Catch the Wave with Hilton Alves
PUBLISHED November 16th, 2015 09:01 am | UPDATED May 8th, 2018 08:35 pm
Charity organisation HSCA DaySpring is joining forces with professional surfer and international ocean muralist Hilton Alves and Sentosa Development Corp to unveil Asia’s first and largest ocean mural in DaySpring’s fundraising intiative entitled ‘Catch The Wave‘.
This ground-breaking live painting event of the breaking wave-inspired mural at the Sentosa Beach Station will be taking place from 12th to 21st November at Sentosa, and is aimed at raising awareness and donations for DaySpring’s two restorative centres for abused teenage girls and young mothers with unsupported pregnancies. The eye-catching and dramatic public artwork expresses Sentosa’s commitment to the holistic well-being of communities in Singapore, and will provide a vibrant and iconic feature to this central location on the island.
This powerful wave represents the hope and good rippling throughout the community in Singapore, and its purity resonates with the young women whose lives are changed through DaySpring. DaySpring is a non-profit organisation founded in 2006 to provide welfare services for women and youth-at-risk. DaySpring Residential Treatment Centre offers a safe shelter and clinical therapy for teenage girls suffering from the traumas of repeated physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. DaySpring New Life Centre offers holistic help to women with unsupported pregnancies, and provides a network of support services in the areas of adoption, fostering, counselling, parenting, medical needs and residential care.
Alves will also be conducting a 3-day painting workshop with 50 children selected locally from an online art competition, who will win the chance to create a second mural with the artist at Siloso Beach, near the Wave House. Donors abroad can take part in this artwork created by Alves and the little artists by sponsoring the painting of sea creatures via the ‘Buy A Fish, Save A Life’ campaign on crowd-funding website Indiegogo.
Catch the Wave with Hilton Alves is happening from 12 – 21 November at Sentosa Beach Station. For more details, please click here.
