African youths sit at a long table lining up bamboo strips and weaving them together tightly, row by row, until the hull of a small boat begins to take shape. They are attending a workshop where they learn the traditional Chinese craft of bamboo-weaving.
Yao Bangliang found his interest in lacquer over a decade ago, during his undergraduate art education studies at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. It led to him choosing to focus on lacquerwork for his master's degree. Ever since, he has been exploring new ways of working with lacquer.
The Central Conservatory of Music has announced the date for the 2023 Ningbo International Vocal Competition, which will be held from Dec 2 to 11 in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province.
Like Sheldon's character in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Shao Lijing has a whiteboard in his office filled with abstruse physics formulas.
Famous Christian philosopher and theologian Saint Augustine once wrote, "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." In the spirit of adventure and exploring beautiful Kunshan city in East China’s Jiangsu province, a group of six expats seized an opportunity to join the “Kunshan through Expat Eyes” trip on April 22.
More than 400 works are occupying a space of over 1,500 square meters at Guardian Art Center to show the vigor and creativity of the country’s youth art scene.
The Seventh China-Africa Youth Festival kicked off on April 18 with representatives from 48 African countries attending. The attendees can choose to participate in workshops on traditional Chinese crafts and arts such as playing the guqin (a stringed instrument), learning Peking Opera or creating ceramic decorations.
The symphonic chorus The Grand Canal by composer Tang Jianping was staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on April 24.
The Central Academy of Fine Arts initiated the first virtual curatorial competition last year, which was well received among art schools around the world and drew more than 1,100 competitors.
A troupe of Chinese dancers will open Greece's 29th Kalamata International Dance Festival (KDF) this summer, the event's organizers announced in Athens on Monday.
The "Spring Fair," featuring diverse Chinese cultural activities, was held on Sunday at the Garden of Serenity, a traditional Chinese garden in Santa Lucija, Malta.
In the early morning, Liu Huangping, 50, carefully places beehives around his house, preparing to welcome his tiny guests and help them build nests.