I say!

Arts refer to imaginative, creative, and nonscientific branches of knowledge, such as dance, literary arts, music, theatre and visual arts.
Entertainment covers a broad range of topics; fashion, performances, theatre, comics, animation, television, sports, dance, magic and even reading.
Art refers to the conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.

From these definitions and examples alone we can see that art, arts and entertainment are very much intertwined. In art and arts there is entertainment and in entertainment we see art.

Let's take for example Cirque du Soleil, a dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment (refer to pictures above). Generally, this human circus is arts, as it is a performance. It is also art, to have painted faces, colourful costumes, and to do acrobatic stunts on lightbulbs. At the same time, this human circus is entertainment to people. People pay to watch this event to be entertained.

Another example is soccer. Passing the ball, avoiding other players and running while directing the ball is an art. Not everyone is capable of doing it well. At the same time, it is entertainment that keeps the stadium full.

People also create art to entertain themselves.

Business simply means an affair or matter. science and technology refers to creations made that benefits mankind based on scientific knowledge. it can refer to anything, finance and investing, food and cooking, health and medicine, home and housing, gardening, labor, mathematics, pets, real estate and transportation.

Technology is built to ease problems that we face everyday. However, technology also has consequences that are bad for society and the environment. This modernisation and urbanisation has resulted in society being forced to adapt to changes. Many artists have worked on this theme, such as Nam June Paik the father of television and Dede Supria, who is concerned about the people living in poverty who are left behind in the rural parts of indonesia.

Business, science and technology has affected us in such a great scale that it is impossible to change or do anything about it. One way of reaching out to the masses is through art. in their paintings and installations we witness the development of science and technology. i feel that this is the relationship between art, science and technology. art is used as a tool to convey messages regarding how science and technology has taken the word by storm.

Communications and media involves interchanging or transmitting and receiving information. this includes books, journals, newspapers, other publications, radio, television, computers and information networks. Communication is crucial to pass information from one place to another. without information, we will not be able to do many things. it will be difficult to learn many things and to react to an emergency or an urgent matter in time.

on the other hand, the media has also brought about disruptions into our lives. it has inculcated a celebrity-glamour obsession in some people. as it is the most convenient form of communication to the masses, it is easy to get the wrong idea or impression about certain issues.

Art is a form of communication between an individual and the society. hence it is important that we fully utilise it.

Disadvantaged and marginalised to me refers to the outcast of society; the handicapped, the blacks, and the poor. there are of course more types of outcasts. whats important is that we understand the idea of being marginalised heavily depends on where we are. if a white man were to live in a black community, he will be the outcast. but my example may not be relevant today due to better equality among races.

the disadvantaged. what comes to my mind immediately are blind people, amputees, people living in poverty and people with illnesses. my heart goes out to these people.
however usually the disadvantaged are blessed with extraordinary talent. armed with it, they will overcome odds to further polish their ability. some can paint like legendary artists, but using their feet!

many artists have worked with the theme of being marginalised, such as Duane Hanson.

In Singapore, education and schools are two things that are taken very seriously by the people and goernment. in primary schools, students create simple pieces of art work. they do collages, use poster colour paints and experiment with different materials such as candle wax and so on. i still remember having to decorate the cover of my art folio :)
in secondary school, most students get exposed to more things. most students learn to use acrylic paint and oil paint at this time. most students will also discover their own style of doing art. for those taking o level art, it is optional to sit for the theory paper, the study of visual arts (SOVA)
in junior colleges students taking H2 art study the history of important and significant artists. they learn about different art movements and more importantly students learn to appreciate artworks and learn to analyse and eveluate artworks at a higher level in SOVA.

Family gives each of us a sense of belonging. Family provides us with emotional and financial support, moral guidance and of course, love. our parents sacrifice themselves selflessly everyday to bring us up. home should be where one is most comfortable doing anything. with our family and at home, we are really ourselves. this is important as i believe our families can influence the kind of art we produce. in a broken and troubled family, the child will more likely produce artworks that are a reflection of his feelings, which are most probably negative feelings such as hatred and anger.

on the other hand, a happy family with happy children will not have very troubled minds. they will be able to explore more themes that require a lot of thought process, and open up a variety of opportunities for themselves.

The government is a party that has authority over most things. this includes the expenditure for art and events such as the singapore biennale and exhibitions. the art scene in singapore is expanding with local artists emerging and more art exhibitions.
around the world, governments use art to persuade or convince people. since hitler and stalin's reign, art in the form of posters are used to change the mindsets of people. for example, these posters can show boys feeling proud to be part of the Nazi army and girls pushing toy prams and taking care of baby dolls.

even up till now, art is a tool used to convey messages to the masses.

i think the singapore government should be more supportive of art and not make it uneasy to be a successful artist in singapore, which currently is quite difficult to do.