PassionArts at Tanjong Pagar GRC

Pottery Painting with Whye Kee

13 July 2019

Temenggong is pleased to be invited by the People’s Association to conduct a workshop for PAssionARTs 2019 at Tanjong Pagar GRC. And we got our local potter Kim Whye Kee to join in our community arts outreach event.

Readymade pottery in assorted sizes and shapes for painting

The spirit of "Artists-helping-Artists" (Left: Artist / Founder of Temenggong, Henri Chen and potter Kim Whye Kee)

Our booth attracted a big pool of participants who were already queuing before the festival begins

Teaching the kids how to mix colours

Happy hands

A cheery moment between the participants and MP for Tanjong Pagar, Minister Chan Chun Sing

Minister Chan chatting with Whye Kee and Henri

Henri assisting a resident with some finishing touches on her pottery

Art brings people closer & together

Everyone brings home a hand-painted pottery

Happy faces

Some of the participants were surprised that they can 'actually paint'

Everyone brings home a hand-painted pottery

Bringing genuine smiles to everyone is what our workshop is about

Siblings' team effort

Happy faces

We thanked these two participants who traveled across the island to join our pottery workshop

Due to overwhelming response, our hand-painted pottery workshop ended within two hours as the pottery were all snapped up

Left: Minister and Member-of-Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC Mr Sam Tan conversing with Henri. Minister Sam Tan was our Guest of honour at one of our exhibitions at Temenggong in 2015

Introducing our local talented potter Whye Kee to the MPs of Tanjong Pagar GRC

From left: Henri (Temenggong), (MPs for Tanjong Pagar GRC) Ms Joan Pereria, Dr Chia Shi-Lu, artist Whye Kee, Mr Melvin Yong and Minister Sam Tan