Beyond the Gallery
Explore how National Gallery Singapore extends the joy of art beyond its walls. From libraries to parks, malls to neighbourhoods, immerse yourself in vibrant art experiences. Join us as we bring art to life, enriching audiences and fostering creativity across Singapore.
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For Schools
Learn about artworks from the National Collection through the Gallery’s Travelling Art Carts!
Featuring different themes, these mobile art education stations introduce students to the basics of batik painting or offer a glimpse of the past with dioramas. The Travelling Art Carts offer fun and interactive activities that foster creativity and cultivate curiosity in children.
Each art cart is available for a two-week loan at $500 to cover transport costs.
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Featuring artworks by prominent Singapore and Southeast Asian artists, the Roving Art Studio invites students to learn about and engage with artworks from the National Collection.
Designed to foster curiosity, imagination, and visual inquiry among students, this programme brings art encounters out of the museum and into familiar everyday spaces. It invites young audiences to learn through play as they participate in activities, share their observations, and co-create with friends.
Supported by APPLIED MATERIALS
For enquiries or to register, email outreach@nationalgallery.sg.
For Public
Learn about artworks from the National Collection through the Gallery’s Travelling Art Carts.
Featuring different themes, these mobile art education stations introduce lives from the past and present through the eyes of Singapore and Southeast Asian artists.
The Travelling Art Carts also offer fun and interactive activities that foster creativity and cultivate curiosity in children.
These carts can be found at selected Public Libraries and SAFRA around Singapore.
Beep beep! National Gallery Singapore’s Roving Art Studio is travelling around to your familiar everyday places. Visitors can engage with and learn about Southeast Asian art from the National Collection and participate in free hands-on activities.
Supported by APPLIED MATERIALS
Experience immersive art activities or enjoy amazing art installations near you.
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Roving Art Studio @ Gardens by the Bay
Reignite your love for nature through an artistic lens at the Roving Art Studio! Participate in our hands-on activity inspired by the National Collection and translate your observations of the surrounding flora into personal artworks.
Words that Count x Travelling Art Cart: Singapore Waterfront @ *SCAPE Strawberry Jam Vol 3
Step into the waterfront of olden Singapore through the vibrant brushstrokes of artist Georgette Chen and carve your own blackout poem from her letters!
Travelling Art Carts x NAC ArtsEverywhere@CDC
Drop by for art activities inspired by batik painting and woodblock printing, and let your creativity flow.
Roving Art Studio @ Istana
Celebrate National Day at the Istana Open House! Learn about artworks in National Gallery Singapore's collection through the Roving Art Studio in a fun and engaging way.
Travelling Art Carts x NAC ArtsEverywhere@CDC
Drop by for art activities inspired by Drying Salted Fish and Singapore Breakfast art carts.
Sign up for a free Chinese Ink Painting workshop here, limited to 20 participants.
Travelling Art Carts @ HortPark
Discover the beauty of plants at NParks Gardeners’ Day Out! Get inspired by traditional batik patterns at the Batik Making Travelling Art Cart and create your very own floral drawing.
For more information, visit here.
Roving Art Studio x Walk for Our Children 2026
Art gives children voices beyond words! Hop aboard the Roving Art Studio at Walk for Our Children 2026. Explore and share your ideas about the artworks through engaging conversations and craft activities.
For more information, visit here.
Travelling Art Carts x NAC ArtsEverywhere@CDC
Drop by for art activities inspired by batik painting and woodblock printing and let your creativity flow.
Sign up for a free Batik painting workshop here, limited to 40 participants.
Travelling Art Carts x NAC ArtsEverywhere@CDC
Drop by for art activities inspired by Drying Salted Fish and Here They Come art carts.
Sign up for a free Chinese Ink Painting workshop here, limited to 20 participants.
Travelling Art Cart: Lunchtime @ Jurong West Library
Yip Cheong Fun took up photography seriously around 1936 when he had saved enough money from his pay to purchase a Rolleiflex camera. In Lunchtime, tables at People’s Park Market in the 1950s are being prepared for dining. If you have a retro camera, what scene might you capture? Pick up an activity template, make your own Rollei35T paper camera, and imagine being a photographer in the 1950s.
Registration not required, walk-ins are welcome. Find out more here.
Roving Art Studio @ Lights by the Lake
Explore nature-inspired artworks from the National Collection and create your own festival-themed drawings based on Georgette Chen’s Still Life (Moon Festival Table), by drawing a self-portrait or a special family festival gathering.
For more information, visit here.
