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Words on Wheels Southeast Asian Art Programme

Wow SEA Art!

This programme merges storytelling, art-making and values-based education with the aim of inspiring civic action. Drawing upon Southeast Asian arts and heritage, we apply the three core teaching methodologies: Visual Thinking, Social Emotional Learning and Experiential Learning, to deliver an innovative arts and culture-based as well as values-based art education experience.

Overview

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Web presence

2022

Established

500

Children

2

Countries
Target group
Teachers
Updated
April 2024
The WOW SEA Art Programme adopts three core teaching approaches: Visual Thinking, Social and Emotional Learning, and Experiential Learning, to provide a holistic framework towards harnessing the capacities and creativities of young learners and the communities that care for them.

About the innovation

Why did you create this innovation?

We aspire to improve the quality of art education in Southeast Asian schools by providing specialised programmes that address the needs of Southeast Asian communities, creating safe spaces for open discussions, self-expression, and creation in Southeast Asian communities. We harness the intrinsic cultural value of Southeast Asian heritage to support their creative economies and ecosystems.

What does your innovation look like in practice?

Commissioned by the Singapore International Foundation, the WoW SEA Art Programme consists of three programmes: the Art Programme, Volunteer Training Programme and Online Training Programme; to support volunteers and educators on their teaching journey in the post-pandemic world. We apply three core teaching methodologies: Visual Thinking, Social Emotional Learning and Experiential Learning, to provide a holistic framework toward harnessing the capacities and creativities of young learners and the communities that care for them.

How has it been spreading?

We successfully trained 17 high value volunteer art facilitators, through which we were able to conduct the Words on Wheels Southeast Asian Art Programme online to 500 children in 10 high needs schools in Indonesia during the pandemic, in the past year. The low cost art programme, delivered both in English and Bahasa Indonesia, is designed for high needs learners between the ages of 7 to 11.

If I want to try it, what should I do?

Please get in touch with Hui Ling Lee, project lead, at huiling@leehuiling.com

Implementation steps

Sign up to be a volunteer
For residents based in Singapore, sign up to be a volunteer with the Singapore International Foundation.
Get Trained in Art Facilitation
Volunteer Art Facilitators will then undergo online training for the following: the Art Programme, Volunteer Training Programme and Online Training Programme.
Conduct Art Sessions
With the support of staff from the Singapore International Foundation, trained art facilitators will conduct art sessions in partner schools in Southeast Asia.

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