Tangent Creative Edition: Info Session
How Do You Sustain a Life in Creative Work?
An evening with Tangent × Tusitala
Being an artist or designer in Singapore has never come with a roadmap. With fewer traditional entry-level jobs and AI reshaping the industry, more creatives are realising they should take control by paving their own way. Being creative and being entrepreneurial aren’t mutually exclusive, and today there are more ways to make, share, and sustain a creative practice than ever before.
Join Tangent founder Vaughn Tan for a conversation with three creatives who've each built a different kind of sustainable creative practice:
Ong Kian Peng (artist-technologist and NTU professor)
Tracy Phillips (Director, PPURPOSE)
Tiah Nan Chyuan (Cofounder and director, FARM Studio and President, Singapore Institute of Architects)
Together, they'll talk about the practical, sometimes unglamorous work of making a creative life last — how they've each defined a "good living" for themselves, the resourcing and relationships that got them there, and what they wish someone had told them earlier.
This is an information session for Tangent Creative Edition (14.6.2027 to 7.7.2027), a 4-week in-person incubator for artists and designers exploring how to make their creative practice self-sustaining. Applications for Tangent Creative Edition open soon — come find out if it's for you.
Registration from 7:30pm. The session begins promptly at 8:00pm. Snacks and light refreshments provided.
While this event is open to the public, we will prioritise guests who are interested in signing up for the Tangent programme.
Can't make it? Follow @tangent.sg to stay in the loop. This event is organised by Tangent in collaboration with Tusitala.
Tangent is a Singapore-based incubator for young entrepreneurs (18-30, but we’re flexible) who want to build something outside the typical venture-capital-scale businesses more conventional incubators expect. Tangent incubates unconventional businesses and entrepreneurs — often including artists and designers — aiming to build intentional, profitable small businesses.
Tusitala is a digital storytelling studio that creates novel literary experiences, from digital adaptations of poetry and fiction to extended reality interactives. We also support Singapore’s art and tech scene through event organisation, community building and efforts to enhance the visibility, vibrancy, and viability of the scene.