Travelling Art Carts x NAC ArtsEverywhere@CDC
Drop by for art activities inspired by batik painting and woodblock printing, and let your creativity flow.
Sign up for a free Batik painting workshop here, limited to 40 participants.
Travelling Art Cart: Blue Mosque x Beginner Chinese Calligraphy Workshop @ Tampines Library
Lim Tze Peng is known for his nostalgic depictions of Singapore captured via ink paintings and Chinese calligraphy. Untitled (Blue Mosque) (c. late 1970s) presents Lim’s interpretation of Sultan Mosque and its surrounding areas, located in the Kampong Glam district today. While the mosque is no longer blue, the artwork reflects a culmination of his memories of it from the 1950s to the 1960s.
In this beginner-friendly workshop, Mr Lee Soon Heng will introduce participants to the basics of Chinese calligraphy. Mr Lee is an award-winning artist with more than 30 years of experience in Chinese calligraphy and ink painting, and has exhibited in numerous local and overseas exhibitions.
Suitable for ages 13 and above. Pre-registration is required. Sign up for the free Calligraphy workshop here, limited to 20 participants.
For more information, email outreach@nationalgallery.sg.
Travelling Art Cart: Singapore Breakfast @ Jurong Library
In Singapore Breakfast, Lee Boon Ngan chose food and tableware commonly used for breakfast in the 1960s and 1970s. She painted two soft-boiled eggs in a small beige dish, soft bread on a blue-grey plate, a similarly coloured butter container and a coffee pot with a cup, saucer, and spoon.
What might be your favourite Singapore Breakfast? Drop in, pick up an activity sheet, and draw your favourite morning treat!
No registration required, walk-ins are welcome. Find out more about the programme here.
Travelling Art Carts
Forest Fire
Forest Fire is a dramatic composition depicting animals fleeing a fire, chased by flames to the edge of a precipice. It was painted by the artist Raden Saleh in 1849. Raden Saleh was born in Semarang, Indonesia, but studied and stayed in Europe for a long time. The painting reflects the influences of both Eastern and Western art on the artist. This art cart features an interactive moiré effect.
Life by the River
Life by the River portrays a typical scene of local village life in the 1970s near Pasir Panjang, located in the western part of Singapore. It was painted by Liu Kang, one of the pioneer artists in Singapore who developed the Nanyang painting style. Here, students can create their very own river-life scene using the interactive elements.
Batik Making (Grey)
Batik painting is the process in which patterns or images are dyed onto fabric, usually using a wax-resist technique followed by the application of dye. These two art carts feature tools and processes of batik making.
Batik Making (Red)
Batik painting is the process in which patterns or images are dyed onto fabric, usually using a wax-resist technique followed by the application of dye. These two art carts feature tools and processes of batik making.
Here They Come!
Here They Come! was painted by Koeh Sia Yong in 1965. The gestures and expressions of the street peddlers, combined with the artwork’s title, suggest it captures the moment they have spotted the authorities and are packing up their wares to escape trouble. These two art carts feature props such as a steamer and fruits, allowing students to pose as street peddlers in the 1960s.
Here They Come!
Here They Come! was painted by Koeh Sia Yong in 1965. These two art carts feature props such as a steamer and fruits, allowing students to pose as street peddlers in the 1960s.
Seascape
The Seascape art cart is a vibrant interpretation of the boat in the featured artwork on a woodblock print. It features tools used in woodcarving and adapted relief carving for an interactive, tactile experience.
Drying Salted Fish
Drying Salted Fish art cart presents a Nanyang-style painting by pioneer Singapore artist Cheong Soo Pieng, which is also featured on the reverse side of Singapore’s $50 note.
Singapore Breakfast
Singapore Breakfast by Lee Boon Ngan invites children to explore the art of still life by recreating the iconic breakfast scenes from the featured artwork and reflecting on what they had for their own breakfast that day, using it as inspiration to create their own still life drawings.
Still Life
Drawing from Tchang Ju Chi’s Still Life, this art cart takes the form of an artist’s palette, complete with paintbrush details, celebrating the act of still life painting itself.
Blue Mosque
Kampong Glam is one of the neighbourhoods that Lim Tze Peng frequented while conducting outdoor painting sessions and capturing vibrant portraits of daily life in Singapore. This art cart features Not Titled (Blue Mosque) as well as an introduction to tools used in Chinese ink paintings.
Lunchtime
Lunchtime by pioneer photographer Yip Cheong Fun shows a striking picture of geometric patterns of tables at People's Park Market in the 1950s.
