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How to prepare for SOTA Visual arts?
Someone who got into SOTA Visual arts, please advice on how to prepare the portfolios. -
veronica:
Look for Pibilotti Art as I went to find out info that they have experience in preparing students' portfolios for DSA to SOTA. There is a Pibilotti Art Studio at Chong Pang CC. Not related to Chong Pang CC. The husband teaches at Pibilotti at Chong Pang CC. The wife teaches at another Pibilotti at Pibilotti Art Studio is located at Blk 418 Yishun Ave 11 #01-393 S(760418). I visited the Chong Pang Pibilotti Art Studio personally and found out this info.How to prepare for SOTA Visual arts?
Someone who got into SOTA Visual arts, please advice on how to prepare the portfolios. -
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veronica:
VA is a very unique form, as in, a very personal sort of thing. What a teacher might like, another teacher might not.How to prepare for SOTA Visual arts?
Someone who got into SOTA Visual arts, please advice on how to prepare the portfolios.
I do not suggest going to outside art schools to get a professional to prepare the portfolio. Art has to come from the heart itself, from the student's perspective. When my daughter prepared her portfolio years back, she brought along a craftwork animal she made at home with kitchen towels no less. She also brought along her sketch book - things she doodles at leisure. Along with a piece of rock she painted and another canvas painting. She never had formal art lessons, and honestly, was abit skeptical of getting in to SOTA because at the TA, we saw children bringing in huge, professional looking art paintings and models of buildings some made.
She was more dejected when the judges didn't really look at her sketch book. They just flipped the pages, not more than a cursory glance at what she drew. 3 of her schoolmates, all of whom had formal extra cirricular art lessons, went for the TA too, bringing their best pieces of artworks that their art teachers chosen.I told her at least we tried and we'll just have to wait for the results.
Turned out that none of her schoolmates were chosen. I heard the judges want raw talent, and that is what they were looking for. Not guided art paintings by art teachers outside.
Having said that, on top of the portfolio, the child is expected to draw on the spot as well, and write an essay. That was 4 years ago,so I am not sure if things have changed then. -
My daughter got into SOTA 5 years ago via theater without any formal training and no experience in stage performance. Just memorized the monologue and act it out during TA. She was rejected for theater CCA in her mainstream sec sch but SOTA accepted her.
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Hi all! Anyone has children studying Literary Arts in SOTA? My gal is keen but I am not sure if it is suitable for her.
Would like to find out if the teachers in SOTA are generally more relaxed so the child needs to be self-driven and self-motivated? My gal generally needs to be pushed so not sure if this suits her.
How is it like studying in literary arts? Is it where they enjoy a vast appreciation of literary works and guided by teachers or are they expected to do a lot of reading up and research on their own?
Is it also true that most SOTA students eventually move on to study in overseas universities? I read somewhere that IB graduates are compared with the rest of the world when it comes to determining the place in university while for A Levels, they are more compared to local students. Thus, a student who does well in IB may be good compared to the rest of the students in the world but in sg, they are compared to the few top schools who are taking IB so they stand a lower chance of getting a space in local university compared to A levels. ANyone has similar concerns about this?
Thanks in advance if anyone could share any valuable advice with me!:) -
limws1:
My daughter got into SOTA 5 years ago via theater without any formal training and no experience in stage performance. Just memorized the monologue and act it out during TA. She was rejected for theater CCA in her mainstream sec sch but SOTA accepted her.
I just wanted to share my experience and also my friends' experiences. It may be true that 4-5 years ago, SOTA accept students with \"raw talent\". In other words, children who are talented but without intensive preparation for DSA portfolio has a good chance in getting into SOTA. However, for the last 1-2 years, competition has gotten very intense, and if you do not have a well-prepared portfolio, you can't even get pass the first round. Yes, SOTA now has 2 rounds of selection. This was first introduced in 2014 (before that, every child who applied to SOTA will attend the Talent Academy). The first round is like screening. They looked at the portfolio/video submitted and then invite a certain number of students to the second round, which is the TA (they said that the number of applications has increased the past few years and they do not have the resources to conduct TA for every applicant). So if you don't have a well-prepared portfolio, you'll have a much reduced chance of getting a spot in the TA round, thus no chance at all to showcase your \"raw talent\". At least, this is what my dd and my friends' dds experienced in 2014 and 2015. -
juno99:
Literary arts is a new art form - starting this year only, if I am not mistaken.Hi all! Anyone has children studying Literary Arts in SOTA? My gal is keen but I am not sure if it is suitable for her.
Would like to find out if the teachers in SOTA are generally more relaxed so the child needs to be self-driven and self-motivated? My gal generally needs to be pushed so not sure if this suits her.
How is it like studying in literary arts? Is it where they enjoy a vast appreciation of literary works and guided by teachers or are they expected to do a lot of reading up and research on their own?
Being in an International Baccalaureate school, one needs self discipline when it comes to studies. Students here are treated as matured young adults, and teachers, or mentors rather, are not known to push students like those in secondary schools. My dd told me a mentor once said to the whole class - I am here to teach, if you want to pay attention, that is good. If you want to do your own thing, don't make too much noise and do not disrupt the class. After all, at the end of it all, you are the ones taking the exam and not me.
Not every child is geared for this sort of study method. Some drop out after yr 1 or 2 or yr 4. -
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like to ask if anyone can recommend a school/ dance teacher to prep dance audition video/ piece for 2016 audition.
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May I check if any one is applying for Junior Academy 2016? Has anyone received confirmation for Piano masterclass? thanks.
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