Josephians Win Bronze Award at Yellowren Arts Festival

1 January 2022

Four Josephians won a Team Bronze for The Redemption Tree at the Yellowren Arts Festival. Read what the painting means.

Four Josephians from the Josephian Arts Programme - Kristian Ong (FN201), Marcus Ee (FN303), Keagan Goh (MN403) and Lin Jiekang (MN402/2021), emerged as winners in the 2021 Yellowren Arts Festival Canvas Painting Competition, where they won a Team Bronze Award. Organized by Yellowren Productions, a leader in community arts based in Singapore and Japan, the theme for the festival in 2021 was “Redemption: Environment | Technology | Society”.

Our SJI students wrote: "We used the metaphor of natural resources and environmental destruction and the subsequent healing of that environment to show the redemption of society. As the earth's natural resources are burnt and smoke is produced, that smoke becomes water, which in turn gives life back to the earth. This shows that even though the earth's inhabitants are threatened every moment, there is still hope for redemption and there are still changes that can be made to take the advancements that have been used to destroy the earth and repurpose them to breathe life into a Redemption Tree."

Painting titled 'The Redemption Tree' showing a tree between factory smoke and a waterfall, with red footprint-shaped leaves at its roots.

Their painting - The Redemption Tree (2021)

Visitors view three paintings, including one of a tree and factory smoke, displayed behind glass at an art exhibition in a cafe.

The painting was exhibited at 10 Square @ Orchard Central from 5 - 6 Nov 2021.