Chinese Arts Centre - News

Home of Love - China Earthquake Appeal Charity Gig

2008-05-29T11:27:00.001+01:00

Saturday 31 May 2008 10 - 11pm
Residency Lounge, Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool
Free entry

This charity gig is for raising money for the victims of the earthquake which happened on 12th May 2008 in Sichuan China. A group of talented local musicians and dancers would like to commemorate this sorrowful date with you.

'Home of Love' China Quake Appeal Charity Gig is organized by Fenfen Huang and China Pearl and supported by Hope Street Hotel and British Red Cross.

For more information email chinapearl2007@yahoo.co.uk

China Earthquake Appeal

2008-05-19T11:34:00.003+01:00

Please help those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck south west China on 12 May and make a donation to the The Red Cross's China Earthquake Appeal. People desperately need food, clean water and shelter in the immediate aftermath. The Red Cross are working around the clock to reach those affected and need your support to help the victims of this massive natural disaster.

Please donate what you can today. Thank you.

www.RedCross.org.uk/quakeappeal

EAST Showcase

2008-05-13T17:08:00.005+01:00

EAST Showcase
Wednesday 11 June 2008
12.30 - 6pm
Soho Theatre

Chinese Arts Centre and Soho Theatre present EAST Showcase, a celebration of performance work by East Asian artists based in London aimed at theatre promoters and programmers on the lookout for exciting new talent. Six companies working in theatre, spoken word, dance and music will perform extracts of their tour ready work to give promoters an insight into the range and talent available. In addition, the showcase will be a chance to meet peers, discuss issues around programming diverse work and, hopefully, book your next season.

Artist Details

Francesca Beard is a spoken word artist. Animal Olympics is a family show and uses songs, poetry, comedy and puppetry to create a magical world where all the animals of the Chinese zodiac stage a re-match to decide first place in the Chinese calendar.
Click here to download Francesca's biography

Yumi Hara Cawkwell is a UK based Japanese musician and composer. Her band Humi, a collaboration with fellow musician Hugh Hopper, attract a wide audience from a range of music genres such as progressive rock, jazz and contemporary classical.
Click here to download Yumi's biography

Liya Wu trained as a performer and now focuses on writing and directing. The play Mr Whippendale is a black comedy set on an island in the South China Sea and explores the fundamental need for human contact.
Click here to download Liya's biography

Simon Wu is an established Hong Kong playwright. Wolf in the House is a psychological thriller about two strangers whose fateful encounter on the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival may lead to either their destruction or salvation.
Click here to download Simon's biography

Sin-Man Yue is a London based dance artist and founder of Sinman Dance Company. Her performances and choreography blend traditional elements into a contemporary dance practice.
Click here to download Sin-Man's biography

Rosaline Ting is an award-winning playwright who is passionate about British-Chinese issues and multiculturalism. A Girl Named Shining Brightly looks at adoption and cultural identity and would appeal to both a young audience and the older generation.
Click here to download Rosaline's biography

This is a free event for promoters and programmers, however we do require advanced booking as capacity is limited. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

To book your place telephone Soho Theatre on 020 7478 0100
For more information and a detailed timetable email Ros on info@chinese-arts-centre.org

Breathe Artist Residency Programme, Chongqing

2008-05-02T09:57:00.003+01:00

Chinese Arts Centre and 501 Artspace are collaborating to open up the Breathe Artist in Residency Programme, Chongqing. The programme is open to all artists and will facilitate one to three month at 501 Artspace, Chongqing for successful applicants.

The Breathe residency gives artists the time to contemplate and reflect on their practice. There is no pressure to create a finished work however artists are expected to work productively and engage with their environment. At the end of the residency will host an Open Studio which is the chance to engage with the public and discuss their practice. The format of the Open Studio is completely flexible and could take the form of a hung exhibition, artists talk, performance or presentation of work in progress.

501 Artspace will provide a studio and apartment and there will be support and networking opportunities throughout the residency. Artists will be required to fund some of the costs of the residency themselves.

To apply please submit:

CV
Outline of the how the residency will develop your practice and what you would do with the residency (maximum 2 sides A4)
Up to 12 images and/or video (up to 5 minutes) on CD/DVD
Any other supporting material

Please send applications to:

Chinese Arts Centre, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1EU

Deadline for applications is 30 June 2008

For more information email info@chinese-arts-centre.org

Please note that whilst every endeavour will be made to return the materials submitted, Chinese Arts Centre cannot take any responsibility for loss or damage. Please indicate if we are able to keep a selection of material for our database.Do not send original artwork. Chinese Arts Centre will accept no responsibility for any damage caused to original artwork.

Executive Director - Chinatown Arts Space

2008-03-19T17:41:00.004Z

Chinatown Arts Space is seeking to recruit an Executive Director.
The post holder will be required to work 30 hours per week.
Salary range is from £32 - 35K pro rota, depending upon experience.

For more information on the role and the type of person Chinatown Arts Space is looking for, please log on to www.chinatownartsspace.com/executivedirector

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 27th May at 5pm.

Chinese Arts Centre awarded EU funding

2008-02-21T17:45:00.002Z

Chinese Arts Centre have been awarded 135,000 Euros to create a touring exhibition between Chinese Arts Centre, 501 Artspace in Chongqing, China and Infra Arts in France and Sweden. This exciting visual arts project will take place in 2009/10 and create cultural links between the East and West.

First Step - Wuon Gean Ho

2008-01-15T13:03:00.001Z

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Wuon Gean Ho

Life, death, memories and nostalgia are recurrent themes in much of Wuon Gean Ho’s work. As a practising vet, she sees death on a daily basis, and she has been moved to make work that shows her response to this. Wuon Gean Ho generates a storyline in response to events or surroundings and then makes a series of prints or bodies of work. Years later she may find herself coming back to old themes, as new ideas reassert themselves in her previous internal dialogue. The prints on exhibition in ‘First Step’ illustrate one such circle.

Wuon Gean Ho graduated with a BA in History of Art, and a professional licence as a veterinary surgeon from Cambridge University, before taking up a Japanese Government Scholarship in 1998 to study woodblock printmaking in Japan. In between residencies in the US and Japan, she bases herself in London, working part time as a vet and making art part time in her studio in East London.

For more information visit wuongean.com or wgprints.tumblr.com