ICAF Hub Singapore

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ICAF Hub Singapore is a community arts festival and a physical gathering of international community arts practitioners in Singapore.

This festival aims to carve out a space for community arts practitioners committed to socially-engaged arts practices from different cities to come together, and through the festival to showcase diversity of arts-based practices, build networks, seed collaborations and partnerships for the community arts sector. We want to deepen impact through the convergence of ideas and practice to benefit diverse communities the artists and groups serve.

ICAF Hub Singapore is a partnership between ICAF (The Netherlands) and Drama Box (Singapore) to develop and support a global, community arts Hub in Singapore. This is the first ICAF Hub outside Rotterdam.

ICAF Hub Singapore: The Gathering is designed for community arts practitioners – whether you have been practising for decades or just starting out, or anywhere in between. Our programmes are designed to focus on mutual learning. We always have something to learn from the experience and perspective of others’ practices within their unique contexts.

We also welcome students interested in the field and professionals interested in the intersection of community arts and their sphere of work.

ICAF Hub Singapore is also a platform designed for networking and meeting practitioners from different countries.

There are no prerequisites, except to be open to sharing your practice and experiences. The festival is meant as a safe space for the community arts to benefit from learning and growing together.

There are two routes you will choose from:

Masterclass Route for practitioners interested to learn from choreographer Jordy Dik of DIK Danstheater (The Netherlands):

  • Attend Masterclass (10-11 June, 13-14 June)
  • Present the culmination of the Masterclass at a performance on 14 June

Workshop/SIC Route for arts practitioners, researchers and producers:

  • Attend Workshops (you will choose 2 out of 5)
  • Join a Special Interest Circle (SIC) (you will choose 1 out of 3)

Regardless of your chosen route, everyone will attend:

  • Morning Huddle 
  • Site Visits 
  • Performances 
  • Opening and Closing of festival

Before you visit our ticketing site, please refer to our programmes to help you decide between the Masterclass or Workshop/SIC route.

Once you have chosen your route, you can purchase the festival pass directly from our ticketing site.

For the Masterclass route, buy your pass here.

For the Workshop/SIC route, buy your pass here.

We are currently only selling festival passes. The festival is a great opportunity for like minded practitioners to exchange perspectives and build solidarity. We hope you can carve out time for the duration of the festival to fully immerse in the programmes.

Your pass will cover all the programmes you choose to attend and all meals during the festival schedule. Breakfast will however not be covered.

We will cater from a no-pork-no-lard kitchen; we can also provide halal-certified, vegetarian and vegan options. Please indicate your dietary needs when you buy your festival pass.

To ensure affordability for practitioners, we are extending two (instead of just one) early bird special discounts:

Super Early Bird (30% discount)

28 Feb – 31 Mar 2025

SGD406.00

Early Bird (20% discount)

1 – 22 Apr 2025

SGD464.00

Student (50% discount)

Only valid for students in Singapore; limited passes available.

SGD290.00

If you do not need the discount, or if your participation at ICAF Hub Singapore is supported, you can also choose to purchase a standard pass at full price (SGD580), to support our mission. This festival is produced and financed by Drama Box Ltd, a non-profit organisation with charity (IPC) status.

Yes, Singaporean who are eligible may use their SkillsFuture Credit (SFC) to offset their festival pass purchase.

If you wish to use your SFC, please do not make payment on the ticketing site. Email us directly at weare@dramabox.org and we will assist you with your booking.

For more information on how to submit claims from SkillsFuture, please refer to https://www.myskillsfuture.gov.sg/content/portal/en/header/faqs/skillsfuture-credit.html for more information.

ICAF Hub Singapore is a partnership between ICAF (The Netherlands) and Drama Box (Singapore) to develop and support a global, community arts Hub in Singapore.

While ICAF is international in its approach, it remains euro-centric by virtue of its geographical location and has been seeking suitable partners aligned in its values and principles to bring the festival in the concept of a “hub” to different parts of the world. This collaboration brings the ICAF vision of offering a space for reflection, connection and development of the community arts movement to this part of the world, through Drama Box, who shares in the vision that the arts can make change.

Drama Box has collaborated with ICAF in the past and during the covid period when physical meetings were not possible.

29 Mar to 2 Apr 2017

(Rotterdam)

Drama Box was invited to present one of its most enduring work, The Lesson inside the Goli which is Singapore’s first and only inflatable theatre. 

26- 27 Feb 2021

(Online)

Drama Box was invited by ICAF Rotterdam to present a series of online programme called “Come as close as your screen lets you”.

 

13 Jan to 10 Mar 2023 (Online)

Drama Box curated a series of online programme under ICAF festival that features (1) Mekong Cultural Hub, (2) Footscray Community Arts in Australia and (3) Toride Arts Project in Japan.

Please write to volunteer@dramabox.org if you are keen in being part of this exciting festival, stating your area of interest in volunteering.

If you have more questions, drop us an email. We strive to get back to you within 1 week.