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DEAN’S
MESSAGE
This year marks the sixth year of the Nanyang This year, The eGrad Expectations 2020
Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)’s School of Art & will showcase, for the first time, close to
Design (SOAD), and I would like to extend my 700 diploma and degree graduates that will
warmest congratulations to our graduates of communicate the depth and breadth of their
aspiring artists and designers. creative works . It is a year that will sit close
in my heart as I have seen this cohort fight
I believe NAFA has taught you how your to deliver under extreme circumstances. This
efforts as a designer can shape our world, will leave a strong impression and mark to the
as we live in one that is constantly changing SOAD teaching faculty. Your eagerness to excel
and developing. In the face of COVID-19 can be seen in your many involvement and
pandemic, I am heartened to know that you projects outside the curriculum, showcasing
strove on and against all odds, completed and abilities and hunger to excel in the real world.
excelled in your work. You have been forced to This includes the Transdisciplinary project with
think and re-frame what our community looks Victorian College of the Arts, and live project
like and how you must engage with it for us with Singapore Tourism Board for The World’s
to live harmoniously together. I hope you will 50 Best Restaurants. Sweeping top awards at
remain positive, learn to embrace the changes the Crowbar Awards 2019, Singapore Institute
that are happening around and make the best of Landscape Architect (SILA) Student Award
of what you have. 2019, Singapore Creator Award 2019, Men’s
Folio Designer of the Year 2019 (Menswear
Art and Design is a universal language Designer), are just some of the many
that transcends boundaries. As a creative achievements of your graduating cohort.
practitioner, it is our sincere hope that you will
work towards solving problems and creating I would like to congratulate all graduates on
value, not only in Singapore and Southeast your achievements and wish each one of you
Asia, but globally as well. We hope that you success in your journey towards new horizons.
Sabrina Long
My appreciation to the teaching faculty for
will be able to exercise sensitivities to the
DEAN’S MESSAGE Dean environment, understand the landscape, be their continuous guidance and support to DEAN’S MESSAGE
School of Art & Design
the students.
able to recognise problems and formulate
effective solutions through relevant art and
design articulations. There are no limits to what you can do and to
the heights you can scale. Keep believing in
yourself and trust the process.
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