23 April 2013 (Tuesday)

7pm - 9pm
Ngee Ann Kongsi (NAK) Auditorium
Education Resource Centre, NUS University Town

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

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Heritage Walking Tour Series:
Neil Road Heritage Trail

A walking tour by Mr Kelvin Ang
(from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore)

20 April 2013 (Saturday)

1pm - 3.30pm

Details on directions and meeting point will be sent upon confirmation and payment.

$16 (For NUS Students)
$25 (NUS Staff & General Public). Limited to 15 pax.

For enquires, please email babahouse@nus.edu.sg or call
6227 5731 for more details.

[Image: View of The Jinricksha Building at the junction of Tanjong Pagar and Neil Road in 1965.]

Presenting Portraiture Series:
Visiting the Ancestral Home
A talk by Angkana Koelnsperger and Chia Hock Jin

17 April 2013 (Wednesday)

6.30pm - 7pm: Cocktails
7pm - 8pm: Panel Discussion

NUS Baba House

Free Admission. Seating capacity is limited to 30 persons.
To register, please email babahouse@nus.edu.sg.

[Image: The Kua ancestor book held by Angkana's relative in the village.]

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Film Screening:
Frank Buck's Tiger Fangs

10 April 2013 (Wednesday)

7pm - 8.30pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

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Presenting Portraiture Series:
Chasing the Wild Goose
A talk by Patricia Bjaaland Welch

21 March 2013 (Thursday)

7pm - 9.30pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email babahouse@nus.edu.sg for more details.

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Film Screening:
Chasing the Dragon on Film

20 March 2013 (Wednesday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

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Film Screening:
Bring 'em Back Alive

13 March 2013 (Wednesday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

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The Portrait Speaks
A talk by Alvin Ong

6 March 2013 (Wednesday)

6.30pm - 8pm
NUS Baba House

Free Admission. Seating capacity is limited to 30 persons.
We regret to inform that the talk has been fully registered.
For enquires, please email babahouse@nus.edu.sg.

[Image: Alvin Ong, Philamae Sim, 2012, 80 x 140cm, Acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of the sitter and artist]

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Grounded Conversations:
Ideas & Practice – An Afternoon with Chong Fahcheong

2 March 2013 (Saturday)

2pm - 4pm
Emily Hill
11 Upper Wilkie Road
Singapore 228120

In conjunction with Textures, Tones & Timbres: Art of Chong Fahcheong, this talk brings participants to the artist’s studio for a glimpse of the activities and processes that take place before a sculpture is available for public view.

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

[Image: Chong Fahcheong and 'Cube Gate' displayed at NUS Museum.]

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Film Screening:
China Seas

20 February 2013 (Wednesday)

7pm - 8.30pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

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Heritage Walking Tour Series:
Neil Road Heritage Trail

A walking tour by Mr Kelvin Ang
(from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore)

2 February 2013 (Saturday)

1pm - 3.30pm
Details on directions and meeting point will be sent upon confirmation and payment.

$16 (For NUS Students)
$25 (NUS Staff & General Public). Limited to 15 pax.

We regret to inform that registration is now closed as the tour is fully booked.

[Image: View of The Jinricksha Building at the junction of Tanjong Pagar and Neil Road in 1965.]

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Textures, Tones & Timbres:
Art of Chong Fahcheong

An exhibition opening

31 January 2013 (Thursday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

[Image: Chong Fahcheong, Dune Seat, 2011, Marble, 175 x 132 x 45cm]

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Film Screening:
Across to Singapore (1928)

23 January 2013 (Wednesday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

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Your Voice Is Mine
An exhibition opening

19 January 2013 (Saturday)

2pm - 6.30pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

[Image: Makiko Koie, From the series G, Kr-1, 2008, C print mounted on Plexiglas, 73 x 100cm, Artist Collection]

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Curatorial Round Table 5
A talk by Jim Supangkat

18 January 2013 (Friday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

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Curating Lab 2012: Phase 3

17 January 2013 (Thursday)

7pm - 9pm
Goodman Arts Centre

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details.

