Delving into the intricate relationship between art and well-being, this multi-year programme series fosters a collaborative space where artists and communities converge. Through sustained engagement and shared exploration, we co-create with artists projects and experiences designed to spark meaningful dialogue, cultivate empathy, and ultimately, enhance our collective sense of well-being. This programme recognises art's potential in offering pathways to personal and communal flourishing.

This includes neurodivergent individuals, those who are Deaf and Hard of hearing, visually impaired persons, and communities from various socio-economic backgrounds. Through our initiatives and engagements, SAM aims to foster a sense of shared ownership in cultivating art as a ‘language’ of care and empowerment, enabling diverse communities to connect and thrive. The plurality inherent in the title proposes this inclusive environment where differences are celebrated and interconnected.

In collaboration with socially engaged theatre company Drama Box, Art in the Commons: Dakota – Cassia is a multi-year project which consists of public multidisciplinary art practices involving constituents of the Dakota and Mountbatten districts of Singapore.

Aside from community programmes with artists, one of the key activations at Cassia Crescent is Boleh Bank. It is a local adaptation and interpretation of Tokui-no Bank, an arts intervention project originally conceptualised by Japanese artist Takafumi Fukasawa that centers community’s assets in developing healthier, more resilient neighbourhoods. Residents deposit their assets (knowledge, life experience, skills, time etc.), from which they can also withdraw assets from other residents according to their needs.

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The inaugural Access Showcase 2025 – ‘common languages’ speaks to the work that SAM has done over the past few years centered on ‘commoning’ through art, co-developing resources and initiatives to engage and support constituents who would have traditionally encountered barriers in going to the museum and connecting with visual art.

This includes neurodivergent individuals, those who are Deaf and Hard of hearing, visually impaired persons, and communities from various socio-economic backgrounds. Through our initiatives and engagements, SAM aims to foster a sense of shared ownership in cultivating art as a ‘language’ of care and empowerment, enabling diverse communities to connect and thrive. The plurality inherent in the title proposes this inclusive environment where differences are celebrated and interconnected.

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