Join us for SAM's first PowerPoint Party ✧･: * what a girl wants *:･✧!

Wear your best pajamas and come along for a slumber party themed night. To start, there will be interactive activities, junk journalling, temporary tattoos, press-on nails, and photo-taking opportunities! Afterwards, you will hear from a range of women reflecting on the experiences of girlhood, and on challenging societal norms in Singapore. Spend your Saturday evening at this cosy and fun party.

The party is inspired by the themes of performativity and expressions of womanhood from SAMCollection: The Present is Unstable. What are the historical roles assigned to women? What are the possibilities of refusing them? Who determines the role of women in society? Responding to this, the PowerPoint party creates space for unapologetic dialogue about contemporary womanhood and girlhood in Singapore.

This programme acts as a means to speak power to women's experiences, and to reclaim space for women in this busy city.

OPEN CALL: TAKE THE MIC
Have something you’d like to present? Submit your presentation pitch and take the mic at our PowerPoint Party on 5 December.

Respond to one of the prompts below with a title and short summary of your proposed presentation. Shortlisted participants will develop their proposal into a 3–5 minute presentation to share at the party.

• Applications Close: Friday, 20 November 2026
• Shortlisted Participants Notified: Friday, 27 November 2026
• Final Presentation Submission: Thursday, 3 December 2026

Click here to submit your proposal.

Prompt 1: Paint the Town Red
We celebrate womanhood in all its reckless abandon! Well-behaved women seldom make history, and we want to know your take. Convince us of a social rule, expectation, or construct that should be eliminated and subverted—or pitch one that doesn't exist yet, but absolutely should.

Prompt 2: What It Feels Like for a Girl
What did growing up as a girl look like for you? Think rolled-up school skirts, secret ear piercings at Far East Plaza, or the unspoken rules of a convent school. Tell us about a rite of passage that shaped you and what it says about girlhood here. (Grew up elsewhere? We’d love to hear your story too!)

Respectful dialogue guidelines:
• Please be respectful of other religions and races. Be mindful to avoid stereotyping and using inflammatory language;
• Do not include graphic or gory content in your presentation and during discussion;
• When discussing people, please refrain from mentioning identifiable information (e.g. names, addresses, photos) without their informed consent;
• We would like to incubate a respectful and open-minded dialogue. Please be respectful to all of our presenters, even if you disagree with them. Do not heckle or disrupt presentations;
• We reserve the right to take back the floor if these rules are breached for presenters and attendees.