• SLP 2014

    Withdrawal from Singapore Literary Prize judges’ panel

    16 Jul 2014 Director and co-founder, T Sasitharan, together with two others – authors Romen Bose and Robin Hemley – resigned as judges in protest against the National Library Board’s withdrawal of certain children’s books.
  • arts engage

    Arts Engage Position Paper on the Proposed Amendments to the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act

    30 May 2014 The Media Development Authority launched a public consultation on its proposed amendments to the Public Entertainment and Meetings Act (PEMA) on 12 May 2014, with the view to ‘forge a co-regulatory partnership with the arts sectors’.
  • Sasi Berlin2

    Cultural Medallion Speaker Series

    28 May 2014 As part of the Cultural Medallion Speaker Series, ITI Director T. Sasitharan was invited to Nanyang Girls High School and Republic Polytechnic to share about his personal experience as a leader and trailblazer for the arts.
  • mda

    MDA's Self-Classification Scheme

    17 May 2014 General Manager Goh Su Lin, represented ITI at the town hall meeting organised to discuss MDA’s Self-Classification scheme while Director T. Sasitharan was amongst the originators of the Arts Engage Position Paper.
  • Manifesto for the Arts

    Arts Manifesto Forum at NIE

    04 Apr 2014 ITI Director T. Sasitharan and board member Tan Tarn How, key contributors in the writing of the Manifesto for the Arts were invited to speak about what difference the manifesto makes, who it affects, how it impacts the society, why it’s needed and where it goes from here.
  • little india

    ‘What’s Up In Little India?’

    12 Feb 2014 Sasi was invited as a panelist to discuss the new Bill that might go into effect for a year in Little India. The proposed Bill will give law enforcement officers, which include police and the auxiliary police, more powers to carry out their duties.
  • ilo ilo

    Alumni, Cannes and a CAMERA D’OR

    27 May 2013 Ilo Ilo, featuring alumna Yeo Yann Yann, won the Camera D’Or (for best first feature film) at the Cannes International Film Festival, in an important first for the Singapore film industry.
  • Sasi 2006

    Sasi at the World Summit on Arts & Culture

    24 Sep 2009 ITI Director T. Sasitharan was a speaker at the World Summit on Arts & Culture in Johannesburg, in discussions on Freedom of Expression versus Cultural Sensitivity and on Intercultural Dialogue through the Arts: Models of Good Practice.