Janine Private collections: Nakornpayap International School (NIS) โรงเรียนนานาชาตินครพายัพ เชียงใหม่

Nakornpayap International School (NIS) was founded in 1993. It is a comprehensive, secular international school using a United States curriculum altered for the cultural and language needs of students at all grade levels within South East Asia.

Based in Chiang Mai, Thailand all classes are taught using the English language.

Joe Wong from NAFA Singapore came to visit NIS. 23 November 2011

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A. Janine

Jasmine is an officer for NIS. ChiangMai

(She is half Thai and Singaporian )

Since its establishment in 1938, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts has pioneered arts education and championed the development of the arts in Singapore.

It has over the past seven decades grown from strength to strength to transform itself into Singapore's premier arts institution renowned for its high quality curricula, innovative teaching, artistic creations and community outreach. As a comprehensive multi-disciplinary arts institution, NAFA offers a diverse range of well-designed, industry-relevant diploma courses covering 3D Design, Arts Management & Education, Design & Media, Fine Art, Fashion Studies, Dance, Music and Theatre. Opportunities are available to students keen to pursue further education in the arts through various degree programmes conducted in partnership with reputable overseas universities, notably from the UK. They include, among others, the Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree course jointly conducted with the Royal College of Music, London (RCM), making NAFA the first private arts education institution to launch a government-funded degree programme. It also marks the first time that RCM is conferring its degree outside the UK.

The Academy achieved a significant milestone in April 1999 when the Singapore Government upgraded NAFA's status to that of a tertiary institution and for the first time, it received Polytechnic -level funding for all its diploma courses. The Academy achieved another important milestone when in 2011 it became the first comprehensive arts education institution in Singapore, to receive the Edutrust certification for four years by the Council for Private Education in recognition of its robust academic processes and administrative systems and procedures that safeguard and protect the welfare and interests of its students. This is in addition to the People Developer Award received in recognition of its effective human resource practices and staff training and development programmes for its teaching and administrative staff.

NAFA has operated from its three purpose-built campuses at Bencoolen Street since 2004. Occupying more than 36,000 m2 physical space, the campuses are equipped with state-of–the art facilities and technologies that are tailored to the specific learning needs of different arts disciplines. Strategically located in the heart of a bustling art and civic district of the city, NAFA students have ample opportunities to interact with fellow art practitioners and to immerse in a wide range of artistic activities in a vicinity conducive for the study and practice of the arts.

The learning and research needs of students and faculty are supported by the resources and activities of the newly established Institute of Southeast Asian Arts (ISEAA), the Tanoto Foundation Centre, NAFA Library and the Creative Design Space. Through research, exchanges, workshops, seminars, publications, exhibitions, etc, NAFA remains in constant dialogue with arts practitioners, educators and arts scholars from within and outside the region, participating in the development of the arts and culture of Southeast Asia.

NAFA's cosmopolitan and professional academia attracts the best budding talents from Singapore and the world over. As a testament to the calibre and artistic excellence of its staff and alumni, NAFA has produced 11 Cultural Medallion winners and 10 Young Artist Award recipients over the years. Each year, more than 100 students and teaching staff win awards and accolades at local and international competitions doing NAFA proud. NAFA graduates are widely recognised for their creativity and practical skills that stand them in good stead in an increasingly competitive creative arts employment market. They are well sought after by arts organisations and corporations in the creative arts industries with a majority of its graduates securing employment within six months of their graduation.

NAFA is well-positioned to play a greater role in Singapore's burgeoning arts scene with the growing support of the Government and the community at large. It is poised to grow exponentially to shape the future of arts education in Singapore.

Why Join NAFA?

Department Of 3D Design

Department Of Arts Management

& Education

Department Of Dance

Department Of Design & Media

Department Of Fashion Studies

Department Of Fine Art

Department Of Music

Department Of Theatre

School Of Young Talents

Continuing English

Since its establishment in 1938, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts has pioneered arts education and championed the development of the arts in Singapore.

Inaugurated in 2004, the art galleries at NAFA strives to maintain a high standard brand name in the local art scene. We have state of the art lighting and gallery capacity as well as specifically honed experience in curating and design of commissioned and proposed exhibitions. Today, we are a key player known for staging unique exhibitions with an international outlook. The department strives to cultivate a high level of aesthetic standards in exhibition presentation and takes the lead in materialising important artistic projects with both conventional and new media. The programmes periodically feature student graduation shows; selected academy-wide/departmental projects; commissioned or curated international programmes as well as regular displays of the older generation of Singapore's artists closely tied to the history of the academy and the history of art in Singapore.

NAFA collaborates with four universities from United Kingdom, United States and Singapore to offer degree programmes. Through these collaborations, NAFA aims to provide a superior education that is student-specific while at the same time, strives to push students beyond their own boundaries. These programmes also promote independent learning, originality and creativity.

Loughborough University (LU)

Loughborough University was originally founded in 1909 as Loughborough Technical Institute, later known as Loughborough College. In 1966, the College of Technology received its Royal Charter and became Loughborough University of Technology. In 1977, the university amalgamated with the College of Art and Design.