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Grounded Conversations:
Artists, Sites, Practice

A roundtable discussion with Alfredo Esquillo Jr., Charles Lim, Lucy Davis, Renato Habulun and SHIMURAbros in conversation with Roxana Waterson

10 November 2012 (Saturday)

11.00am - 1.00pm
NX Gallery, NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 for more details. Registration closing date: 7 November 2012.

For speaker bios, please click here.

[Image: Renato Habulan and Alfredo Esquillo Jr., Mga Hinirang (Chosen People), film still, 2012]

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Malaya Black & White Film Series:
The Tiger of Malaya, Marai no Tora (1943)

24 October 2012 (Wednesday)

7.30pm - 9.30pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email museum@nus.edu.sg or check the NUS Museum blog for more details.

Held in conjunction with the exhibition Camping and Tramping Through the Colonial Archive: The Museum in Malaya, the Malaya Black & White film series present another aspect of the colonial archive – the moving image. Cinematographic representations of Malaya take centre stage here. Feature films, documentaries and propaganda materials are also included.

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Tanjong Pagar Station

Maintaining Heritage Series:
A Journey Along the Railway Corridor

A walking tour by Dr. Lai Chee Kien,
Department of Architecture,
National University of Singapore

13 October 2012 (Saturday)

9.00am - 12.00pm
Bukit Timah and Tanjong Pagar Railway Station

Tour fee:
$16 (for NUS students),
$25 (NUS staff and general public)
Limited to 25 pax.

To register, email babahouse@nus.edu.sg or call 6227-5731

Please make payment by 5 October 2012 at NUS Museum upon receiving confirmation email.

* Details on directions and meeting point will be sent upon confirmation and payment.

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Open House 2012

23 August 2012 (Thursday)

6pm - 9.30pm
NUS Museum

The NUS Museum “Open House 2012” presents a delightful evening of art, sounds, and words set within the galleries of the museum, where artists and audience are invited to perform, read and play.

[Image: Artwork on the right by Speak Cryptic]

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From Picturing to Constructing the Tropics:
Barracks and Hospitals in Colonial Singapore, 1860s to 1930s

A talk by Dr. Chang Jiat Hwee,
Department of Architecture,
National University of Singapore

25 July 2012 (Wednesday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, please email babahouse@nus.edu.sg

[Image: Reproduced with the permission of Royal Engineers Library, Chatham

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Semblance / Presence
An exhibition opening

29 June 2012 (Friday)

6.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817
by 27 June 2012.

[Image: Renato Habulan and Alfredo Esquillo Jr., Mga Hinirang (Chosen People), film still, 2012.]

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Colonial Botanic Gardens

A talk by Dr. Nigel Taylor,
Director of the Singapore Botanical Gardens,
National Parks Board

6 June 2012 (Wednesday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email babahouse@nus.edu.sg

[Image: Courtesy of Singapore Botanic Gardens.]

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Rupal Shah | Tautology of Memory
An exhibition opening and panel discussion

30 May 2012 (Wednesday)

6.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817

[Image: Gallery impression, Rupal Shah | Tautology of Memory, NUS Museum, 2012]

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Maintaining Heritage Series:
The Material Culture of Bukit Brown Cemetery

A talk by Dr. Lai Chee Kien,
Department of Architecture,
National University of Singapore

16 May 2012 (Wednesday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email babahouse@nus.edu.sg

[Image: Courtesy of Dr. Lai Chee Kien.]

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Shared Heritage:
"As We See It"
A Travelling Exhibition

Please join us for the opening of this Exhibition.

11 May 2012 (Friday)

6.30pm - 9pm
NX Gallery, NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, visit http://bit.ly/AU17Exhibition_Sg
For more information, email joel.bassig@asef.org

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CURATING NATION TALK SERIES:
A Cord of Rail History:
An exhibit for the 2012 Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale

A talk by Dr. Lai Chee Kien,
Department of Architecture,
National University of Singapore

8 May 2012 (Tuesday)

6.30pm - 8pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817

[Image: Orient Express to Bangkok at the Arrival Platform at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. Image courtesy, Dr. Lai Chee Kien.]

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Walking Tour Series:
Tracing the Symbolic-Geometric Orders of Colonial Singapore
by Johaness Widodo

21 Apr 2012 (Saturday)

9am - 11.30am
Raffles Terrace (on top of Fort Canning)

$10 for NUS Students
$25 for NUS Staff and General public
Limited to 30 pax

Please make tour fee payment by 13 April 2012 at NUS Museum upon receiving a confirmation email.

