Highlights

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) roundtable on arts funding

02 Mar 2018 In his capacity as Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), ITI board member Tan Tarn How chaired a Roundtable on Whither Arts Funding: Priorities, Values and Control.

ITI Chairman and IPS Special Research Adviser Arun Mahiznan made a short presentation on corporate sponsorship of the arts.

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) roundtable on cultural leadership

01 Mar 2018 The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) has published a full report on their Roundtable on The Future of Cultural Leadership in Singapore, which was held on 27 October 2017. ITI Director T. Sasitharan and ITI Chairman Arun Mahiznan, who is also a Special Research Adviser at IPS, were presenters at the roundtable.

Visit from theatre director and writer Shintaro Murakami

03 Jan 2018 ITI welcomed our first visitor from Kyoto Art Center, young theatre director and writer Shintaro Murakami of Yuuguresya Yowaotoko Unit, who is on an Asian research tour to gather inspirations that will form original folk songs, feeding into his contemporary productions. Over 2 days at ITI, Murakami-san met and spoke with ITI students and staff, including ITI Director T. Sasitharan.

Graduation Ceremony 2017

04 Dec 2017 Congratulations to the Class of 2017!

Asian Intercultural Conference 2017

01 Dec 2017 The triennial Asian Intercultural Conference (AIC) was organised this year from 27 - 30 November with the theme “Theatre Wars: Return of the Artist”, attracting delegates from Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore.

Ramayana: A cross-cultural phenomenon

21 Nov 2017 ITI Director T. Sasitharan breaks down the appeal of the Ramayana text across cultures in an article for the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay website.

ITI Angels Initiative Dinner 2017

21 Oct 2017 An annual dinner to thank ITI Angels whose critical support enables the school's work, this year's dinner took inspiration from Noh theatre, one of the four traditional Asian theatre forms taught at ITI.

Sasi's speeches at Art as Res Publicae (SIFA 2017)

14 Sep 2017 Watch the video recordings of ITI Director T. Sasitharan's closing addresses for Art as Res Publicae, with a foreword from Sasi.

ITI Chairman at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)

26 Aug 2017 ITI Chairman Arun Mahizhnan visited Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) to speak on ‘Tamil Education Today and Tomorrow’ at their biennial Language in Singapore forum, Storying Change: Narratives of Today and Tomorrow.

Who could you be?

23 Aug 2017 Check out our new video featuring current and past students of ITI as part of our ongoing #IAMANACTOR series.