Loughborough University is a centre of excellence in teaching and learning, research and enterprise, and is one of the top rated universities in the UK. It won the 'Times Higher' Best Student Experience Award in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, as voted for by students themselves. Loughborough University has also won six Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education – the most prestigious award to educational institutions in the UK, an achievement matched only by the University of Oxford.

The university has 21 academic departments including the School of Art and Design, and offers degrees from Bachelor's to Doctoral level in Engineering, Science, Social Sciences and Humanities.

Purchase College, State University of New York (SUNY)

Founded by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1967 as the cultural gem of the State University of New York system, Purchase College today enjoys a world-class reputation for its arts programs and high rankings for its liberal arts and sciences programs. The college attracts students and faculty from around the world seeking a place where they can develop their talents, expand their minds and prepare for a life of creative independence.

In bringing two styles of education - traditional liberal arts and science programs and conservatory based arts programs - into close contact on one campus, Purchase College's founders hoped to inspire an appreciation for both intellectual and artistic talents in all students. The focus and diversity at Purchase College is notable. The 4,000 students and 300 faculty members here are not passive culture appreciators but active culture generators.

Royal College of Music (RCM)

The Royal College of Music (RCM) is one of the world's leading conservatoires. Founded in 1882, the RCM trains gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers and other significant leadership roles within the arts. Many of our graduates are at the very forefront of the international music scene. Our professors are musicians with worldwide reputations, accustomed to working with the most talented students of each generation to unlock their artistic potential.

Singapore Institute of Management University (UNISIM)

SIM University (UniSIM) is the first privately-funded local university (on social mission) approved by the Ministry of Education to issue university degrees in a comprehensive range of disciplines. UniSIM promotes lifelong learning and is dedicated to the higher education needs of local and resident adult learners and meeting industry needs for skilled professionals. It adopts a flexible and practice-focused learning approach and offers more than 40 academic programmes in various disciplines. Its current enrolment stands at 8,000 students.

From July 2008, UniSIM's quality programmes have been made even more accessible to adult learners as eligible Singaporeans and Permanent Residents studying at UniSIM will enjoy a government subsidy of 20 - 40%.

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) based in Preston, is gaining a national and international reputation as one of the UK's most innovative universities. Granted university status in 1992, UCLan's roots go back to 1828 with the founding of the 'Institution for the Diffusion of Knowledge'. UCLan has evolved into one of the largest universities in the UK with over 36,000 students and a dynamic course portfolio of over 500 undergraduate programmes and 180 postgraduate programmes. The university offers degrees from Bachelor's to Doctoral level through its 16 academic schools.

For the sixth year running, UCLan has been ranked as the leading modern University in the North West of England by the Complete University Guide 2012, The Guardian newspaper's University Guide 2012 and The Sunday Times Good University Guide for 2012. In 2010, UCLan became the only UK university to be newly admitted to the prestigious QS World University Rankings and was one of just 53 UK universities to be included. UCLan's School of Art, Design and Performance is ranked in the top 20 in Student Satisfaction scores, top 15 for employability by the Guardian and top 20 for employability by The Times. With strong links in the industry, the School's high profile alumni and graduates regularly win prestigious awards. UCLan is a University with an international outlook. Over the past 15 years, UCLan has developed extensive collaborations in Hong Kong and mainland China, India, the Middle East, Greece and the USA.

The University of Essex

The University of Essex, as the validation partner, is one of the UK's leading academic institutions. Founded in 1964, it has grown in both fame and size rapidly, developing a worldwide reputation for top quality teaching and research. In the 2008 national assessment it was ranked 9th out of 159 universities and colleges for the quality of its research – and top in the social sciences – while the quality of teaching was ranked 8th in the 2008 Sunday Times University Guide, as well as the ranking of the 15th in UK for overall student experience (Times Higher Education, January 2010).

East 15 Acting School, one of the 18 academic departments within the four faculties of the University of Essex, has a 40-year history as one of the UK's most innovative drama schools and has trained some of the UK"s most well-known faces from TV, theatre and film, including Alison Steadman, Mike Leigh, Billy Elliot, as well as Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry, etc. East 15 Acting School has a range of structured undergraduate and postgraduate schemes in actor-training, technical theatre, theatre direction, filmmaking, etc. Originated and developed from the philosophy and practice of conservatory training, most of its courses are accredited by the National Council for Drama Training (NCDT). East 15 Acting School is thus also one of the 22 members of the Conference of Drama Schools (CDS) in UK, an alliance of the drama schools whose courses are designed and validated after the industry benchmark.

University of East London (UEL)

With over 23,000 students from 120 countries worldwide, UEL is one of the UK's most diverse and fastest growing universities. According to The Guardian and The Times Higher Research League Tables (2010), UEL is now one of the top modern (post 1992) universities in London for research. The Fashion Textiles Department at UEL is one of the five key fields of study in The School of Arts and Visual Industries and the chosen collaborative partner university for the Fashion Studies Department. This innovative and well-established area of the school has gained national and international recognition through design awards, and showcasing at Graduate Fashion Week and New Designers in London. Positioned to create graduates who are creative and entrepreneurial, but with a skills set that matches industry needs, Fashion at UEL is also renowned for producing market-ready graduates who progress to work far and wide across the creative industries, holding major positions in groups such as Arcadia and Marks and Spencer, and companies like Ralph Lauren.