*Details on directions and meeting point will be sent upon confirmation and payment.

To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817

[Image: Charles Dyce, The Town and the Roadstead from Government Hill, 1842 - 47, Watercolour & ink on paper]]

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CURATING NATION TALK SERIES:
Travelling Without Moving:
Thai Contemporary Art Historicised

A talk by Dr. David Teh, Assistant Professor,
Department of English Language and Literature,
National University of Singapore
Singapore

20 Apr 2012 (Friday)

6.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817

[Image: Arin Rangjung, Art as space for politics without space, 2010. Synthetic carpets; dimensions variable. Installation view at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. Courtesy of the artist]

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CURATING NATION TALK SERIES:
Guerrilla Archaeologists and the Singapore Story

A talk by John N. Miksic, Associate Professor,
Southeast Asian Studies Programme and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Singapore

12 Apr 2012 (Thursday)

6.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6227 5731

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THE FILM SCREENING SERIES:
cin(T)a

4 Apr 2012 (Wednesday)

6pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6227 5731
* Film is in Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles. There will be a introduction to the film before the screening.

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Companionable Objects, Companionable Conscience:
Reflections on Sunaryo's Titik Nadir
by Kenneth M. George

30 Mar 2012 (Friday)

4pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6227 5731

[Image: Terbungkam (Silenced) at Selasa Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, August 1998 .]

[Image by: Kenneth M. George]

Co-organised by:

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Walking Tour Series:
Bukit Brown Heritage Tour
by Raymond and Charles Goh

17 Mar 2012 (Saturday)

8.45am - 11.30am
Bukit Brown

$10 for NUS Students
$25 for NUS Staff and General public
Limited to 30 pax
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

[Image: Heritage Singapore- Bukit Brown Cemetery]

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In Stride with the Future:
Malacca in the Late Straits Era
by Lim Huck Chin

14 Mar 2012 (Wednesday)

6.30pm - 8pm
NUS Baba House

Free Admission
Seating capacity is limited to 30 persons
To register, email babahouse@nus.edu.sg or call 6227 5731

[Image: Zow Sock Teck's makeshift stall (No. 106) opposite the Capitol Theatre, 2003.]

[Image from: Malacca: Voices From the Street]

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From Shanghai to Jalan Sultan
by Kay Ngee Tan

8 Mar 2012 (Thursday)

6.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

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Of Wayang, Buangkok & Bukit Brown:
Photographing Heritage
by Ken Cheong and Zann Huang

23 Feb 2012 (Thursday)

7pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

[Image: Ken Cheong]

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Supergarden
Curating the Singapore Architecture Pavilion at the
11th Venice Biennale
by Peter Sim and Lilian Chee

16 Feb 2012 (Thursday)

6.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

[Image: Model of 2494, FARM & Kwodrent]

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THE FILM SCREENING SERIES:
Sayang Si Buta

15 Feb 2012 (Wednesday)

6pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429
* Film is in Malay

[Image: Film still of Sayang Si Buta]

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THE FILM SCREENING SERIES:
Singapura Dilanggar Todak

8 Feb 2012 (Wednesday)

6.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429
* Film is in Malay with English language subtitles

[Image: Film still by Shaw Organisation Pte Ltd]

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Down the Grand Canal: Singapore at the Venice Biennale
by June Yap

3 Feb 2012 (Friday)

6.30pm - 8pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

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Indian, Ptolemaic and Hellenistic Terracottas:
Exploring multi- / trans-culturalism in Antiquity

A talk by Dr. Naman P. Ahuja, Associate Professor,
School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi

20 Jan 2012 (Friday)

4pm - 5.30pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

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Family Intimacies
by Anderson and Low

19 Jan 2012 (Thursday)

7.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

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China, India and the Role of Art in the Asian Century

A talk by Professor Prasenjit Duara,
Raffles Professor of Humanities,
National University of Singapore

19 Jan 2012 (Thursday)

6pm - 7.30pm
NUS Museum

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Manga Dreams
by Anderson and Low

18 Jan 2012 (Wednesday)

7pm - 8pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

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Friday Evening @ NUS MUSEUM
by Marvin Chew

