On 4th February 2021, the Psychology team at SEGi College Subang Jaya launched the Arts Expression Exhibition project with the aim of encouraging people to express themselves through arts. In doing so, we wish to destigmatize mental health, rekindle connection and foster community support especially during this pandemic. This project is not competitive but rather seeking to generate awareness of the link between visual arts, singing, or dance with mental well being.
Members of the public, any age or background, are invited to share their creative art work in any artform together with a caption to express it. This is the link for the artwork submission: https://qrgo.page.link/tUuJu The submitted artwork will be displayed on our instagram page @segieaem2021. Deadline for submission is on 14 March 2021.
In conjunction with the exhibition, we have a webinar series featuring experts from the industry to provide their insights on the importance of self expression. The first webinar on 6th Feb featured Mr Andrew Ng, pioneer of Play and Art therapy in Malaysia. According to Mr Ng, art therapy is not about producing art masterpieces, it’s all about getting to know yourself better through the process of art-making. You don’t even have to be an artist to start off. Mr Ng’s session took us through the magic of art making – with case studies, and offered the participants a hands-on experience in visual arts expression. The session also allowed Mr Ng to offer some comments on some of the artwork that we did. Mr Ng’s live webinar was well received via the college facebook and youtube. If you missed the session catch it on: https://www.facebook.com/SEGiCollegeSJ/videos/2818681611727828
Coming up this weekend is another session – with art psychotherapist, Dana Kaarina. Her webinar will share how art-making allows us to explore feelings and emotions, bringing us on a journey of self-discovery. Join us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wP2TCaZQWM&ab_channel=SEGiCollegeSubangJaya or https://tinyurl.com/3abkswuy
Carolyn M Choo 