Mission and vision
The Federation of Art Societies was officially registered with the Registrar of Societies on 24th January 1992. The federation has organized various platforms such as exhibitions, publications, workshops, public programmers, forum as well as going online to develop visual art in Singapore. The Federation comprises of twenty-four art societies working towards recognizing the contributions of artists, and promoting cultural exchanges between artists from Singapore and abroad.
Mission and Vison
1.To coordinate the promotion of visual art in Singapore .
2. To coordinate and promote the interests of artists and art societies
3. To promote Singapore as a regional hub for Art Societies
The Federation seeks to fulfill its mission in four ways:
1. Visual Art Development The Federation seeks to develop visual art by organizing exhibition projects to showcase and explore the cultural diversity of Singapore Exhibition such as the Creative Calligraphy series of exhibitions sought to challenge artists to expand and re-define the boundaries of traditional calligraphy. Other exhibitions such as the Karang-guni Art Exhibition established a dialogue with contemporary art developments through the use of found objects within a local context.
2. Developing Audiences The Federation is committed to develop public programmes to educate, promote and present art accessibly to audiences in general. The Federation's participation in steering committee of the Nokia Singapore Art Exhibition successfully reached audiences previously unacquainted with art. The series of forums such as 'Artists and the Interne and 'Art Critiques creoted public awareness to better understand art and generated meaningful dialogues between artists, art cuties, art historian and the public.
3. Singapore as a Visual Art Hub The Federation has been working to position Singapore as a visual art hub by facilitating transnational collaborations. The recent Singapore-Malaysia-China, Indonesia Chinese Art Exchange Exhibition in 2008 and the New Expression of Asian Art Exhibition co-organized by the Federation facilitated interactions and dialogues between artists from various countries in Asia. Singapore emerged as an entry-point to understanding art in Asia and beyond.
4. Artists-Centered As a non-profit organization, the Federation works for the interests of artists and their wellbeing by organizing events for artists and the public to interact on occasions such as the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Federation has also lobbied for the establishment of artist workshops and cultural awards to recognize the contributions of deserving artists.
Achievements and Milestones
There are more than thirty art societies actively involved in the vibrant local art scene. The ultimate motive of the federation is to unite the different art societies together in order to shoulder the responsibility and carry out the mission of promoting art and culture. The Federation of Art Societies is playing an important role of bringing all the different art groups regardless of the different in guilds and styles together into a harmonious circumstance, creoting an atmosphere for fellow artist to promote art in a new great way, adding new spirit and attractiveness into the traditional art in order to enhance the beauty of the classic and traditions, establishing a new dimension and mindset in art appreciation for the total community regardless of the artists inclined or non artists inclined people making it a way of social communication for the community in the future. FASS has been actively functioning and involving as well as organizing various forms of activities to promote art and culture i.e. art courses, calligraphy lessons, life model sketching & painting, talks & seminars, art exhibitions, group tours to visit art groups abroad exchanging ar'ists ideas and the experience as well as establishing good mutual relationship with artist and groups overseas.