16 Dec 2011 (Friday) to 3 Mar 2012 (Saturday),
10-week workshop

6.30pm - 9.30pm
NUS Museum and various outdoor locations (in and around NUS Baba House, 157 Neil Road

$400. Limited to 10 pax only
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429

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Remembering No. 157 - Conversation with Wee Lin

7 Dec 2011 (Wednesday), 6pm - 8pm
NUS Baba House, 157 Neil Road

Free Admission. Limited to 30 pax
To register, email babahouse@nus.edu.sg

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Photography for Children
by Chia Yan Wei

4 Dec 2011 (Sunday), 10am - 5pm
NUS Museum & Haw Par Villa

$10(inclusive of 1 adult admission)
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429 / 6516 8817

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Art Writing 101
by Tzi Yan

03 Dec 2011(Saturday), 10am - 5pm
NUS Museum

Fees : $ 100 for Gallery/ arts organisation personnel/ NUS staffs/ students/ alumini : $130 for public :
$70 for NUS Students : $30 registration fee (non-­‐refundable).
To register, email theo.bookme@gmail.com or call Tzi Yan at 9002 8024 or Yap Ai Lian at 9754 7120

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Batik Painting for the Family
by Kamal

3 Dec 2011 (Saturday),
NUS Museum

Session 1: 10am-12pm
Session 2: 2pm-4pm

$5 per pair of 1 parent and 1 child (ages 7 and above)
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429 / 6516 8817

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Filipiniana: Collecting Culture in the Philippines
by Patrick D. Flores

2 Dec 2011 (Friday), 6.30pm - 9.00pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429 / 6516 8817

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Talk & Film Screening: Sinbad, Shipwreck & Singapore

30 Nov 2011(Wednesday), 7pm - 8pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission. To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429 / 6516 8817

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Talk & Film Screening Series

BEYOND BENGAL & "BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE"
by Dr Sandra Khor Manickam & A/P Timothy P. Barnard

17 Nov 2011 (Thursday), 6.30pm - 9.00pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission
To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429 / 6516 8817

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Talk & Film Screening Series: Singapura Dilanggar Todak

10 Nov 2011(Thursday), 6.30pm - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission. To register, email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429 / 6516 8817

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Event Supporter

Maintaining Heritage Series: Motifs in Peranakan Art

9 Nov 2011(Wednesday), 6.30pm - 8.30pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission. To register, email babahouse@nus.edu.sg.

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Sites of Practice: Here & Elsewhere | Artists' Dialogues on Performance Art

4 Nov 2011(Friday), 10am - 1pm
NUS Museum
Organised by Embassy of the Philippines (Singapore) and
NUS Museum

Free Admission. Please RSVP by 3 Nov at museum@nus.edu.sg.

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Sites of Practice: Filipino Performance Art Abroad

3 Nov 2011(Thursday), 5 - 8pm
NUS Museum
Organised by Embassy of the Philippines (Singapore) and
NUS Museum

Free Admission. Please RSVP by 2 Nov at museum@nus.edu.sg.

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Framing the Familiar: Photographing the Family

20 Oct 2011(Thursday), 6.30 - 7.30pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission. To register email museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8429.

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writing power | zulkifli yusoff Exhibition Opening
and Panel Discussion

15 Oct 2011(Saturday), 4 - 8pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission. Register at museum@nus.edu.sg or 6516 8429. RSVP by 13 October 2011

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Curating Nation: Reflections on SUSURMASA
A talk by Zanita Anuar, Director of Museum Innovation,
Malaysia Museums Department

14 Oct 2011(Friday), 6.30 - 9pm
NUS Museum

Free Admission. Register at museum@nus.edu.sg or 6516 8429.

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Remembering no.157 - Conversation with Wee Lin

28 Sep 2011(Wednesday), 6 - 8pm
NUS Baba House

Registration is closed as event is fully subscribed. Register at museum@nus.edu.sg or 6516 8429.

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Raku Workshop with Delia Prvacki

17 Sep 2011 - 29 Oct 2011 (Saturday to Saturday),
8 Saturday sessions at 2-5pm
338 Dahan Road, Singapore 759691

$500. Register at museum@nus.edu.sg or 6516 8429.

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